I purchased a Hydrangia bush from Home Depot. It was in a plastic pot so I just transferred it to a much larger pot. The soil I used was also purchased at Home Depot. It was potting soil. However, now, all the beautiful round flowers have lost their color and look faded. I had this same issue last year and purchased what I was told was needed to bring the color back. I mixed the stuff with water and it was a messy task. The colors changed very little.
I was told last year to put pennys around in the soil and it may change the colors. I did not do that last year, but this year I did. Well, shortly after that, I had one flower turn purple, but the other still remain faded. Do you know of this quirky way to color Hydrangias or is it just a coincident that one turned. I love these flowers, but I am so frustrated because I cannot keep color in them. Please let me know what else I can do besides make that God awful solution, which by the way smells badly.
Thank you,
Nancy Freid
I purchased a Hydrangia bush from Home Depot. It was in a plastic pot so I just transferred it to a much larger pot. The soil I used was also purchased at Home Depot. It was potting soil. However, now, all the beautiful round flowers have lost their color and look faded. I had this same issue last year and purchased what I was told was needed to bring the color back. I mixed the stuff with water and it was a messy task. The colors changed very little.
I was told last year to put pennys around in the soil and it may change the colors. I did not do that last year, but this year I did. Well, shortly after that, I had one flower turn purple, but the other still remain faded. Do you know of this quirky way to color Hydrangias or is it just a coincident that one turned. I love these flowers, but I am so frustrated because I cannot keep color in them. Please let me know what else I can do besides make that God awful solution, which by the way smells badly.
Thank you,
Nancy Freid