Hydrangea Droolers Only..

bgarthe

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• Aug 7, 2026

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Well…..I gotta say….Hydrangeas are just as much a passion of mine as fish keeping, insects, fishing, and car shows with my 1980 Datsun 280zx. This thread is about my love of my 26 plants of 16 varieties in the yard. Just yesterday, my wife bought me a trio of a new variety for us called “Bobo”. My favorites are Panicle Hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata) with the cultivar “Love a Lot Pink” being my number one. The white Panicle flowers are starting to turn pink and will turn to a rich red in the fall. Pics will follow as the season progresses.
I even have a yard chart of the plants and a species list. If I post pics of them, you’ll know I’m nuts.

This pic (below) is of the blossom of my “Love A Lot Pink”


Yes…there are a few more.

This is (above and below) my favorite Hydrangea.



Other Hydrangea drooler’s pics welcome…..

 

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They are absolutely beautiful!

 

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• Aug 26, 2026

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3 weeks later…..they are coloring up.

 

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• Aug 27, 2026

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They are not colouring up yet here in Scotland uk.
Really big blooms with nothing added to the soil.

The flowers always grow on long stems like that any ideas why?
I trim right back in early spring.

 

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• Aug 27, 2026

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That looks like it might be the variety Vanilla Strawberry. Mine has slightly longer stems. I’m not sure why yours is so long. I would normally think it was reaching for light, but yours having so many blossoms does not support that thought. I am at a loss.

Maybe you could get on a Hydrangea Forum and find out. If you do, plz post here. I might just join such a Forum myself.

 

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• Aug 27, 2026

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Here's a hydrangea from a Leeds park, Golden Acre in Bramhope. I can't tell you what variety this is unfortunately but since I have the photo it would feel remiss of me not to post it.



Thought I'd check out this new hydrangea section. Not that I have any in my small garden due to filling it up with a limited number of other choices. My favourite plant is my now very old Buddleja 'Pink Delight' which has long flower panicles. It has been host to many butterflies through the summer such as Red Admiral, Peacock, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Brimstone, Holly Blue, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Large Skipper and various white species. The latter include large white, small white, green-veined white and female orange tip and are known colloquially as 'cabbage whites' as they lay eggs on members of the cabbage family. Male orange tip have orange tips to their wings, unlike the female. I've also had a few moths including a humming bird hawkmoth.

 

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Can’t say hydrangeas are my all time faves but there is no question that they are very beautiful and I think they put on the best late season show of any garden plants.

l especially like the ones that change colour as the days grow shorter.

 

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Can’t say hydrangeas are my all time faves but there is no question that they are very beautiful and I think they put on the best late season show of any garden plants.

l especially like the ones that change colour as the days grow shorter.

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I've also noticed the dead heads of some hydrangeas continue the visual contribution these plants make.

 

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• Aug 28, 2026

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Yes, the spent panicles look cool long after the season…..in winter. They also dry nicely, but do not retain the color and turn a quiet tannish brown. If one is crazy like me, he could even make a cut arrangement like I did using spray paint to bring back the color. After I spray-painted them, I sprayed a coat of satin clear to both strengthen and protect them.

 

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• Sep 25, 2026

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Some late Sept fall Hydrangea pics…. Soon they’ll be brownish pink and I’ll have to wait until next year.
The first three pics are of Maculatas which are ok. The ones following are my favorites called Panicles. I’m only posting some of the many bushes in the yard. Don’t want to overdo it.




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• Sep 25, 2026

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Those are great looking plants op. I've been buying a bunch of hydrangeas i love the long lasting blooms. Had to move some around as the blue ones [big leaf] don't take full sun like the Panicle ones do.

 

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Yep……my blues are in diffused light ….moderate tree shade.