Today, I'm sharing a little bit about one of my favorite flowers, the Hydrangea
What are your favorite flowers and shrubs?
I always thought my favorite flower was a rose of any kind, but especially a tea rose.
They still could be, but hydrangeas are up there for sure!
I like to look out through the windows when not gardening, I'm admiring
Do you do that, fellow gardeners?
Have you ever noticed how family and friends have such an influence on you? Mine certainly have, I hold onto those precious memories
Granddaddy, Fannie, seated: Grandmama Cora and Great Grandmama Maggie,
Pictured on the right is Grandmother Goldie
This smile on my face is probably the one I had while visiting the grandparents
Enjoying the times there!
I remember visiting both sets of grandparents as a little girl, walking around their houses and gardens. Both had hydrangeas out front, and the huge blue flowers amazed me! I would just stand and admire!
My Aunt Fannie and I would do our garden walk, and she would sing. She really loved Elvis, so I heard a lot of his songs. Her favorite was ' You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog'. She may have changed the words at times, but you get the idea!
Getting Back To The Main Topic
May 23, 2025
The Hydrangeas are blooming a little differently this year; there are lots of tiny deep blue blooms. They're smaller, but the bushes are loaded! I had to do a little work trimming the woody stems before these beauties bloomed.
I'm checking out the unusual blooms this year
Our blooms over the years have varied in color and size, which is quite interesting
I think maybe that is a good thing because of the surprise blooms
(Pay no mind to the walls of the house, they need pressure washing 😌)
Let's Talk About Hydrangea Clean-up and What Had To Be Done Before The Blooms
The Yearly Pre-bloom Hydrangea Trim
Ignore my shadow and the bedroom shoe on my foot & yes, I'll admit it, I am very bossy! Do you remember the old saying, If your second toe is longer than your big toe, you will be bossy?
These were quite a mess, many to trim away. A busy time trying to cut them off, yet leave the newly forming buds and green leaves on the Hydrangeas. This should be done yearly after the blooms have faded.
A good trim is what is needed after the yearly bloom. Last year, I neglected to trim, so this year I had to trim late to tidy up the bushes ahead of the blooms. They were already beginning to put on lots of buds.. I quickly went about cutting out the woody, dry limbs. (sticks, I call them).
My Advice: Don't be neglectful, it only leads to more hard work. Even if you love gardening, it becomes a job you hate if forgotten. We don't want that, do we?
This was in May. It is now the end of June, and the blooms are already drying up from the extreme heat. In a few days, I will be giving these bushes a crew cut, which may lessen next year's bloom. Trimming away too much may take away some of next year's blooms, which is sad, but it's something that has to be done to improve the landscape and growth.
Shown Here After The Trim, Before The Full Bloom This year
Buds are fixin' to bloom away, and the plants look so pretty afterwards
May 10th
This was how some of the larger blooms came out this year, not many but they were gorgeous too.
Let's look out the window one more time
5/23/25
I'm enjoying the view from the inside out.
Sometimes, I wish I had ten of me to do all the things I want to do. Do you feel that way?
Today 6/28/25
You can see the work ahead of me, lots of blooms mean lots of clipping!
Normally, it would be trimming just below the dried blooms to remove them only, but since I've neglected them, now I must cut away a large portion of the shrubs. They're growing too large for their location beneath my windows. I must do this within reason with the heat we're experiencing now because I sure wouldn't want to kill them off. We put them in when the house was built in 2006.
We've had so many very hot days, and it's taken a toll on the beautiful blooms.
I meant to preserve some of the beautiful blooms, but didn't get to with the heat we've had!
Hopefully, next year we'll preserve some of the beauty
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