tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post6689602375646957323..comments2024-01-19T10:47:36.411-08:00Comments on Roses and Other Gardening Joys: I Heart HydrangeasHolleyGardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-29440693632617697352011-05-29T10:05:54.842-07:002011-05-29T10:05:54.842-07:00I enjoyed this post Holley. Your hydrangeas are a ...I enjoyed this post Holley. Your hydrangeas are a beautiful way to honor your grandmother and keep the beautiful memories fresh in your mind. My grown children have been giving me gifts of flowers for about two years now. I think they are beginning to love coming home and seeing the beautiful gifts that keep on giving.KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429766786566695093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-19749493149763257922011-05-29T06:47:05.106-07:002011-05-29T06:47:05.106-07:00Kelsey - And it all does sink in, though it may no...Kelsey - And it all does sink in, though it may not seem like it for a while. Keep creating for your children - they will appreciate it!<br /><br />Tufa Girl - I have most of mine planted on the north side of the house, the traditional place to plant a hydrangea in the South. Otherwise, the shade cloth is a great idea. The tree will grow faster than you realize!HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-9227749355795357382011-05-29T05:23:41.861-07:002011-05-29T05:23:41.861-07:00What a lovely heart! I have one variegated hydrang...What a lovely heart! I have one variegated hydrangea (in a pot) that I am still trying to place. No shade in the new home so for now it is under some shade cloth. How fast can I get a trash tree started?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140773202280570336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-84992056264974048482011-05-28T22:05:22.417-07:002011-05-28T22:05:22.417-07:00What a lovely post! I think that is what we are al...What a lovely post! I think that is what we are all trying to create for our kiddos now by gardening, cooking and such. Just a little taste of what the idea childhood should be. Lovely, inspirational post!Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820778604250692448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-91467131393853542252011-05-28T09:38:28.686-07:002011-05-28T09:38:28.686-07:00Marie - Happy Memorial Day weekend to you, too!
A...Marie - Happy Memorial Day weekend to you, too!<br /><br />Autumn Belle - I have a lot of memories in my garden of different loved ones. It brings me much happiness.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-77257370783496101152011-05-27T23:55:12.676-07:002011-05-27T23:55:12.676-07:00Your hydrangeas are gorgeous. I am growing them to...Your hydrangeas are gorgeous. I am growing them too. How wonderful that the fond memories with your grandma lives on in you beautiful garden. Happy Memorial Day weekend!Autumn Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818422090556602092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-41407387538128938782011-05-27T22:01:55.528-07:002011-05-27T22:01:55.528-07:00I love Hydrangeas too ~ Your photos are fabulous
...I love Hydrangeas too ~ Your photos are fabulous <br /><br />Happy Memorial Day weekend!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />MarieArabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825144823779695027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-35618749453736183192011-05-27T12:02:05.513-07:002011-05-27T12:02:05.513-07:00Bumble lush - We forget sometimes how easy we have...Bumble lush - We forget sometimes how easy we have it compared to then. Days were spent predominately in the kitchen, the work never seemed to end. The farm-fresh food is a rarity nowadays, too.<br /><br />redgardenclogs - I was tickled to see the heart-shaped bloom, too.<br /><br />Gabrielle - Gosh, I have not heard of most of those hydrangeas. I bet your place is gorgeous when they all bloomHolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-1130056264985461722011-05-27T10:08:49.521-07:002011-05-27T10:08:49.521-07:00LOL at your perfect heart hydrangea! I love hydra...LOL at your perfect heart hydrangea! I love hydrangeas, like you and others love roses. I wish I could have all the varieties. I only have Snowball, Pink Elf and Summer? blue. Limelight is my new favorite!gabrielle@flowerbulbcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997554115681877885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-32869052941065248912011-05-27T09:04:34.517-07:002011-05-27T09:04:34.517-07:00Oh! What a lovely memories and stories. Hydrange...Oh! What a lovely memories and stories. Hydrangeas are one of my favorites too. I love all your gorgeous photos, but that heart-shaped pom is just too much! Amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-32733387329159340252011-05-27T07:39:47.063-07:002011-05-27T07:39:47.063-07:00I love this post! I also heart hydrangeas, and you...I love this post! I also heart hydrangeas, and yours are beautiful. I love blue ones. Although my grandparents did not live on a farm, your story makes me nostalgic for my own grandmother who was also a hardworking woman in the kitchen, and always at the sink or in front of the stove! (No dishwasher OR microwave back then). How fortunate that you have good memories of your grandparents and Bumble Lush Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729677514605178020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-63126644528060514192011-05-27T06:34:31.931-07:002011-05-27T06:34:31.931-07:00Shannon - They will grow. The heart shaped one br...Shannon - They will grow. The heart shaped one brings a smile to my face each time I see it. It's still there, made me smile this morning.<br /><br />Cathy and Steve - You mean your parents tried to get rid of you, too, in the summer? ;)<br /><br />Pam - I agree, the memories make the garden much more special to the gardener. Without them, it would just be flowers.