NEW FEATURE "HYDRANGEA GLOSSARY"
Click below to download the new Hydrangea Glossary
Click below to download the new Hydrangea Glossary
| hydrangea_glossary.pdf |
Welcome
Welcome to the Alabama Hydrangea Society. Please browse our site and join us for any of our upcoming events.
Guests are always welcome.
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As a matter of fact:
Did you know that the Oakleaf Hydrangea is the Official State Wildflower of Alabama?
Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.
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OUR NEXT MEETING
Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 21 at 1:00 p.m. at the Aldridge Gardens Education Building. Our speaker is Lois Trigg Chaplin who worked for Southern Living magazine for many years and wrote several of their publications (see photo below of book titles). She is perhaps best known for her The Southern Gardener’s Book of Lists. We gave away two copies of this book as our door prize last meeting. Lois will be talking about what makes for healthy soil. This will be of interest no matter what plants you grow in your garden. Visitors are always welcome, so please come and bring a friend.
Wednesday, May 21
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Until then…
Keep Growing,
David Doggett, AHS president
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Notes from a prior introduction
Karen and Kathy Webb have discovered and passed along recently several interesting YouTube videos concerning hydrangeas. Remember that advice from northern gardeners may not be exactly applicable to us southern gardeners. With that in mind, here are some videos that you might enjoy:
Michael Dirr’s June 2022 nursery tour for the American Hydrangea Society (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDluaLoqLA
Michael Dirr’s talk to the 2022 American Hydrangea Society on his breeding efforts (starts at the 17:30 mark, runs for 50 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iElniW2jak
Lorraine Ballato’s hydrangea blogs (she’s based in Connecticut)
https://www.lorraineballato.com/
Oakleaf and bigleaf hydrangeas can be pruned if necessary up until about mid-July to be safe. Also, I’ll always remember what Michael Dirr wrote: “Nothing in the Dirr garden gets fertilized after August 1st.”
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Check out these helpful documents: Hydrangea Characteristics (NEW), Hydrangea Winter Pruning and Propagation, Hydrangea Care Calendar, and Hydrangea Pruning.
Thanks to David Doggett !!!
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Our Gardens - Pictures of how we get out hands dirty.
If you like hydrangeas, visitors and members alike will enjoy this trip into our yards and gardens. Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage, sit back and see the results of hours of great time spent in our gardens. Click HERE
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MEMBER TOURS
In May and June of 2017, members of the Alabama Hydrangea Society visited two magnificent gardens: Jim Scott's waterfront grounds on nearby Logan Martin lake, and Wendy White's Hydrangea extraordinaire in the Birmingham area. Enjoy this Power Point presentation of the pictures from both tours. We thank both Jim and Wendy for their great hospitality.
Guests are always welcome.
====================================================================
As a matter of fact:
Did you know that the Oakleaf Hydrangea is the Official State Wildflower of Alabama?
Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.
====================================================================
OUR NEXT MEETING
Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 21 at 1:00 p.m. at the Aldridge Gardens Education Building. Our speaker is Lois Trigg Chaplin who worked for Southern Living magazine for many years and wrote several of their publications (see photo below of book titles). She is perhaps best known for her The Southern Gardener’s Book of Lists. We gave away two copies of this book as our door prize last meeting. Lois will be talking about what makes for healthy soil. This will be of interest no matter what plants you grow in your garden. Visitors are always welcome, so please come and bring a friend.
Wednesday, May 21
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Until then…
Keep Growing,
David Doggett, AHS president
======================
Notes from a prior introduction
Karen and Kathy Webb have discovered and passed along recently several interesting YouTube videos concerning hydrangeas. Remember that advice from northern gardeners may not be exactly applicable to us southern gardeners. With that in mind, here are some videos that you might enjoy:
Michael Dirr’s June 2022 nursery tour for the American Hydrangea Society (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDluaLoqLA
Michael Dirr’s talk to the 2022 American Hydrangea Society on his breeding efforts (starts at the 17:30 mark, runs for 50 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iElniW2jak
Lorraine Ballato’s hydrangea blogs (she’s based in Connecticut)
https://www.lorraineballato.com/
Oakleaf and bigleaf hydrangeas can be pruned if necessary up until about mid-July to be safe. Also, I’ll always remember what Michael Dirr wrote: “Nothing in the Dirr garden gets fertilized after August 1st.”
=======================================================================
Check out these helpful documents: Hydrangea Characteristics (NEW), Hydrangea Winter Pruning and Propagation, Hydrangea Care Calendar, and Hydrangea Pruning.
Thanks to David Doggett !!!
==============================================================
Our Gardens - Pictures of how we get out hands dirty.
If you like hydrangeas, visitors and members alike will enjoy this trip into our yards and gardens. Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage, sit back and see the results of hours of great time spent in our gardens. Click HERE
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MEMBER TOURS
In May and June of 2017, members of the Alabama Hydrangea Society visited two magnificent gardens: Jim Scott's waterfront grounds on nearby Logan Martin lake, and Wendy White's Hydrangea extraordinaire in the Birmingham area. Enjoy this Power Point presentation of the pictures from both tours. We thank both Jim and Wendy for their great hospitality.
| ahs_tours_2017.pptx |
