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You must have seen the charming hydrangeas in different colors and surely have wondered how you could also grow them and do the same? If yes, then we have some awesome tips on How to Change Hydrangea to the Color You Want!
Hydrangeas are popular in gardens because they have a remarkable capacity to change their shade. The color of the blossoms can take on numerous shades of red, blue, pink, purple, and white, and it depends a lot on the factors like the growing conditions and soil pH levels that play an essential role in the colors of these flowers.
If you want to change the color of your Hydrangeas more precisely, then grow them in pots. This gives you more control over maintaining the quality of soil and its pH levels, which are the two main factors that contribute to the colors in these flowers.
Do keep the fact in mind that you cannot change the color of white hydrangeas. They will stay white no matter the pH level of the soil.
Hydrangeas become blue depending on the aluminum levels and the pH of the soil they are planted in. A pH between 5.2 to 5.5 will give blue or lavender-shaded blossoms.
The quickest way to make hydrangeas pink is to feed them a dose of garden lime to raise the pH of the soil. Also, get a pH testing kit to track the levels of aluminum and soil pH more precisely.
In marginally acidic or neutral soil (pH 5.5 to 6.5), you may get a purple tone, or you could get a dual shade of blue and pink in the same flower.
Fun Fact: In accomplishing the purple color, the blooms might turn violet too. The shade might not be as drastic as you expect, but you will indeed have a new color of flowers!
The best way to enjoy red blooms is to grow Ami Pasquier (Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ami Pasquier’). To ensure that the plant
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