If you have a pink hydrangea and want it to be blue, you need to bring the soil’s pH levels down. You can do this by adding sulfur or aluminum sulfate to the soil itself. If your blooms are pink ...

Hydrangea macrophylla, the most common species of hydrangea in our gardens, ... 'Nikko Blue' and lacecap 'Blue Wave.' In alkaline soils, mophead 'Bodensee' and lacecap 'Lilacina' are bright pink.

Q. I have a `Nikko Blue’ hydrangea that is 5 years old. For the past two years, it has had only one bloom. The plant gets seven hours of sun per day and I cut it back to about 6 inches in the fall.

A few courageous gardeners planted ‘Nikko Blue,’ a short Hydrangea macrophylla, that was striking for its deep, blue flowers. Then in 1998, Dirr was wandering around Bailey Nurseries in ...

Dennis Bostrom loves to try new plants. But when he mail-ordered a blue hydrangea in the mid-1980s for his Cottage Grove garden, little did he know it would eventually change his life. “I’d ...

Hydrangeas are bold and flashy bloomers that command our attention, whether they are thriving in a garden border or brightening a vase of cut flowers indoors. They are easy to grow and care for, bu… ...

Follow the instructions from the bag to ensure your safety and the best results. With some hydrangea species, including bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla), a higher pH will lead to pink blooms.

The new variety, “Endless Summer,” looks much like Nikko Blue. A problem with Hydrangea Macrophylla is pruning. If you prune it indiscriminately, you may cut off this year’s flowers.

French hydrangeas are prized for their globe-like blooms, popping off like fireworks shows in gardens throughout the late spring and early summer. Mopheads are typically pink, blue, or white, but ...

Macrophylla hydrangea, or the mophead variety like nikko blue, are showing early budding this time of year. Dave Epstein. Because of the drought last fall and the first part of the winter, ...