ABC Wednesday: H is for hydrangea

H is for hydrangea and below is a shot of one of my hydrangea blossoms in last summer's heat.

This time of year my hydrangea bushes only have a few little green leaves.

However, they are beginning to awaken from their wintry state.

The hydrangea in the second shot is a baby I separated from the hydrangea in the third shot.

Above is a shot of the baby I took last summer. As you can see baby Hydrangea grew up to be an adult. Below is a shot of its parent from last summer.

The parent hydrangea keeps shooting out babies that block the entrance into my garden. I wish I was still strong enough to dig them up but it takes strength to separate clingy babies from parents.

I like the way the colors change and are varied through the growing season.

It will be about 3 or 4 months before the hydrangea blossoms are in full bloom but they get green in a hurry. Below is a shot from early May of last year and the hydrangea is the green bush on the right.

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