<br /><br />Nancy - I HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-62894350280056177712011-05-27T05:55:10.365-07:002011-05-27T05:55:10.365-07:00I heart hydrangeas, too. In the last few years, th...I heart hydrangeas, too. In the last few years, they have become one of my favorite flowers. I love the heart shaped hydrangea...just too cute!The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-89997575889538722182011-05-27T02:48:04.003-07:002011-05-27T02:48:04.003-07:00Lovely hydrangea heart. These I must admire in ano...Lovely hydrangea heart. These I must admire in another's garden. Much too hot for them here, unless I had deep shade for them to lurk in ;~)Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-89578842212471734372011-05-26T23:37:05.829-07:002011-05-26T23:37:05.829-07:00A lovely post and beautiful pictures. I love Hydr...A lovely post and beautiful pictures. I love Hydrangeas too but am having the hardest time getting some going in my current garden. I've grown them before in Pacific North West and they were amazing! I shall keep trying because they are truly of my favorites. <br /><br />P.S. I am having luck with 'Pink Winky' in a pot but having a harder time with Oakleaf Hydrangeas...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-40332424468852819732011-05-26T23:06:07.514-07:002011-05-26T23:06:07.514-07:00What an idyllic vacation and lovely memories '...What an idyllic vacation and lovely memories 'tangled up in blue' mopheads. Such a pretty colour. I remember the proper hot chocolate too from my Grandmother. Memories of her are roses, roses all the way though where she found the time to tend to them as well as us beats me. I only grow the ramblers and climbers that sort themselves outLaura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-55768228220174508952011-05-26T21:33:21.696-07:002011-05-26T21:33:21.696-07:00Beautiful hydrangea - especially love that one tha...Beautiful hydrangea - especially love that one that is called "lace cap"? Thanks for sharing your post at Cottage Flora Thursday's! xoxo, tracieFishtail Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490056923743934726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-53205731747518468322011-05-26T21:00:25.453-07:002011-05-26T21:00:25.453-07:00Holley, your grandma sounds like my nana. She'...Holley, your grandma sounds like my nana. She's why I have hydrangeas, but hers were blue and mine are deep pink. They didn't live on a farm just a small town in Alabama. We all drove down from Connecticut for summer vacations. The vegetable truck would come down her dirt street early in the morning and then we'd snap peas on the front porch. And she made her heavenly biscuits on the sherryocalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367991971551038582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-18583438396825578472011-05-26T20:09:26.621-07:002011-05-26T20:09:26.621-07:00I heart hydrangeas, too!! But I struggle to get e...I heart hydrangeas, too!! But I struggle to get enough acid into my lime-laden soil. I dug all of them up last fall and put sphagnum moss around the root balls hoping that would hold the acid that applied. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.<br /><br />NancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-8016392413781016332011-05-26T19:53:08.570-07:002011-05-26T19:53:08.570-07:00Dear Holley, What a beautiful story -- beautifully...Dear Holley, What a beautiful story -- beautifully told, beautifully illustrated! I was with you in your grandmothers garden, sharing secrets in the night. Many of my flowers prompt a memory. They make our gardens so very meaningful. P.Pam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-67400813962666173442011-05-26T19:52:07.943-07:002011-05-26T19:52:07.943-07:00Oh, this brings back so many, many memories! Than...Oh, this brings back so many, many memories! Thanks for making me recall some of the most wonderful moments of my childhood. It's almost as if we lived in parallel universes!Cathy and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985161421939096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-21590443847188989012011-05-26T19:20:01.958-07:002011-05-26T19:20:01.958-07:00Oh my your hydrangea's are gorgeous...I am com...Oh my your hydrangea's are gorgeous...I am completely jealous!!! As you saw on my blog mine are too small. I love the last one shaped like a heard. You are one lucky gal :)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152744529601522112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-17145342912579101482011-05-26T19:13:07.456-07:002011-05-26T19:13:07.456-07:00Deb - I agree - it's the good life. Simple, r...Deb - I agree - it's the good life. Simple, relaxed, yet hard work and productivity. <br /><br />Tina - It's wonderful to have a plant that will reminds us of the fun things we did as a child, and the love we felt, isn't it?HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-83472372920461762072011-05-26T18:38:44.950-07:002011-05-26T18:38:44.950-07:00Such a sweet and heartfelt post. I feel the exact ...Such a sweet and heartfelt post. I feel the exact same way about my grandparents and the hydrangeas that grew in their gardens. Nice tip on the watermelons.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485248345006754419.post-7880380926984797512011-05-26T16:48:00.997-07:002011-05-26T16:48:00.997-07:00I, too, have many childhood memories wrapped up in...I, too, have many childhood memories wrapped up in flowers! I loved your story. That's the kind of food I grew up on, including the watermelon! As I grow older, the more I appreciate simple, everyday joys. Good food, the warmth of family, the beauty of flowers, watching the stars...it is the good life!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.com