Black Walnut Toxicity Sep 23, 2008
Prevent Organic Lawn and Garden Damage from Juglone. Organic gardeners that host black walnut trees on their property must protect garden plants from the toxic juglone emitted by the trees' hulls, roots, and leaves. (Suite101.com)
Artists/writers show masterfully explores the artistic process Sep 20, 2008
Summer has begun the slow murder / of its predecessor / the hydrangea sprawling over the daffodils, / the rose sharpening its spines on the anemones. Crosby s acrylic is a pastiche of flowers and trees. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Fresh food and faces at Ag Day Sep 19, 2008
Jim Wayman, of Wayman Farm, gathers hydrangea for customers in Concord Center. Fresh food and faces at Ag Day. (Concord Journal, MA)
Chosen One’ Sep 14, 2008
Hibiscus, hydrangea, liatris, peonies, poppies, azaleas, roses and iris are just a few of her favorites to grow and paint. Her other passion is ceramics, which she jumped into in 2006 buying clay, a rolling pin and a kiln. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Hooray for hydrangeas! Sep 14, 2008
Free News Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:18 PM EDT Hooray for hydrangeas ... By Dawn Pettinelli / Special to the Press Hydrangeas ... For years hydrangeas, tended to be rather neglected plants in the landscape. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Driver beware: Buckle up on these scary roads Sep 13, 2008
Cobblestones pave parts of its length, it's slippery and dangerous at the sharp turns, and hydrangea plants push in to line the lush lane with blue flowers. Deal of the Day. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Does size really count? Sep 13, 2008
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Shaw, Cassidy united in marriage (34) Sep 7, 2008
She carried a bouquet of white roses, calla lilies, hydrangea, freesia, ranaculus and lisianthus. Laura Ely of Raleigh was maid of honor. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Focal Plants for all Season Gardens Aug 28, 2008
Other suitable summer focal plants are , or Mophead Hydrangea. Autumn Focal Plants. (Suite101.com)
Green thumbs up: Heavenly hibiscus Aug 27, 2008
Foliage may be rounded, reminiscent of hydrangea leaves, or attractively lobed and dissected, resembling cut-leaf maple leaves. Broad, circular blooms often reach dramatic proportions up to 12 inches across, in shades of pink, red and white, many of which display a contrasting red eye. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Cultivating the beauty of late-summer gardens Aug 21, 2008
Some of the items Perry suggests are peegee hydrangeas, rosehips, ornamental grasses, fern fronds, the plumes of purple smoke bush, the leaves of variegated weigela, and the bold colors offered by sweet potato vines and coral bells ... For butterfly bush and hydrangea stems, place cut stems into warm to hot water immediately after cutting ... For butterfly bush and hydrangea stems, place cut stems into warm to hot water immediately after cutting. (Boston Globe)
GV?Gardeners: Iron deficiency in landscape plants Aug 17, 2008
Among the vulnerable are popular plants such as bottlebrush, pyracantha, nandina, hibiscus, privet, photinia, Indian hawthorn, gardenia, hydrangea, roses, peach and citrus trees. Native and desert-adapted plants are able to get the iron they need despite alkaline soil. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Gillespie - Waggenspack Aug 17, 2008
A double ring ceremony was officiated by The Reverend Gerald Sevick before an alter decorated with white gladioli, roses, blue hydrangea, delphinium, lavender statice, curly willow and greenery ... The bride carried a garden bouquet of ivory roses, white peonies, freesia, lasianthus, orchids, blue hydrangea and stems wrapped with blue ribbon ... They carried garden bouquets of blue hydrangea, dark blue delphinium, cornflower, lavender roses and statice with stems wrapped in blue ribbon. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Add some color to your summer Aug 17, 2008
Sitting on our neighbor s front porch last night, watching the last bit of golden twilight guild the daylilies, hydrangea blossoms, rippling grasses and coneflowers that merge our two gardens, it felt as if summer might last forever. Mild evening temperatures, delicious floral scents, billowing mounds of color and ripening edibles make mid-August a time of bittersweet perfection. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Pet Ohana: Sago palm toxic to dogs, cats Aug 15, 2008
A: Azaleas, oleander, mother-in-law plant, hydrangea, elephant ears, aloe vera, ivy and bird of paradise are also toxic. Lilies are highly toxic to cats. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Avondale garden: Built from scratch Aug 15, 2008
