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Everette Jones, owner of Shady Characters nurs-
ery, a local, family owned nurs-
ery in Aiken specializing in her-
baceous perennials for the shady
woodland garden. With an
original emphasis on Hostas, the
nursery has expanded to include
other companion plants. Nu-
merous selections of Heucheras,
Tiarellas, Ferns and Hardy Gin-
gers are available along with
many other plants that are un-
usual and hard to find. Everett
will present a program on
“Companion Plants for Hydran-
geas.” and share his enthusiasm for wood-
land gardening and beautiful plants.
All are welcome!
March 18, 2010 Meeting Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Aiken Technical College Community Room Everette Jones,
“Companion Plants for Hydrangeas”
“Upcoming Events”
May 22, 7:30 AM—6:00 PM Bus trip to Plant Introductions, Inc.,
Watkinsville, GA, Lunch at The State
Botanical Gardens of Georgia. Meet at
the Augusta Golf & Gardens, One 11th
St., Augusta, GA Cost: TBA
May 29, 7:30 AM Pendleton King Plant Sale, Franke Pavil-
ion at Pendleton King Park
June 5, 7:30 AM
Society Plant Sale, Aiken Farmer‟s Market
June 24, 8:30 AM Hydrangea Conference
Savannah Rapids Pavilion
August 19, 7:00 PM General Meeting,
Location TBD
November 18, 7:00 PM General Meeting,
Location TBD
Volume 7, Issue 1
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Volume 7, Issue 1
Spring 2010
THANK YOU to all
members who furnished
refreshments at our No-
vember 2009 meeting.
Also, thank you Cathy
Kvartek for providing
plants as door prizes. If
you would like to volunteer
to bring refreshments to the
March 18 meeting, please
contact Faye Camley (803-
270-8757).
„Tardiva‟
„Altona‟
„Frilibet‟
„Mme Emile
„Lanarth White‟
„Limelight‟
„Lanarth Lavender‟
Shady Characters Nursery
Fellow Hydrangea Society members:
Welcome to a new year of gardening
and to another year of endless opportu-
nities for gardening with hydrangeas. I
am Chris Randall, and I am honored to
be president of the CSRA Hydrangea
Society for 2010. If you are a CSRA
Hydrangea Society member, thank you
for this opportunity.
If you are not currently a member, I
encourage you to join us. There is a lot
to learn within the Society, even for the
seasoned gardener or horticulturalist.
New varieties of hydrangeas, new ways
to design them into your landscape,
new techniques for plant care, and new
gardening products are being devel-
oped or discovered each year by the
green industry. And there are tried and
true varieties and methods to learn
about as well.
We will learn something in each of these
areas from three knowledgeable and
entertaining speakers at three general
meetings this year, March 18, August 19
and November 18. And this year we are
hosting the first of what we plan to be an
annual Hydrangea Conference. The
conference will be June 24. Three more
outstanding speakers will be featured at
the conference as well as a tour of some
beautiful gardens, refreshments and door
prizes.
And finally, we are very excited about a
bus trip we have planned to Dr. Michael
Dirr‟s Plant Introductions, Inc. in Watkins-
ville, GA. Dr. Dirr himself will tour us
and those of you who have been on a tour
or heard Dr. Dirr know what an inspiring
time that can be. For additional informa-
tion about our the bus tour, our meetings,
the conference, plant sales, and community
activities in which we are involved, please
check the newsletter.
There are simply no better friends in the
world than a fellow gardener. And while
we all go through ups and downs, one of
our friends, Bill Hayes, a Hydrangea Soci-
ety board member, is going through a par-
ticularly tough time right now. Please keep
Bill in your thoughts and prayers over the
next few weeks.
New gardening ideas and new gardening
friends are what we are about in the CSRA
Hydrangea Society. Did I mention we al-
ways have wonderful refreshments at our
meetings? And door prizes? I do hope you
will join in the fun.
Chris Randall
Page 2
President’s Message
“Growing Bigleaf Hydrangeas—Flower Color” Gary L. Wade, Extension Horticulturist, Department of Horticulture-UGA
Research has determined that the ac-
tual mechanism of color variation is
due to the presence or absence of alu-
minum compounds in the flowers. If
aluminum is present within the plant,
the color is blue. If it is present in
small quantities, the color is "in be-
tween," and if it is absent, the flowers
are pink.
Soil pH indirectly affects flower color
by affecting the availability of alumi-
num in the soil. When the soil is acid
(pH 5.5 or lower), aluminum is gener-
ally more available to the roots. When
the soil is neutral or alkaline (pH 7.0 or
higher), the availability of aluminum is
decreased and flowers are more pink.
To gradually change flower color from
pink to blue, broadcast 1/2 cup of wet-
table sulfur per 10 square feet and wa-
ter it in. To make the flowers pink,
broadcast one cup of dolomitic lime
per 10 square feet and water it into the
soil. It may take a year to see a notice-
able change in flower color from this
treatment.
