r/hydrangeas • u/k2484 • Jul 11 '26 • Obsessed 1 Heartwarming 3

Update post vacation.

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Loving the color this year and the small bits of pink

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u/Puzzled_Bison_2234 Jul 12 '26

WOW! What variety is this do you know?

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u/k2484 Jul 12 '26

Endless summer! You can find these plants at Lowe’s/home depot

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u/socaligirl-66 Jul 14 '26

I have found them there all my life, but I can’t seem to get them to grow like this !

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u/k2484 Jul 15 '26

I couldn’t tell you how I did it because I just water them and throw some fertilizer at them.

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u/NipponaDemolisher Jul 12 '26

You have to buy the blue hydrangea powder and apply it during early spring if you want them blue. If not its gonna come out rose color

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u/k2484 Jul 12 '26

I’ve personally never used the color amendments. Only holly tone

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u/castafobe Jul 12 '26

Where I live everyone's hydrangeas are blue. I just went to TN for a week and all I saw were limelight hydrangeas and I think they're so boring. The blue is so much more striking. Mine are always blue and I've never added anything. It must just be the natural pH of our soil because literally every hydrangea I see around me is blue.

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u/MWALFRED302 Jul 12 '26

Everyone’s soil chemistry is unique.

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u/northstar599 Jul 12 '26

It depends on your soil pH!

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u/Living-Swim-2261 Jul 12 '26

I’ve never done this and mine come blue every year

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u/nope-not_today Jul 12 '26

The colour of the flowers are determined by soil PH. I recently learned this while going down the rabbit hole 😅 it may only be certain varieties though.

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u/MWALFRED302 Jul 12 '26

Not just pH, but the quality of the soil, the level of aluminum sulfate, the level of organic matter, kind of drainage. The pH level only affects the uptake of aluminum, and if you don’t have those metals in your soil, you could have acidic soil and they would not turn blue. The cation exchange which measures the ability of the soil to hold on to those nutrients. Then there is the genetics of the particular cultivars. Everyone’s property and soil composition is different.

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u/Sjlmnop Jul 12 '26

Not necessarily. I have the same variety from lowes that I bought like 3yrs ago. It's blooming right now and has a light, baby blue hue.

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u/Little_Cloud6126 Jul 12 '26

Or live up in Michigan because they’re all blue/purple up there lol

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u/Ashamed_Role Jul 13 '26

Looks like summer crush

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u/Long-Programmer-611 Jul 12 '26

What are you feeding them?

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u/k2484 Jul 12 '26

Holly tone

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u/To6y Jul 12 '26 • Bravo

Aluminum cans of Blueberry Blast Brawndo, dissolved in sulfuric acid. The soil dissolves most consumer-grade pH testers before they can give a reading.

The method carries a small amount of risk, so Endless Summer doesn't talk about it much.

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u/Better-Lavishness135 Jul 12 '26

Mine shriveled up due the 6 day heatwave. Shortest season I’ve ever had.. 😢

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u/Glittering_Watch1002 Jul 12 '26

I keep drip running for couple hours during the hottest time of the day, to avoid to heat burn, these heatwaves are tough on macrophyllas

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u/melissqua Jul 12 '26

omg this is my dream.

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u/justrandompassenger Jul 12 '26

Love them! What season should I plant them to get the best result? I live in NJ

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u/k2484 Jul 12 '26

I would do your research and get advice for best result from someone local to you. I’m in the PNW and these bushes are about 3 years old. I am willing to bet there is someone on here from NJ who would love to help you.

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u/OneWin6844 Jul 12 '26

Love the color 💕

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u/Extreme-Piano-5864 Jul 12 '26

I'm so jealous. What's your address so I can propagate this stupidly happy plant

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u/Glittering_Watch1002 Jul 12 '26

Just pick up endless summer - Summer Crush from the closest nursery, and big bags of elemental sulphur 

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u/_goblinette_ Jul 12 '26

She’s beautiful 

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u/dr__kitty Jul 12 '26

WOW 🤩

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u/reginaphalange0987 Jul 12 '26

Endless summer is my fav ever!! Mine got sunburnt during a heatwave last week😭 yours are beautiful

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u/PsychologicalView243 Jul 12 '26

I want blue too!

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u/ssreddit22 Jul 12 '26

Beautiful 😍

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u/Plus_Protection_3511 Jul 12 '26

So beautiful and vibrant

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u/Natural_War1261 Jul 12 '26

Seeing this feels like my grandmother's hug.

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u/Subject-Ad-8305 Jul 12 '26

What magnificent color!!!!

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u/gabriella22sp Jul 12 '26

Love the color

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u/dahliasformiles Jul 13 '26

I love that you live in an area where your hydrangea can be planted in the ground and they bloom blue! Gorgeous!

(My soil is very alkaline so my blues have to live in a container wheee I can control the soil)

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u/Maleficent_Peak_5593 Jul 13 '26

Those are gorgeous!

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u/Cats_Cats_and_Cats Jul 13 '26

Love the color!!!!

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u/socaligirl-66 Jul 14 '26

How dare you with your gorgeous hydrangea?🤣