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Hydrangea colour question
Last year I took a cutting from a Hydrangea in my late Father-in-Laws
garden. The plant was a beautiful specimen and alwways produced a wealth of large deep-blue flowers. My cutting rooted successfully and in spring I planted it in my garden. It has produced one large flower that is bright pink. Is this usual or something to do with the different soils in each garden. (Or maybe it's my late Father-in-law having a last laugh) Graham |
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Hydrangea colour question
'Graham',
Your type of problem has been discussed here before and the answers are on this site. Hope it helps you. http://tinyurl.com/2hn8d Regards, Emrys Davies. "Graham Dixon" wrote in message ... Last year I took a cutting from a Hydrangea in my late Father-in-Laws garden. The plant was a beautiful specimen and alwways produced a wealth of large deep-blue flowers. My cutting rooted successfully and in spring I planted it in my garden. It has produced one large flower that is bright pink. Is this usual or something to do with the different soils in each garden. (Or maybe it's my late Father-in-law having a last laugh) Graham |
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"Graham Dixon" wrote in message ... Last year I took a cutting from a Hydrangea in my late Father-in-Laws garden. The plant was a beautiful specimen and alwways produced a wealth of large deep-blue flowers. My cutting rooted successfully and in spring I planted it in my garden. It has produced one large flower that is bright pink. Is this usual or something to do with the different soils in each garden. (Or maybe it's my late Father-in-law having a last laugh) Hydrangeas need a soil with a substanrial amout of a certain Iron ion in order to produce blue flowers. Try using Squestrene or a similar product. Ask your neighborhood garden centre what bluing agent for hydrangeas he stocks. Franz |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "Graham Dixon" wrote in message ... Last year I took a cutting from a Hydrangea in my late Father-in-Laws garden. The plant was a beautiful specimen and alwways produced a wealth of large deep-blue flowers. My cutting rooted successfully and in spring I planted it in my garden. It has produced one large flower that is bright pink. Is this usual or something to do with the different soils in each garden. (Or maybe it's my late Father-in-law having a last laugh) Hydrangeas need a soil with a substanrial amout of a certain Iron ion in order to produce blue flowers. Try using Squestrene or a similar product. Ask your neighborhood garden centre what bluing agent for hydrangeas he stocks. Franz ****** I struck thirty cuttings from a deep purple hydrangea growing in shade on the side of a countryside wood. They all rooted . They all flowered pink. On all of my hydrangeas I have tried packs of rusty nails, water from a big jug with rusty nails in it, cast-iron window-sash weights, Sequestrene. You name it I've tried it. I have recently replanted them and filled each the hole with half a bag per plant of Ericaceous compost, with only fairish success. All the bushes flower according to what colour they were before , blue, pink, red or white. Dear mother its a bugger sell the pig and buy me out. Doug. ****** |
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes Hydrangeas need a soil with a substanrial amout of a certain Iron ion in order to produce blue flowers. Try using Squestrene or a similar product. Ask your neighborhood garden centre what bluing agent for hydrangeas he stocks. And in order to make the link between Franz's answer and mine regarding the pH - it is more difficult for plants to take up iron from an alkaline soil, hence the blue flowers in acid soil and pink in alkaline. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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