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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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 Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 10:52:56 AM
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 I think the intense heat this Summer caused this. I watered every other day in July and August, hydrangeas have to have a lot of water!
Now they have new blooms and ones ready to open! Usually this time of year the blooms have faded and are great for fall arrangements.In all my 40 years of growing them, I've never seen this happen! 
Connie |
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 12:04:11 PM
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Really pretty. Strange in Oct.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 12:15:36 PM
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Marlene, I agree, very strange!
Connie |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7109 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 12:27:45 PM
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On TV they talk about an Oct surprise, I wonder if this is what they were talking about. lol Beautiful.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
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VegiChik
True Blue Farmgirl
119 Posts
Sharon L
Gaylord
MI
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 12:31:59 PM
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Unfortunately my Snowball hydrangeas up here in N MI all look like a bunch of scraggly-haired teenagers in need of a good shampooing!
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7231 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 1:28:14 PM
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Those are beautiful Connie. It is such a strange year. We have been super warm for October too. Yesterday was our first day of cold weather, but by next week we should be warming up again. This is not normal for October. It's a very off year.
Krista
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 2:58:07 PM
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We all agree it's been a very off growing season! We had had blistering heat before, not like this year!
Sharon, that's a funny, great way to describe them. I've had my oak leaf hydrangea look like that too.
Connie you
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Nancy Joplin
True Blue Farmgirl
286 Posts
Nancy
Ontario
California
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 6:26:49 PM
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Connie, your flowers are such a gorgeous color! This had been a very strange year, but we continue to embrace it! Enjoy your lovely flowers!
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 6:50:35 PM
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Thank you Nancy! We should have a few more weeks till a heavy frost comes.
Connie |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2381 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 9:38:17 PM
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Beautiful! Love that color.
Judith
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I'm old and I wear purple |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2024 : 4:07:26 PM
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What a beautiful shade of blue! Enjoy them in and maybe cut a bouquet for your table?
Dawn in IL
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." — Henry David Thoreau
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6663 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2024 : 4:15:04 PM
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Well, those Hydrangeas are sure gorgeous even if they are out of synch of their usual blooming pattern!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Oct 22 2024 : 2:48:55 PM
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Thanks ya'll!
Winnie, it's been a crazy ,growing season this year!
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2024 : 07:33:01 AM
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Ours were in bloom when we planted them last year but they did not bloom this year. Very disappointed. Even the one that was here when we moved, a well established one didn't bloom. I think we didn't get enough rain.
~Denise
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2024 : 08:04:06 AM
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Denise, I've have years too with no blooms, hydrangeas need a lot of water. Pruning too early in the Spring can cause removal of live branches along with an the dead ones.
There is a great book that was written about hydrangeas many years ago. I need to look it up again. I leaned a lot from it.
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Edited by - Killarney on Oct 23 2024 08:04:51 AM |
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