I currently have white flowers blooming and would like to make them a different color.
2006-07-17 05:06:17 · 9 answers · asked by jomar1801 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
You can make them blue by using Epsom salts in the soil around the plants.
2006-07-17 05:11:54 · answer #1 · answered by eskie lover 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the hydrangeas that change color are either blue or pink when you buy them. The everblooming hydrangea is a good example. Most hydrangeas that you buy that are white, will stay white regardless of the soil pH. Refer to the link and limitations of changing colors of hydrangeas. So to answer your question, no it is not possible to change the color of white hydrangeas.
2006-07-17 05:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by cowboy'swife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is possible, the others who suggested more acidic soil levels were correct, and this can be done by adding ammonium sulphate. However not all hydrangeas are affected this way, so it may depend upon the type of hydrangea that you have.
2006-07-17 05:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by ladybug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed your hydrangeas Miracle Gro Miracid. The more acidic the soil, the more color [bluish-purple] they will become. Follow directions carefully. DO NOT OVERFEED - MORE DOESN'T MEAN BETTER! You could do more harm than good by overfeeding. GOOD LUCK!
2006-07-17 05:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Busy as a Bee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many colors of hydrangeas. Why not buy some plants?
2006-07-17 05:11:17 · answer #5 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you pick them, go to your florest, buy some "horticulture dye" fallow the directions on the cantainer. but I don't know about changing the color while they are still in the ground, unless you mix up the hort. dye and dip the blooms in it.
2006-07-17 05:11:45 · answer #6 · answered by laughoutloud_247 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chi Chi is right. You can make them blue, blue-purple, or pink just by adjusting the alkalinity in your soil. Have fun with it!
2006-07-17 05:14:01 · answer #7 · answered by HMLB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you change the amount of acid in the soil.
2006-07-17 05:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by chi chi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cowboy'sWife is correct.
2006-07-17 07:06:29 · answer #9 · answered by raptorsmoonrising 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