Another quicker way to achieve a
change in flower color is through liquid
soil drenches. To make the flowers
blue, or perhaps more blue during the
growing season, dissolve 1 tablespoon
of alum (aluminum sulfate) in 1 gallon
of water and drench the soil around the
plant in March, April and May. To
make the flowers pink, dissolve 1 table-
spoon of hydrated lime in 1 gallon of
water and drench the soil around the
plant in March, April and May. Avoid
getting the solution on the leaves be-
cause foliar damage may result.
Gary L. Wade, Extension Horticultur-
ist, Department of Horticulture
For More Information
There are a number of excellent publi-
cations available on hydrangeas, both
online and from publishers A former
University of Georgia professor, Dr.
Michael Dirr, has written a book ti-
tled Hydrangeas for American Gar-
dens.
It is widely available in book-
stores and online. The U.S. Na-
tional Arboretum also has an ex-
cellent online publication on se-
lecting and growing hydrangeas.
See http://www.usna.usda.gov/
Gardens/faqs/hydrangeafaq2.html
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1
A bus trip has been planned for May 22,
2010 to Plant Introductions, Inc., Wat-
kinsville, GA. We will meet at the Au-
gusta Golf & Gardens, One 11th St.,
Augusta, GA departing at 7:30 a.m.,
returning 6:00 p.m. Cost will be deter-
mined by number of participants and
will include lunch.
Plant Introductions, Inc. (PII) breeds,
evaluates and introduces new woody
(and herbaceous) plants for the nursery
industry. The principles, Mark Griffith,
President, Griffith Propagation Nursery,
Inc.; Jeff Beasley, President, Transplant
Nursery, Inc., and Mike Dirr, Professor
of Horticulture, retired, University of
Georgia, Athens, GA bring 75 years
experience to the Company. They un-
derstand the American and International
nursery business.
PII developed new facilities that encom-
pass breeding, propagation, production
and testing. PII established symbiotic
relationships with major nurseries, public
gardens and universities to test and evalu-
ate the plants from Maine to Florida to
the west coast. Their goal is to develop
superior garden plants that perform as
promised.
PII is currently breeding and evaluating
thousands of seedlings and selections in
the following genera: Abelia, Acer, Au-
cuba, Calycanthus, Cephalanthus, Cepha-
lotaxus, Distylium, Emmenopterys, Gar-
denia, HYDRANGEA, Lagerstroemia,
Lantana, Loropetalum, Maackia, Magno-
lia, Nandina, Pinckneya, Punica, Pitto-
sporum, Rhaphiolepis, Rhododendron,
Rosa, Spiraea, Thuja, Ulmus, Viburnum
… and others.
http://www.plantintroductions.com/
companyinformation.html
Botanical Name: Hydrangea macro-
phylla
Common Name: Endless Summer®
Twist-n-Shout™ Hydrangea
“We believe the profitable and suc-
cessful future resides in a palette of
colorful, ever-blooming, culturally
adaptable, pest-resistant shrubs and
trees.”
Page3
“Plant Introductions, Inc.”
Watkinsville, GA
Hydrangea macrophylla „Blushing Bride‟ ®
HYDRANGEA 'ENDLESS SUMMER
'BLUSHING BRIDE'
Blushing Bride® Dark, glossy green foliage makes
the perfect canvas for the lovely, repeat, white,
mophead blooms that measure up to 6 inches across.
As the blooms mature, they turn a lovely blush pink
or blue depending upon the soil acidity. Easy to grow
and adapts to most conditions. A wonderful addition
to any garden!
Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Shade
Height: 3 to 5 feet
Spread: 3 to 5 feet
Flower: White, tinged with pink. Summer.
Foliage: Green
Form: Mounding
Membership: A renewal membership form is included in this newsletter. RENEW YOUR MEM-
BERSHIP TODAY. Save yourself postage! Fill out your membership form and turn in to the Member-
ship Chairman, Pam Glogowski, at the March 18 meeting.
Blushing Bride
Directors Irv Magin
Bill Hayes
Kay Mills
Rick Rasmussen
Gloria Wade
Kay Bowman
CSRA
Hydrangea
Society
Valerie Martin, Editor
CSRA Hydrangea Society
P. O. Box 15601
Augusta, GA 30919-1601 Officers
Chris Randall, President
Jacque Rees, Vice President
Pam Glogowski, Treasurer
Valerie Martin, Secretary
The CSRA Hydrangea Society was organized on October 3, 2003. Meetings are held
on the third Thursday of March, May, August and November.
The Objectives of the Society are:
To promote the growing of hydrangeas;
To conduct programs that will encourage and assist its members in the growing of
hydrangeas;
To emphasize the pleasure and benefits to be derived from growing hydrangeas.
"There is hope if people will begin to awaken
that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt
knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.”
Brooke Medicine Eagle