{"id":997,"date":"2008-07-20T04:26:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T08:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/07\/20\/my-hydrangea-cant-decide-if-its-pink-or-blue\/"},"modified":"2010-10-30T02:20:35","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T06:20:35","slug":"my-hydrangea-cant-decide-if-its-pink-or-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/07\/20\/my-hydrangea-cant-decide-if-its-pink-or-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hydrangea can&#8217;t decide if it&#8217;s pink or blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year I bought a Hydrangea plant for my garden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_200x200 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1752481714\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 200;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 200;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I think I bought it in August or September so it didn&#8217;t do anything last year except settle itself into it&#8217;s new home.  I believe it&#8217;s an Endless Summer Hydrangea and it was definitely labeled as a *pink* hydrangea.<\/p>\n<p>It started to bloom about two weeks ago, and much to my surprise it&#8217;s flower clusters are not pink, nor are they blue &#8230; they are bi-colored!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Confused Hydrangea - blue and pink at same time! by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2683867083\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Confused Hydrangea - blue and pink at same time! by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2683867083\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3165\/2683867083_a29bd1e458.jpg\" alt=\"Confused Hydrangea - blue and pink at same time!\" width=\"451\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>My Hydrangea is severely confused!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I guess I&#8217;d better decide if I really want it to be pink or blue and then get out there and amend the soil appropriately. I believe you need to add lime to the soil if you want pink Hydrangeas and Aluminum to the soil if you want blue Hydrangeas.  I&#8217;ll do some research.<\/p>\n<p>If you have hydrangeas, did yours ever do this?  Isn&#8217;t it strange?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">As the Garden Grows<\/a> for more information. 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