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)
An Oasis of Her Own Apr 6, 2008
Sun lovers - grasses, echinacea, hydrangea, coreopsis - were strategically placed to catch a few hours of afternoon light. STYLE TIPS Brown made the garden entry from the driveway more welcoming by installing a trellis planted with climbing hydrangea. (Boston Globe)
Spring recovery: Only time will tell if plants damaged by winter's heavy snowfalls will recover Apr 5, 2008
It is used for shrubs that are overgrown or leggy, but only some shrubs such as butterfly bush, Annabelle hydrangea, potentilla and Japanese spirea can tolerate rejuvenation pruning. Shearing involves removing new shoots using hedge sheers. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
A flower so good that it is often stolen Apr 1, 2008
Hydrangea blossoms have been known to vanish overnight from front-yard gardens and public parks ... Are the thieves just cash-strapped flower arrangers, or is there a florist's black market in hydrangea that is driving the disappearances ... What makes hydrangeas so different is their longevity. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Mother's Garden: Its time to plant trees Apr 1, 2008
Though not technically trees, tall Peegee hydrangea and rose of Sharon carry on into fall. Some varieties hold their flowers longer than others, particularly the double flowered ones. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Twigs from my gardenPosted 4 hours, 7 minutes ago. Mar 30, 2008
Summer-flowering trees and shrubs (including hydrangea) can be pruned to remove damaged or crowded stems and to shape and reduce the size since their flower buds develop on new growth. Note: Don t prune spring-flowering trees and bushes until after they have bloomed. (Lima News, OH)
Add the right 'bones' to your garden Mar 29, 2008
Endless Summer' hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmer') This mophead blooms repeatedly on new and old wood, eliminating any guesswork on how to prune hydrangeas to encourage flowers. to 5 feet tall. (CNN -- US)
Tiger Eyes merit Mar 27, 2008
She had just spied the massed grouping of Blushing Bride hydrangeas ... Blushing Bride was bred from the Endless Summer hydrangea ... For those who are not au cou rant with hydrangeas, Endless Summer is a shade-loving shrub that, yes, blooms endlessly throughout summer and often into fall as well. (NJ.com -- Times)
Green thumbs up: Late winter pruning of trees and shrubs, part II Mar 19, 2008
Spring pruning stimulates vigorous new growth and greater flower production for butterfly bush, sweet pepperbush (Clethra), Rose of Sharon, and Peegee Hydrangea ... The snowball hydrangea, Annabelle , will produce huge white spherical trusses if severely pruned each spring ... Our blue and pink mophead hydrangeas are exceptions to these pruning guidelines. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Extension connection: Climbers and twiners -- vines for the garden Mar 16, 2008
" Because many vines are opportunistic with long, flexible stems that are often not self-supporting, they need help to get off the ground. This might come in the form of a neighboring plant or some type of structure. For maximum enjoyment, match the way a vine climbs to the structure it will climb on.Some vines climb by using aerial rootlets or tiny disk-like structures at the ends of tendrils. These rootlets and disks don t penetrate surfaces but instead secrete a cementlike substance that... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Catching up with Mr. & Mrs. Dooley Mar 9, 2008
On gardening during the drought [Vince is a master gardener with a hydrangea named after him]: "I have a couple of rain barrels. I may get more. I might put in [a cistern] underground. I have a garden for all seasons, I'm going to figure out a way to keep it alive.". On appearing jointly with Barbara: "I'm going to talk first or I won't get a chance to talk. She's the main attraction.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ratto: Can't quit Bonds stories Feb 27, 2008
" And Monday showed that we've still got it. A big knee-jerk media win, this, and we're all heading for your homes to take a victory lap through your hydrangea plants and your koi ponds. This is the gift of Bonds in repose. We can't see him or hear him, but we don't need him any more to divine his future. We know the Giants don't want him, and we are pretty sure the A's won't sign him (although you never know when W.L. Beane will get a wild hair up his beezer). We also apparently can scratch the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
'Please don't run me over,' penned teen cyclist before his death Feb 27, 2008
Usually I wouldn t think so, but attempted hit and runs and getting chased through Mrs. Higden s Hydrangea garden by an SUV crazed Blackberry loving business man was a slight indication that there may be ridged feelings over the way we ride, he wrote. More. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
SPRING TRAINING Feb 27, 2008
