Yesterday while I was out for a walk I happened upon a sign on someone’s fence for free hydrangea flowers… Please cut your own. And there were pruning shears on top of the sign!!! I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn’t imagining the whole thing.
I cut my walk short and made quick sticks back home to grab a vase. Well, actually my favorite vase is an old blue Ball canning jar. I’m still on the hunt for a half gallon sized one {someday I’ll find one} for super big bouquets.
Anyway as I started to head out the door with my vase I decided to grab a thank you note and write a little message for the homeowner {because seriously, who leaves pruning shears out and invites people to cut THEIR flowers?}
And then before I knew it I had decided I would leave a sleeve of cookies and some of my {new} favorite tea on their porch as a thank you as well.
Did I mention the free hydrangea flowers were limelight hydrangeas? YES, yes they were!!
Limelight hydrangeas are so dreamy this time of year, don’t you think?
They’re like something from a garden party in a British movie that’s set in the country somewhere with white linen tablecloths and a shiny pot of tea and a tray of petite desserts with ladies with big hats going on about… I don’t know horses or something.
At what point does a shrub become a tree? Oh my word they were beautiful.
Fingers crossed the sign will still be out next week so we can enjoy another bouquet of hydrangeas before the first frost hits.
Enjoy the day,
~Mavis
Shari Harniss says
How generous of your neighbor.
And very classy of you to leave a thank you!
Rosemary says
Hydrangeas are my favorite flower, and I had no idea they could grow into a tree! I have a row of hydrangeas growing along the front of my house, but I need to get me some of these . . .
Sue says
Hydrangea bushes become trees through specific pruning techniques. You can also buy them from nurseries already pruned to tree form, but that can be quite pricy.