A few months ago when Michelle wrote about how to turn pink hydrangeas blue, the post's immediate success made me wonder if I was the only one who likes pink hydrangeas just the way they are.
Then, a couple days ago, I noticed a neighbor cutting blue hydrangeas from a pot along the side of her apartment building. I stopped to ask her if she preferred blue over pink. "Blue hydrangeas stay pretty even when they're fading. When the pink ones start to die, they look rotten," she said. Her reason was practical. The score so far was Pink: 1-Blue: 1.
For inspiration, we've rounded up some of our favorite gardens with hydrangeas. Where does your allegiance lie? Pink or blue? Let us know (and tell us why) in the comments section below.
In This Corner, Pink...
Above: A mix of light pink and purple hydrangeas have struck a truce in this Cutchogue, New York garden submitted to the 2015 Gardenista Considered Design Awards.
Above: Pink hydrangeas among a perennial garden in Lake Champlain, New York (another entry in the 2015 Gardenista Considered Design Awards).
Above: London-based Balcony Gardener Isabelle Palmer's window boxes, vibrant magenta hydrangeas included. Photograph by Jonathon Gooch. See the rest of her urban garden here.
Above: Shades of pink hydrangeas in front of the Mrs. Doubtfire house in San Francisco.
...And In This Corner, Blue
Above: Stylist Tinna Lankonen's Hampton's backyard is lined with blue hydrangeas. For a tour of her house, see Rhapsody in Blue: A Finnish Stylist at Home in the Hamptons on Remodelista. Photograph by Matthew Williams.
Above: A shade tolerant garden featuring blue hydrangeas, in San Francisco. The garden by Zacate Landscape Design is an entry in the 2015 Gardenista Considered Design Awards.
Above: A blue hydrangea hedge from Landscape Architect Visit: A Very American Garden on Cape Cod. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Stimson Associates.
Above: Justine's blue hydrangea and grapevine bouquet.
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