Hydrangeas my happy place

Look at these babies

I know my good friend Kim

at

Savvy Southern Style

has not been happy with her hydrangeas

because of the hot summer down south

I believe she got five blooms

this year..

so Kim this post is for you...

I have 2 bushes

one in the front of the house

and the other is in the dog run in the back

this picture was taken a few weeks ago

don't think I will be getting any blooms

year

last year this bush was

~SPECTACULAR~

and gave me these that have dried 

This February the Hubs

thought it needed trimming back

TO THE GROUND

we always get in a fight when he has

those big hedge trimmers in his hands

I told him

~please~

DO NOT TOUCH THE OTHER ONE

as you can see I didn't get the blooms off

last year or I could have had 2 baskets of dried flowers

this was a few weeks ago

yesterday

the ones in the front that are lighter can be dried

but the dark blue ones I find when I cut those

they will shrivel up and won't be good for dried flowers

I tried yesterday and ended up putting them in a vase with water

along with some of my

California lillies

I have to wait until they are turning on the bush

next to be harvested is my lavender

this was early spring

now

I have about 20 plants

in the front yard

I caught the Hubs eyeballing them

before they bloomed

he was going to cut them back because

"they look like  *&%#   "

you fill in the blank

again I pleaded.....

he admitted yesterday they looked

~awesome~

He got to these bushes before I could stop him

~escallonia~

after

before

on the right

there are 5 of them

he got to them right before they bloomed

I still have 3 on the other side of the house

they are suppose to look like this

that's my red crocosmia in front

I love these they get pink flowers sometimes

in February and then again in June

oh well no one goes to the front entry anyway

and maybe they will come back strong

next year

I would love to put hydrangeas
all along the front of the house

 I am going to get a few more cuttings
before we head to the farm


if you would like to see some beautiful dried arrangements

today on Luciane's beautiful blog
Home Bunch

she is featuring a designer

Armonia Decor

that uses them a lot

go check it out

seriously stunning
I think  I need a few more plants!!

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