From the soft-edged raised beds George built to prevent Lin from getting splinters to the Blushing Bride hydrangea they planted in honor of their daughter s at-home wedding, the Inlows say their garden is a deeply personal expression of themselves and their family. There were moments we sounded like the Bickersons out in the garden; we both have strong opinions, Lin joked. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Homemade ice cream just a bad memory Aug 12, 2008
Melissa is in Columbus, Ohio, touring the city's Park of Roses, which she says has nothing on Pendleton King Park's Hydrangea Garden. . (The Augusta Chronicle)
Shrubs for Bright Fall Foliage Aug 11, 2008
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) - Zones 5-9. While hydrangea shrubs are often planted in the landscape for the large, spring flower clusters, the oak leaf hydrangea also provides spectacular autumn color ... Oakleaf hydrangeas make good medium-large shrubs for a perennial plant backdrop, woodland garden, or loose hedge. (Suite101.com)
Vince Dooley's other passion: Gardening Aug 9, 2008
Dirr is also behind the 'Dooley' hydrangea, a rich blue variety praised for its hardiness ... The poolside patio, once the locale for pre-football festivities, now houses containers of hydrangeas and Japanese maples. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
English Style Gardens Aug 5, 2008
Other plants that will give you a good profusion of color and shape are: iris, foxglove, rose, canna, tulip, ornamental grass, peony, poppy, daisy, black eyed Susan, salvia, larkspur, hydrangea, aster, lavender, daylily, and dianthus. Don t forget to include herbs like savory, oregano, marjoram, parsley (curly makes a good border), rosemary, and thyme. (Suite101.com)
Portrait of a neighborhood: Frank Jones Farm and Maplewood Acres Aug 2, 2008
There's also mountain ash "I believe descendants of Jones' trees," a Shagbark hickory and a European ginger reaching skyward above the raised beds of Joe pye weed, trumpet vine, hydrangea, ferns, rhododendrons and other plants. The resident says there are a lot of beautiful gardens tucked away, a busy area's retreats. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
After daylily picking Jul 31, 2008
We will lounge in the breezeway at home framed by our blue hydrangea 'Endless Summer. And before they leave perhaps they will help me to pluck off the spent blossoms of 'Sandra Elizabeth. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Baker - Williams Wedding Jul 27, 2008
The end of each pew was lighted with candles and decorated with pink roses and pink hydrangea ... The bride carried a bouquet of pink Katrina and Esperance roses with white hydrangea. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Using shrubs in a mixed border Jul 24, 2008
Other shrubs I include in my border are small roses, Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva' and a type of Ninebark called Physocarpus opulifolius 'Coppertina' with coppery-orange foliage that turns more of a dark red in summer and fall ... Airy'; Hibiscus syriacus 'Bluebird,' 'Diana,' 'Minerva'; Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'; Hypericum 'Hidcote'; Rosa 'Knockout'; Rosa 'Weopop'; Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon'; Viburnum carlesii 'Compactum'; Viburnum macrocephalum; and Weigelia florida 'Wine and Roses. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
GARDEN Q&A: Hydrangea's spots caused by fungus Jul 22, 2008
My hydrangea was a thing of great beauty, but now it has developed brown spots on the leaves ... There are several that will attack hydrangeas, but it isn't all that important to know their names in order to treat the plants. (Florida Times-Union)
$4 bets aren't on the money yet Jul 18, 2008
Finally, Melissa is in Columbus, Ohio, touring the city's Park of Roses, which she says has nothing on the Hydrangea Garden at Augusta's Pendleton King Park. . (The Augusta Chronicle)
Transform side yard into inviting space Jul 17, 2008
AFTER: The addition of an arched gate, cypress mulch, paver walkway and hydrangea border totally transformed Napier's garden. Miriam Napier, whose Buckhead garden was on the American Hydrangea Society's tour June 14, is a good example of someone who took a shady, unusable area on the side of her house and turned it into an inviting pass-through garden ... "Actually, I saw it as an excuse to put in even more hydrangeas," says Napier, who has over 50 different hydrangea varieties, many of which... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sandwich museum has its own magic gardens Jul 13, 2008
