NEW FEATURE "HYDRANGEA GLOSSARY"
Click below to download the new Hydrangea Glossary
Click below to download the new Hydrangea Glossary
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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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NEXT MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2024
Alabama Hydrangea Society’s next meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 1:00 p.m. at the Aldridge Gardens Education Building. Visitors are always welcome, so come and bring a friend.
When one realizes that the beautiful blue/pink mophead and lacecap blooming bigleaf hydrangeas are plants native to Japan, it becomes even more puzzling that a frequently used common name for this species is “French Hydrangea.” What gives??? At our upcoming meeting, Master Gardener Karen Mitchell will present a program called Who Put the French in “French Hydrangeas”? Can’t tell you any more for fear of giving away the answer and ruining the surprise.Come attend and find out.
Aldridge Gardens is at 3530 Lorna Rd., Hoover 35216. Park and walk through the gate in the left corner of the parking lot to get to the Education Building. Alabama Hydrangea Society membership for 2025 is just $15/individual or $25/couple. Members receive Eddie Aldridge’s book A Garden of Destiny and can participate in door prizes and field trips.
Visitors to our meetings are always welcome so please bring a friend.
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 the New Additions to our website: Hydrangea Winter Pruning and Propagation, and an updated Hydrangea Care Calendar. Also see the first Hydrangea Pruning help sheet.
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.
====================================================================
NEXT MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2024
Alabama Hydrangea Society’s next meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 1:00 p.m. at the Aldridge Gardens Education Building. Visitors are always welcome, so come and bring a friend.
When one realizes that the beautiful blue/pink mophead and lacecap blooming bigleaf hydrangeas are plants native to Japan, it becomes even more puzzling that a frequently used common name for this species is “French Hydrangea.” What gives??? At our upcoming meeting, Master Gardener Karen Mitchell will present a program called Who Put the French in “French Hydrangeas”? Can’t tell you any more for fear of giving away the answer and ruining the surprise.Come attend and find out.
Aldridge Gardens is at 3530 Lorna Rd., Hoover 35216. Park and walk through the gate in the left corner of the parking lot to get to the Education Building. Alabama Hydrangea Society membership for 2025 is just $15/individual or $25/couple. Members receive Eddie Aldridge’s book A Garden of Destiny and can participate in door prizes and field trips.
Visitors to our meetings are always welcome so please bring a friend.
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 the New Additions to our website: Hydrangea Winter Pruning and Propagation, and an updated Hydrangea Care Calendar. Also see the first Hydrangea Pruning help sheet.
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 |
