This year in our gardens it has been the year of the hydrangea, and I love hydrangeas. Last year will be remembered for a great crop of basil and the many salads and pasta suppers with homemade pesto we enjoyed throughout the winter!
This year we didn't cut back the hydrangea bushes so we could see just how big they'd get. The two at the front of the house grew to a huge wonderful fullness about my height, so about 5 and half feet, and just as wide with hundreds and hundreds of blossoms. Since we live on a corner lot, they have been on display to all who pass by. So far I have cut at least a couple of hundred and you'd never know, also a few neighbors have gone home with their arms or bags full. They are so wonderful to dry and fill the house with flowers for another year. There are 26 in one container on the dining room table ! I just love the mix and shades of burgundy, green, blue, pink, and turquoise. I have never seen a flower where the colors didn't match and Mother Nature has done it again this year.
The fall rains and winds are starting to damage the flowers so I am so happy to be able to display and enjoy the ones I've picked. I think I have enough now, but went out again today in search of just a couple more of those special ones just in case.....
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