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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images With so many varieties of hydrangeas, you're sure to find one you love for your garden, from blue or pink mopheads to ...

It's just not a Southern garden without a hydrangea or two. Members of the family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangeas have big attractive blooms that make them the MVPs of the garden. Their calling cards are ...

For about 15 years, a big yellow garage marked the southern boundary of our backyard garden. It set off the blue bigleaf hydrangeas very nicely, but it wasn't exactly the look we wanted. The garage is ...

On some hydrangeas like the macrophyllas, you can change the flower color from pink to blue or blue to pink. It's all a matter of the acidity or alkalinity of the soil. Because our soil in the Inland ...

Hydrangea expert and author Lorraine Ballato has just spent 10 minutes telling me how difficult it is to make the plant bloom in a northern climate. Asked then why her property was filled with ...

When it comes to caring for your hydrangea plants during winter, you may be wondering if you should prune them. The short answer is, it depends on the type of hydrangeas you have. There are some ...

Hydrangea macrophylla, also known as "bigleaf," "French," or "mop head" hydrangeas, are the most common and have blue or pink-hued flowers that can change color based on your soil's pH levels.