" Could the Cardinals use Bonds the player? Of course, and especially so if Albert Pujols' plan to play the season with an injured elbow turns out to be nutty. But St. Louis might not be as crazy about Bonds wearing its team's jersey. Could the Rays use Bonds the player? Lord love a duck, yes. But given that the only people who go to Rays games are fans of the other team, the likelihood that he could win over customers who are predisposed to root against his team seems minimal. Could the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pretty in pink Feb 14, 2008
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New limits on water test nurseries, landscapers Feb 7, 2008
Consider drought-hardy species for winter shade gardens: autumn fern, butcher's broom, poet's laurel, dwarf mondo grass, oakleaf hydrangea, temple bells. HELEN YOEST, RITA MERCER, RALEIGH GARDEN CLUB. (News & Observer)
How to enjoy your winter garden Feb 7, 2008
Some of my favorite examples are: Stewartia the exfoliating bark on this tree is amazing, Star Magnolia, and the very pleasing architectural Hawthorn "Winter King." Consider shrubs such as cotoneaster, oak-leaved hydrangea, blooming viburnums, quince or a fragrant witch hazel, in yellow or orange varieties or dogwoods that brighten up any landscape with their red or yellow stems. Consider specimens that are not only pleasing to the eye, but beneficial to our area wildlife. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Green thumbs up: Beauty in the winter landscape, Part II Jan 29, 2008
Other deciduous woody plants that provide peeling bark include Kousa dogwoods, paper-bark maple, nine-bark, Heptacodium and oak-leaf hydrangea. While these textural characteristics may go unnoticed during the warmer months when their lush, green foliage dominates the landscape, they add immeasurably to the beauty of the winter scene. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Mens's Fashion: A Special Report: Happy 20th birthday, Martin Margiela! Jan 21, 2008
The Belgian designer's soulful mood had absorbed a romantic sweetness, seen in hydrangea patterns on jackets and pants and the mop-head flowers tucked into hats. The rest was dark and textured, with a layering of fringed scarves, but with a positive feeling. (International Herald Tribune)
It's time to consider the garden in winter Jan 20, 2008
The big mopheads of hydrangea, the fragile star clusters of Sweet Autumn Clematis and the big round heads of allium can all provide interesting structure to the winter garden ... Peegee hydrangea blooms last through the winter ... Hydrangea petiolaris (Climbing Hydrangea Vine): Strong woody vine with cinnamon-colored exfoliating bark. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
A year of blooms for Atlanta gardens Jan 4, 2008
Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora' will astound you in August ... Aug. 12: Hydrangea paniculata e "Grandiflora" Peegee hydrangea: The white flowers of this sun-loving hydrangea are enormous. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Top new restaurants Dec 29, 2007
Every black-and-gold-upholstered banquette was booked weeks in advance while the French iconoclast was still obsessing over -- and, often, personally designing -- the details: the shaggy black lampshades; the pink-tinted water in the hydrangea vases. Simultaneously austere and sumptuous, the gray-and-black room sets the tone for Gagnaire's brainy cuisine with its herbaceous accents, citric jolts, and complicated flavor arrangements. (CNN -- Travel)
Resist the urge to prune hydrangea Dec 29, 2007
Resist urge to prune hydrangea ... Resist urge to prune hydrangea Saturday, December 29, 2007 By Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post ... Bailey Nurseries Leave hydrangea such as 'Endless Summer' alone for now to get the best blooms next year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Learn how to prune plants Dec 28, 2007
Why didn't my hydrangeas have flowers last year. " and "How do you prune a crape myrtle. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Mencken played here Dec 24, 2007
Gilt framed mirrors, vases of dried hydrangea, and accent lamps with linen shades complete the look. By contrast, the library features walls clad in dark paneling and comfy pub-style furniture. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Gift ideas for your 'gardener' this holiday season Dec 15, 2007
After removing some old rose hips and grass seed heads, I decked it out with bittersweet freshly collected alongside the bike trail and with the spent blossoms of Annabelle hydrangea just cut from the backyard. For another present from the garden, consider a gift of herbs. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Cottingham: Planning, planting great parts of gardening Dec 11, 2007
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Rules about pruning shrubs Dec 1, 2007
They include azaleas, oakleaf hydrangea, burning bush, weigela, bridal wreath spirea and red twig dogwood ... Some plants, including azaleas, bridal wreath spirea, and oakleaf hydrangeas, produce their flower buds during the previous growing season. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
