In Seattle’s current gray weather, this photo of late-season hydrangeas in the morning sunlight just satisfies me so much. The vigorous green leaves, now so very gone, thrill me. For other photos of flowers around the world, visit Today’s Flowers. And take a look at SOOC (straight out of the camera) for other essentially unprocessed photos. PLEASE IGNORE IF READ BEFORE about the 2009 ...

Hydrangeas are voluminous shrubs with lasting flowers. They are easy to grow even in windy locations and the flowers are good for ... name suggests they like water or at least a moisture retentive soil. New Hydrangeas can be planted in Autumn with a good mulch of shredded ... plants with brown or spotted leaves. Hortensa Hydrangeas look like pompoms or mopheads often seen at  seaside locations. Lacecap ...

Large Red Passion Hydrangeas Oil on Stretched Canvas, 24" x 36" SOLD. This one is really big. I kept having to crawl around it to get to my painting spot, and I've been at it for a solid two days. But I'm happy with the overall look of it, and hope the collector will be too. I always procrastinate on the large paintings, just because they are a little scarey to do.

5x8 watercolor from a photo I set out of hydrangeas in a tin metal bucket, shooting around midnight. Mine were pink so made these succumb to artistic license and become purple and blue. This was painted Tuesday and Wednesday while in Phoenix hotel room. I used Winsor Newton paper and travel paint set. Colors: Alizarin crimson, UB, cobalt, viridian, raw sienna, cad yellow light, burnt sienna, ...

Gorgeous hydrangeas hand picked by the Diva from her garden  ...                                                       & ...

Pruning Hydrangeas Knowing if your shrub blooms on old or new wood will help you make timely cuts by Janet Carson fine Gardening is but one of the published magazines of The Taunton Press. Their web site is a wealth of information. The topic of this post is derived from pages at the web site. We do not post the whole articles here. Highlights with selected pictures may be cited and commented on. ...