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Bookerc1
Mackinaw, IL
(Zone 5a)

August 30, 2009
07:39 PM

Post #7006059

I am in love with the blue hydrangeas, but it seems so many of them need acidic soil to stay blue. I've read up here on what it takes to keep them blue, and it sounds like a lot of work. I just wondered if there are any blue hydrangeas that stay blue, even in alkaline soil? I found one mentioned on Garden Crossings that supposedly does, but wondered if anyone had any experience with it.

http://www.gardencrossings.com/plant/Hydrangea_involucrata_B...

I think this is a case of wanting what I can't have (or can't have without a time commitment that I just can't make right now.) LOL Nothing like being told you can't have something to make you want it more!

Thanks for any input!
Angie

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