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I understand that you can change the colour of a Hydranger by added lime (for red) or by adding an aluminum/iron compound (for blue)


Has anyone tried either of these and how long does it take to have effect ?


How do you change the colour to white ?

Yes you can, it comes in a plastic container with a (of course) blue lid.  I can't remember what it's called, but it does work, you need to use it regularly throughout the season. 

When I was a kid people used to bury old bed or bike frames in the soil :)

Strange but true :)

Thanks Betula - we've got an old bike in the garage, now I know what to do with it.  Must tell my son to start digging  :o :o :o :o :o :o

As we never had a garden full of junk, we were told to see the blacksmith and ask him for an old horse shoe to bury under the bush.

Quote from: Baaaaaaaa on August 22, 2008, 02:04:40

How do you change the colour to white ?

You can't.  You need to buy a white variety.  We have an enormous white variety h.paniculata.  It spreadss quite a bit, it you would like a plant.

valmarg

Quote from: ACE on August 22, 2008, 12:49:59
As we never had a garden full of junk, we were told to see the blacksmith and ask him for an old horse shoe to bury under the bush.

Bit posh int ya?Not many blacksmiths in inner city brum during the sixties,plenty of old bed frames though ::)

Well a slight exaggeration. We nicked a horseshoe from the rag and bone mans old nag ;)

We had already flogged him the bedframes and old iron, and anything ese that was not nailed down ;D

I have often thought of submitting a design to Chelsea for a seventies council house garden.  Would not need many props just an old cortina and a mattress




I'll get my coat.

Hmmm,my old mum would be mad at you for that,in them days in most working class homes cleanliness was next to godliness........you could eat off our floors and we were so poor we often did ;D

Not sure we're allowed to bury old beds, bike frames or even Cortinas in our allotment.

But I'll check ...








Err well, there's nothing that specifically prevents burying such items , so I guess it must be ok.  :P