Struck by BloomStruck™ (and a $100 Visa Gift Card)!
If you are a perennial, shrub, or tree in my yard, it was a ROUGH winter. While it's normal for me to have one or two fatalities to the cold, this year I had... more than one or two.
The deer completely destroyed four of my tall evergreen shrubs.
I lost nearly half of my boxwoods to relentless cold. We're talking about over 25 formerly happy little guys that lined our entire front landscaping. They are now deader than dead. Several others are badly damaged from the cold.
My two dozen rose bushes survived, I think, but they are going to need to be pruned to the ground because only the roots survived.
My hydrangeas, though. THEY'RE BACK! Or at least they survived. It looks like the old growth was lost to the harshness of this winter's endless cold, but they are popping up from the ground, so they will recover. The bad news is that all of my hydrangeas (and there are a lot -- about 10) are the type that bloom on old growth. So, no flowers this year, but next year should be spectacular.
Except, thanks to BlogHer and Endless Summer®, I have a new addition to my hydrangea family.
That is my new friend BloomStruck™. It's from the Endless Summer® Collection and it blooms all summer long. It also blooms on both old and new growth, so starting this year, I shouldn't ever have a summer without hydrangeas again.
That, by the way, is a big deal to me. Hydrangeas are my absolute favorite of all flowers. Period. They have no competition. I love them most of all because all flowering things in the purple to blue to pink range are fantastic. I also love them because of their giant flower heads, because I'm fascinated by being able to change the color of the blooms by adding acid to the soil, and because I just plain love classic flowers.
(Kiara loves them, too.)
BloomStruck™ is earning my love in new ways. It has red stems, which I'm totally dorking out over. They're so pretty! The blooms are huge and multi-colored, so knowing that I will be able to enjoy them all summer long is making me a very happy camper.
I can't wait to add it to Hydrangea Row by our pond.
I'm pretty sure heaven is a little fairy hidden amongst a field of hydrangeas that surround a cute little pond.
Thanks to BloomStruck™ and BlogHer, I get to celebrate the introduction of BloomStruck™ by giving one of you a $100 Visa Gift Card. Just leave a comment telling me the flower you are most looking forward to enjoying this summer and you will be entered to win. (Me? I'm already enjoying my new BloomStruck™ hydrangea! HOORAY!)
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Monday, May 19, 2014
Reader Comments (193)
I just planted a whole bed of pink begonias. There is a blue hydrangea in the background so they should look nice together.
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I love irises.
I love verbena. I think it smells amazing.
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i am so totally looking forward to daisies!
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I always look forward to sunflowers and daffodils :)
I'd love to get a gardenia for the wonderful fragrance!
I was looking forward to my lilacs, but it looks like the winter cold hurt the bush pretty badly. We only had three blooms this year. I was also looking forward to my tulips, but apparently so were the deer. They ate them before they had a chance to bloom!
I love the sunflowers.
I will be buying some more irises-I have many, and I want more!
I love gerber daisies. I just think they are simple but beautiful. Thank you!
I love Hydrangeas and I hope I spelled that right.
I'm most looking forward to magnolias this summer. Thanks for the giveaway!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/PuffyBiggers/status/479116543385534464
I am looking forward to my daisies coming up. My favorites are actually chrysanthemums that just look like daisies. I think I'll have to wait for them. I think they're fall plants. For now I'll enjoy my wild daisies.
i love purple rose that are so pretty
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I love the cute pictures you took! I would love to have some of these for my garden
I always look forward to daffodils. They are usually the first to pop up indicating summer is on the way.
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I look forward to hydrangeas blooming. I love them and have about three varieties. There is always room for more.
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https://twitter.com/d3christie/statuses/479533486257082368
I am looking forward to my yellow rose bushes.
https://twitter.com/smilekisses/status/479550258985181184
I love roses, jasmine, and lillies
Hydrangeas are beautiful! That kitten's absolutely adorable, too.
I am looking forward to my peach lace and lavender lace daylillies the most this summer.
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I tweeted the giveaway as jlsc123 (Jill Myrick) located here:
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I am really partial to lavender. I love the smell and it does pretty well in our dry climate with cold winters.
i like the iris that comes up every year in our front yard
I too just recently planted a multi colored hydrangea, crazy I know.. but there are 6 blossoms and are pink, blue and purple! But my favorite flower to bloom are any of my roses!
I am looking forward to seeing my roses bloom.
I always look forward to the bright yellow blooms of my Goldfinger Potentilla Shrub in the summer.
i am looking forward to dahlias . I love them
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I love daylilies, they come in so many colors and they bloom all summer long.
lilacs and lilies!
A garden fairy and a fairy door is a must in every yard. For some reason they bring me peace.
We have a very pretty rose bush. Thankyou
I look forward to the peonies
Your yard is beautiful! Sadly we live in a townhouse so we don't really have a yard but we have pots all over our deck :)
The pink and purple monarda (Bee Balm) Last year I had 15 hummingbird mouths flying around them, and can't wait to see them again, because this year I've added red!
Roses. I love tulips, and wish they bloomed all summer!
I like lilies.
I'm a red daisy girl. Can't grow 'em, but I kept a fig tree alive for a year, so I'm doing ok.
I'm thrilled with anything I don't manage to kill inside of two weeks.
I look forward to my hydrangeas when they change from ink to blue
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