"It's an educational component with an interpretive history of how the cranberry-growing industry got started on the Cape," says Judith I. Selleck, the museums' director of marketing, who adds that a hydrangea garden also will be planted during the summer. This month the renovated American History Museum will showcase "Lost Gardens of New England and Cape Cod," an exhibit of photos and memorabilia, co-hosted by Historic New England. (Boston Globe)
Meet these cool garden relatives Jul 3, 2008
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey. MARTHA TATE. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Osterville Library pays tribute to a friend Jul 3, 2008
The wood-carved design of the bookplate was created by Sandy Connors and features an Emily Dickinson quote, hydrangea and other native Cape Cod plants and flowers, a seashell and the monogram of Joyce Phillips. The fact that her name will now be attached to some of these books is just amazing, said Tom Phillips at Monday s ceremony. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
All-American arrangements Jul 1, 2008
Our favorite among the designs, originally created for events held during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, features blue hydrangea, blue thistle, and an American flag. (left, $125). (Boston Globe)
Tickets now available for garden walk and plant sale Jun 30, 2008
Raised planters and antique panel edges hold specimen trees including Japanese maples, hydrangea bushes, tree lilacs, a serviceberry and and old amur maple ... Hostas, hydrangeas and flowering native plants complete the picture. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Oakleaf hydrangea: Shrub has four-season appeal Jun 26, 2008
Common name: Oakleaf hydrangea. Genus/species: Hydrangea quercifolia ... Family: Hydrangeaceae. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Enliven your garden Jun 23, 2008
We are the gardeners that revel in being the first ones on the block to have a new hydrangea or heirloom tomato variety. It is the excitement of taking risks on new and untried plants that drives us. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Holmen tour features a garden with structure Jun 22, 2008
Sure, there s a beautiful lacecap hydrangea and a graceful weeping mulberry. But the front yard is sedate compared with what waits beyond the arbor built by Jon and decorated with vines grown by Deen. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Fit for a queen Jun 21, 2008
Beds closer to the house hew to its blue, pink and white palette and are filled with foxglove, larkspur, bluebells, phlox, hydrangea and fritillary ... The couple are also caretakers of a few antiques in the garden -- a Concord grapevine with a 6-inch-thick trunk that fills an old iron arbor with grapes each fall and a panicle hydrangea that has become a 15-foot-tall tree. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society planning garden tour Jun 20, 2008
Learn how he has managed to create and maintain an outstanding garden of rhododendron, hydrangea from his own cuttings, specimen trees, perennials and veggie plants when you visit his garden. A woodland paradise welcomes you at this peaceful garden overlooking Barbers Pond, planned and created by Karen and Dr. Ira Asher. (Westerly Sun, RI)
South End garden tour reveals leafy treasures Jun 19, 2008
At once a garden and a funky folk-art collection, the space features a chunk timber bench under a climbing white hydrangea, headless iron statues, cobblestones and homemade trellises, African masks, a stone bird feeder, and an iron Moravian star, along with hibiscus, lavender, and rose bushes. His construction background inspires him to "plant things that last," DeBord says, which is fitting since his garden will live on in celluloid history as a setting for the upcoming Kate Hudson, Dane Cook... (Boston Globe)
Check out Smith-Gilbert Arboretum's Friday garden walks Jun 14, 2008
Betty Edwards walks with a group from Kennesaw United Methodist Church past an Oak Leaf hydrangea at Smith-Gilbert Arboretum. Located in Kennesaw at 2382 Pine Mountain Road, the arboretum has 16 pastoral acres filled with over 3,000 trees, shrubs and flowers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Shopping Sally Socolich's recommended sales Jun 12, 2008
50 on a shell wreath, three hanging seashell balls, a dried hydrangea in a pot, a pillar candle pedestal wrapped in dried purple flowers and three silk flowers. Nothing on my list, but I easily found spots for all of it when I got home. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wedding Flowers For Less Jun 8, 2008
Incorporate large, single-hued flowers, such as hydrangeas, into your table decorations and bouquets ... It used pink hydrangeas and white linens ... Other flowers in season now include calla lily, dahlia, gardenia, gerber daisy, hydrangea, lily, sunflower, rose and daisy. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Stopping by a garden in the woods Jun 8, 2008
