Helen Johnstone
I live in Malvern, Worcestershire and am a very keen gardener. I started the Patient Gardener Blog in January 2008 as a way of recording what was happening in my garden and connecting with other like-minded people. I started a second blog PatientGardener 365 January 2013 in order to try and post a photo a day to capture what is growing in my garden or places I have visited
September 26, 2012 at 7:31 am
Lovely Helen and great post
September 26, 2012 at 7:47 am
Such a pretty blue.
September 26, 2012 at 8:17 am
Very pretty.
September 26, 2012 at 10:41 am
Helen this is gorgeous…it is my dream to get one of my hydrangeas to bloom blue…I have moved a few around this fall in hopes they will grow more, bloom more and turn blue!
September 26, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Hi Donna – I have to admit that this isnt growing in my garden at all. It was at a garden I visited in Devon and all the hydrangeas were shades of blue so I suspect they had the right type of soil
September 26, 2012 at 11:45 am
Beautiful photo.
September 26, 2012 at 5:34 pm
This one is a really lovely vibrant blue and it looks nice and healthy. I’m not over keen on the wishy-washy pink ones though, they just seem to hang around looking a bit ‘blah’ to me – maybe it’s just the one in next doors garden!
September 26, 2012 at 5:57 pm
It is a lovelyshade of blue, much better than the pink ones. I don’t think I have ever seen a blue flower I didn’t like!
September 26, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Wow! A lot can be conveyed without words!
September 27, 2012 at 12:46 am
My favorite shrub. I so love hydrangeas.
September 27, 2012 at 3:45 am
I have quite a few hydrangeas – some I started from my last garden and about 8 in big pots! I don’t think I have this one – very pretty. I have 2/3 lace caps and some really pretty ones. Yea my gorgeous dark purple dutch irises are out about 21 this year – the clump keeps getting bigger. A pink peach blossom is out behind it – pretty! If I have to move (might have to) I intend to dig them up! Moving is such a pain – especiially as plants and pots need to go tooooooo!!!!
September 29, 2012 at 6:01 pm
I’m with you on liking hydrangeas Helen. They just need to be babied in our dry climate so not the best fit. 😦
Spectacular photo!