Hydrangeas are one of the only types of flowers that can change color. The change in hue happens in response to the availability of aluminum. These gorgeous landscaping plants are like pH alarms for ...

Hydrangeas one of the top ornamental plants in the country - but they have a special place in Cape Cod. Dubbed the signature plant of the area, the naturally acidic soil and mild winters of coastal ...

Do your hydrangeas have you seeing blue or pink? Or maybe something else? As you may know, the color of your bigleaf hydrangea’s blooms is influenced by your soil’s pH. When your soil is alkaline ...

Changing hydrangea flower color with coffee grounds is a popular garden hack that could do more harm than good. It’s a popular piece of garden folklore: Coffee grounds will change the color of ...

When gardeners ask how they can change the color of their hydrangea flowers from pink to blue, I sometimes jokingly suggest they move to the east coast where the soils are acidic. Nebraska soils tend ...

The billowy flower heads of hydrangeas come in an array of colors. The pH of the soil determines whether these attractive shrubs will be blue or pink. If you love blue flowers in your garden, few ...

I have four mature hydrangea plants on three separate plots of land around my house. All of them had lots of flowers this year but they were all a dull green color. In the past, I had blue and pink ...

It’s a popular piece of garden folklore: Coffee grounds will change the color of hydrangea blooms, making them the dramatic blue many gardeners covet. The truth is more complicated, according to a ...