For her, that means plenty of bleeding heart, fern, lamium, astilbe, goat s beard and hydrangea. And where they have limbed up the trees to create pockets of sunshine, there are clematis and peonies and daisies. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
More park projects grow from sale Jun 5, 2008
From her vantage point behind the plastic tape, which kept shoppers at the Franke Pavilion at bay until 10 a.m. Saturday, Betty Perry scoped out the hydrangeas she wanted to purchase. "You can never have too many hydrangeas," said Ms. Perry, one of more than 100 people who were in line when the tape was removed, and shoppers entered the area as the William Tell Overture played ... In only four years, the annual hydrangea sale has become quite popular, said Kay Mills, a member of the Pendleton... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Help hydrangeas make comeback Jun 5, 2008
Damaged hydrangeas need help to make a comeback ... On May 30, 2006, I stood in a field in France and made a proclamation in front of Corinne Mallet, one of the world's leading experts on hydrangeas ... Atlanta, I said, was about as good as it gets when it comes to growing what old-timers call French hydrangeas. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Whimsy, formality and down-home style May 30, 2008
A few azaleas dotted the yard along with an occasional oak leaf hydrangea ... Getting Polanized'Because the Thompsons' property is largely shaded, the couple has added more azaleas and lots of wild ferns, hostas, oak leaf hydrangeas, Japanese maples, sweet bay magnolias, dogwoods, redbuds and crape myrtles. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
'I've gardened all my life': Shobe finds job tending the grounds at EIU not much like work May 25, 2008
There are dogwood trees, holly, azaleas, climbing hydrangea, rhododendron, hostas, a weeping copper beech tree, wisteria, and a couple of Scotch broom trees, to name only a few. There is also a tall, thin tree called a curly lamppost maple with branches only inches long. The tree is a cultivar of a Norway maple, which looks similar to one on campus that can be seen from Lincoln Avenue. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Hydrangeas: The swans of the garden May 24, 2008
Although hydrangeas are considered the ugly ducklings of winter, the spring transformation is worth the wait ... There are about 23 species of hydrangeas, but only five are common in the nursery trade ... The most popular species is Hydrangea macrophylla, also referred to as big-leaf, snowball bush, French hydrangea and florist hydrangea. (Florida Times-Union)
Hamilton NZ Wedding Locations May 22, 2008
The Waikato's most famous old homestead, Woodlands is full of beautiful photo opportunities with its old-fashioned staircases, giant NZ native trees, Monet-style bridges and hydrangea walks. A function centre and on-site caterers can accommodate fairly large receptions. (Suite101.com)
This side up: living walls come to Chelsea May 17, 2008
Even the interwoven bare stems of deciduous climbers, such as wisteria or climbing hydrangea, can reduce windchill by trapping air ... He also likes climbing hydrangea, and for domestic use, he recommends the dreaded ivy. (Independent)
It's time to look at new plants that we love May 10, 2008
Garden element series of premium annuals; Tri-color Japanese maple 'Shirazz'; Gold Series tropical hibiscus; 'Knock Out' and 'New Pink Double' roses; 'Pinky Winky,' 'Blushing Bride' and 'Endless Summer' hydrangeas; Dr. Earth Organic plant food and a new selection of self-watering pots ... Also, many types of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, ornamental grasses and fragrant viburnums ... Shrubs: 'French Lace' weigela, 'Nikko Dooley' hydrangea and Siberian cypress. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More of this story... May 10, 2008
Hydrangea means water barrel' and refers to the shape of the fruit after it has sprung open. In any case hydrangeas need lots of water. (The Exeter Sun, CA)
Plantsmen make discoveries that affect your garden May 8, 2008
Retired University of Georgia professor Mike Dirr is famous for his "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants" and two newer books on hydrangeas and viburnums. He's also made scores of important introductions, including the repeat-blooming Hydrangea macrophylla "Endless Summer," sometimes dubbed as the "great blue hope" for northern gardeners ... From 2004 until the end of 2007, more than 7 million of these hydrangeas were sold across the world, with millions more arriving in nurseries this year. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Plant lust for cultivars May 4, 2008
