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About Me
- Liz
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Intially this blog was meant as a record of the development of my garden when we first arrived in 2008. Now although it is still a record, I view it more as a photo blog with minimal talking and lots of photos. I enjoy spending time out in the garden, usually staring and doing little else… I garden organically and where possible garden for nature.
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21 comments:
Oh, how beautiful! You have very artistic eye, Liz!
Beautiful pictures, I especially like the third one.
Superb macro, Liz. Thanks
Hi Liz....as the first comment said you do most certainly have an artistic eye....
I wish my blooms looked like that, my hydrangeas were a big flop this year.....
Hi Tatyana,
*blush*
Thank you so much :)
Hi Rebecca, thanks I'm glad you enjoyed them :)
Hi Scott, thanks for visiting I'm glad you liked my photos!
Hi Cheryl, thanks! *blush*
Well, to be honest these Hydrangeas started out blue... They've since turned to purple and now we're onto this lovely pink!
Well, at least I don't need to buy a range of them to get the different colours! lol, although I would like white.... ;)
Sorry to hear yours didn't do so well this year... Does dry weather upset them?
Mine is in a dark corner in the front garden, I doubt it ever dried out there all summer!
Hi Liz. Gorgeous photos of your hydrangeas - mine have done the whole blue, purple, pink thing too ... but my photography skills aren't a patch on yours and I didn't get any good shots before my camera broke!:(
Hi Liz, Oh dear how did your camera break?!!!
Oh no, I couldn't imagine it if mine broke... (I have broken a lens... But we'll not mention that! :D)
I guess it's just a wonderful reason for you to go buy another.... heeheee, not that I'm trying to encourage you at all!
Or perhaps Father Christmas will be generous??
I don't think I have ever visited your blog. I am glad I did. You have beautiful photos! :) Amy
great photos again, Liz.
in the garden at Riverside, there was a very small frontgarden, but with 5 Hydrangeas in it! Luckily a friend had a long bare drive. She did have to dig them out herself though.
They can look good if you got the space around them. But I don't like them.
Perhaps because everyone has them?
Lovely Lovely! Artistic indeed. I love how hydrangeas turn color for us. Carol
Hi Amy, thank you so much for visiting my blog I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Hi Yoke, I do understand what you mean... Hence the title the dreaded Hydrangeas! ha ha.
I've never had them before, but yes I do associate them with old ladies and impatiens..........
This came with the garden and I think if anything I would rather replace it with a white one. But the idea of this blog post was to try to show their true beauty, to look beyond the norm and see them for what they are.
On my deviantart account a photo of a Hydrangea flower is by far my most popular photo yet, with thousands of views and hundreds of favourites (most images are lucky if they get 100 favourites)... Just goes to show...
Hi Carol, thanks! Hydrangeas are great for many reasons, including their dried heads... It's just a shame they're a little too 'frilly' for my liking... Great big pom pom heads, so heavy they drag their branches down, just doesn't seem natural! :D
Hi Liz.....I know that hydrangeas do not like it dry, so that probably was the problem. I suppose I should have watered them but you can only do so much in a garden this size (a big disadvantage.
Hi Cheryl :)
Ah, I know little about Hydrangeas having never had any before. But I had seen them grown often in north-facing gardens so can assume they survive on minimal light and no doubt moist soil...
With your drought this summer you could not have been expected to keep everything watered, I am sure it will be fine next year :)
I'm not a fan of hydrangeas, but your photos have persuaded me that they have their merits. I love the way the light falls on the top ones.
I adore these colours, nice one Liz x
They are lovely photos and i do think the autumn colours of Hydrangea are so lovely
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