I know! I liked that one, too. Hydrangeas as so interesting to me. Obviously, the leaves are so pretty, so lush. But it's the actual flowers, as in the last shot, that steal my heart. I love the other one with the unopened buds, lavendar on bright pink. :)
Well those are some of the purdiest Hydrangeas that I think I've ever seen. One year I dried some just to keep their beauty with me a little longer. Love them.
Stunning photos, Jbelle. You do seem to be a bit cooler than me. Hydrangeas here are done and have been for quite some time. I'm well into the fall flush of roses now, but this year, the flush seeds to be extended. Maybe it was the lack of JBs; I don't really know, but I'm not complaining.
hiya Foolish, I'm glad you like them. I never, ever get tired of them. This is the first year in say, 15 years? that I have not bought hydrangeas. I have a hydrangea forest at the moment and I am trying so hard to be good! It's not easy....
Julie, You didn't get Japanese Beetles this year? Where's the thanksgiving celebration?! Does that happen from time to time? No Japanese beetles?
Glad you like the hydrangeas. I have way too much fun with them. planting, pruning, fertilizing, fussing, cutting, photoing. I just love these bushy bushes!
Jbelle, a season without those Japanese beetles would be something to hoop and hollar about. But, as for this year, I'm still hooping and hollaring about the fact that all year I've seen maybe a dozen JBs. I've heard others complain that they were the worst in 20 years, but I saw only a few. I credit the drought of last summer (34 days without rain) right at breeding season as well as the milky spore we put down.
We got another drought this year, the same time as last year, but I can only pray that the beetles will stay away.
Did I ever tell you that I don't water? It would be to much stress on the well, so the roses are on their own after establishing. I don't get black spot like other people do either. I will also fertilize only during the spring rains.
What a show. I can't even pick a favorite. Now these beautiful blooming shrubs do not like the hot climate and sandy soil of Lake Roosevelt. I will just appreciate yours. I have a few, but nothing like this! I am eager to see the Rose Show.
Jbelle, my soil here is a nice soft, well drained clay with about 4" of loam on top. When I plant roses, I will water them deeply for the first year to get those roots as deep as possible. Once they penetrate that clay, the roots will stay moist unless the drought becomes so severe that it cracks the soil. I don't like stressing my well, so I'll often use gray water to water the new plantings.
I lost only one of my new roses this year and honestly, I don't think water made all that much difference. Rabbits did that by eating it. I usually don't lose much doing things this way. I will give trees three years because of their slow root systems, but everything else gets about a year.
At every chance the rose society gets, they come to awe over the large bushy roses I have in the garden and are lost at how I can do so little and have such nice roses.
Like roses, those hydrangii like cold feet! Since I started photographing them, I have come to really appreciate the little tiny flowers themselves, as well as both kinds of leaves. The two little flowers pictures, including the last ones, might be my favorite. Maybe. But since I am still smitten, after all these years, with white flowers I do love the white ones. love them, love them, love them. siiiiigh.
Gorgeous, just gorgeous, I LOVE the last photo bestest..
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I know! I liked that one, too. Hydrangeas as so interesting to me. Obviously, the leaves are so pretty, so lush. But it's the actual flowers, as in the last shot, that steal my heart. I love the other one with the unopened buds, lavendar on bright pink. :)
ReplyDeleteWell those are some of the purdiest Hydrangeas that I think I've ever seen. One year I dried some just to keep their beauty with me a little longer. Love them.
ReplyDeleteCarla, I dry them, too. One year I put them in the Christmas tree. :9 I love 'em! I think I'll go cut some....
ReplyDeleteStnning...absolutely stunning. I wish I could put a few in the flower press.
ReplyDeleteStunning photos, Jbelle. You do seem to be a bit cooler than me. Hydrangeas here are done and have been for quite some time. I'm well into the fall flush of roses now, but this year, the flush seeds to be extended. Maybe it was the lack of JBs; I don't really know, but I'm not complaining.
ReplyDeletehiya Foolish, I'm glad you like them. I never, ever get tired of them. This is the first year in say, 15 years? that I have not bought hydrangeas. I have a hydrangea forest at the moment and I am trying so hard to be good! It's not easy....
ReplyDeleteJulie, You didn't get Japanese Beetles this year? Where's the thanksgiving celebration?! Does that happen from time to time? No Japanese beetles?
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the hydrangeas. I have way too much fun with them. planting, pruning, fertilizing, fussing, cutting, photoing. I just love these bushy bushes!
Jbelle, a season without those Japanese beetles would be something to hoop and hollar about. But, as for this year, I'm still hooping and hollaring about the fact that all year I've seen maybe a dozen JBs. I've heard others complain that they were the worst in 20 years, but I saw only a few. I credit the drought of last summer (34 days without rain) right at breeding season as well as the milky spore we put down.
ReplyDeleteWe got another drought this year, the same time as last year, but I can only pray that the beetles will stay away.
Did I ever tell you that I don't water? It would be to much stress on the well, so the roses are on their own after establishing. I don't get black spot like other people do either. I will also fertilize only during the spring rains.
You don't water?! That's unreal! And of course, you would only fertilize in the rain. wow. The roses seem to mature without the rain??
ReplyDeleteWhat a show. I can't even pick a favorite. Now these beautiful blooming shrubs do not like the hot climate and sandy soil of Lake Roosevelt. I will just appreciate yours. I have a few, but nothing like this! I am eager to see the Rose Show.
ReplyDeleteJbelle, my soil here is a nice soft, well drained clay with about 4" of loam on top. When I plant roses, I will water them deeply for the first year to get those roots as deep as possible. Once they penetrate that clay, the roots will stay moist unless the drought becomes so severe that it cracks the soil. I don't like stressing my well, so I'll often use gray water to water the new plantings.
ReplyDeleteI lost only one of my new roses this year and honestly, I don't think water made all that much difference. Rabbits did that by eating it. I usually don't lose much doing things this way. I will give trees three years because of their slow root systems, but everything else gets about a year.
At every chance the rose society gets, they come to awe over the large bushy roses I have in the garden and are lost at how I can do so little and have such nice roses.
Mrs. Roosevelt:
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Like roses, those hydrangii like cold feet! Since I started photographing them, I have come to really appreciate the little tiny flowers themselves, as well as both kinds of leaves. The two little flowers pictures, including the last ones, might be my favorite. Maybe. But since I am still smitten, after all these years, with white flowers I do love the white ones. love them, love them, love them. siiiiigh.
Julie,
ReplyDeleteI am quite impressed. But then again, if anybody could pull this off, you could!
Whoa... i thought i was looking at my mom's page. Really, the same. exactly the same, i think.
ReplyDeleteall flowers look the same to me.
yore mother?! these are not your mother's hydrangeas! harsh. And I always liked you, too. ;)
ReplyDeleteamazingly beautiful blooms...such things don't flourish here amongst the cacti...
ReplyDeleteoh, i like, of course. a lot. Just like mom's :D
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