n Pinky Winky hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata DVPpinky): A terrific, drought-tolerant form that should prove ideal for our hot, dry summers ... Expect this hydrangea to reach a height and width of about six to eight feet. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Hydrangeas do best outside May 3, 2008
Times-Union fileHydrangeas don't make good houseplants ... Can I keep a hydrangea as a houseplant ... Although potted big-leaf hydrangeas are sold in the spring with houseplants, this shrub isn't suited for growing indoors (unless you have a greenhouse). (Florida Times-Union)
Hydrangeas will replace blooms May 2, 2008
Remontant hydrangeas will keep replacing blooms 050208 - The Augusta Chronicle ... Every gardener I know loves hydrangeas, the blue flowers of summer ... There is a solution: remontant (reflowering) hydrangeas. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Local garden shops offer new plants for 2008 May 2, 2008
Hydrangea is a staple in landscape design, but the new Endless Summer offers added bloom time for gardeners. Like other hydrangea, the blooms on this stunning plant are pink in alkaline soils and blue in acidic soils. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
On the job: In charge at nursery Apr 21, 2008
We ve had up to 90 different varieties of hosta and 50 kinds of hydrangea here. There s always something different. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
How to get a buyer to fall in love with your house Apr 19, 2008
"The shrubbery here needs to be 'beefier.' I would contour the border to match the shape of the bay and back up those boxwoods with maybe some hydrangeas to give more substance to the foundation plantings. The hydrangeas would provide color in the summer and winter interest with their dried flower heads. A small trellis on the right side of the bay would allow for a vine like a jasmine or maybe a 'Lady Banks' rose, which would climb up the house and soften all that white. And there should be a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Dear Lily: Can I plant my bulbs now? Apr 18, 2008
Dear Lily, I have a hydrangea that has never bloomed after the first year ... First, the hydrangea might not get enough sun and receives too much shade ... Secondly, improper pruning and thirdly weather-related damage to the flower buds could have occurred depending on the type of hydrangea you have. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Shoe Designer Christian Louboutin: Sole Man Apr 18, 2008
Another, more successful idea was embedding hydrangea petals in a clear silicone heel. He even tapped into the recycling trend with his "trash" shoes, which incorporated old mtro tickets and caf receipts in the heels. (Time.com)
Visit Manguel's 'Library at 'Night' Apr 16, 2008
The ancient wall continued to serve as a property divider, looking onto a farmer's field on one side and shading the presbytery's magnolia tree and bushes of hydrangea on the -other. As soon as I saw the wall and the scattered stones around it, I knew that here was where I would build the room to house my books. (USA Today -- Life)
Couple tends park's garden Apr 14, 2008
She started the hydrangea garden, and the annual hydrangea show and sale, as well as the yearly plant swap, according to Will Bowman, who, along with his wife, Kay, is also a dedicated Pendleton King Park volunteer ... Among the Mills and Bowman family endeavors at the park, the most impressive is the hydrangea garden they and others created ... They raised the money to build a pergola and brick commemorative fence and gate, built the pergola, put in an irrigation system, hauled the mulch the... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Color of hydrangea can be changed, but it takes time Apr 12, 2008
KIM KIM FOSTER-TOBIN/The StateTo get blue flowers on a hydrangea, increase the acidity in the soil ... Could you please tell me how I can get my hydrangeas to change color ... The people who have the most control over the color of their hydrangeas are those who grow them in containers. (Florida Times-Union)
Perfect shrubs Apr 11, 2008
Hydrangea paniculata Panicle or grape cluster flowering types prefer full sun and bloom on current season's (new) wood so they can be pruned heavily in early spring. "Pinkie Winkie" produces a bi-color pink and white bloom that can be used in the perennial, cutting garden as well as the landscape. (Cleveland.com)
Mother's Garden: Spring is cleanup time Apr 9, 2008
Lightly prune summer blooming shrubs like Rose of Sharon and Hydrangea before they set this year's flower buds in May. Prune roses now too. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
