Hydrangeas

Yesterday I finally got outside to do some more flower planting--

actually preparation for flower planting 

since I had to move the creeping jenny, also called moneywort,

which had taken over the planter boxes on our deck.

Once the water-logged impatiens drowned out of the boxes completely last year, 

the creeping jenny was unencumbered and easily filled them.

I moved them to a new bed of hosta in hopes they would cover the bare spots.

I'm sure next summer I will need to remove "jenny" from there--

perhaps a move under the ferns and adjacent hydrangea.

And speaking of hydrangeas,

I noticed that my hydrangea cutting from last year

has two large green flower heads--one of my favorite colors of late.

Here's a photo from "Petit Fleurs Events" blog by Corrina Kulhanek,

that looks as my hydrangea blossoms do right now:

http://petitfleurevents.blogspot.com/2011/01/seaside-event-ocean-blue-sea-green.html

The hydrangeas we have growing in the backyard, where the soil is more acidic,

always turn the most luscious color of blue,

as  this blossom from last May shows:

The hydrangeas in the front yard, always bloom in pinks and creams and violets:

And sometimes, the hydrangea in the front  blooms with all four colors

at the same time, in varying degrees:

I love my hydrangeas, but I confess a  secret longing

for the lace-cap variety I've seen in garden centers.

Here's a blue variety:

Photo, hydrangeashydrangeas.com

Here's a lace cap hydrangea in pink:

Photo, gardening.about.com

And there is no doubt I'd love a creamy white hydrangea, too.

This image from "Bryant Park Blog" is of an oak leaf hydrangea:

Photo, http://blog.bryantpark.org/2012/06/oakleaf-hydrangea.html

That is one of the great things about hydrangeas, 

there's one to suit everybody's preference.

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