Do you love hydrangeas? Well I do. And this past spring I spotted the most beautiful book on hydrangeas and not only had to grab a copy for myself, but a few to share as well.
There are SO MANY different varieties in this book, it’s crazy. Here I thought I had the garden of my dreams all figured out with the two varieties I love the most; Limelight and Bloomstruck.
But thanks to the book, Hydrangeas – Beautiful Varieties For Home and Garden by Naomi Slade I have a new favorite. Curly sparkle purple.
I don’t know who sells it, but I am going to have to track a few of those plants down next summer.
Yada, yada, yada, I LOVE hydrangeas, and if you do too, you’ll want to be sure and enter this giveaway.
Giveaway
Three lucky people will each win:
- 1 Hydrangeas – Beautiful Varieties For Home and Garden Book
- 1 pair of Fiskers Pruning Shears
All you have to do to enter this giveaway is let me know what your favorite hydrangea plant of all time is {mine is the limelight hydrangea}. That’s it. That’s all you have to do.
Life, it’s pretty complicated sometimes, so I like to keep my giveaways pretty simple around here.
Rules:
1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified. {Comments may take an hour or two to be cleared, so please be patient}.
This giveaway ends Saturday, December 7th @ 10am EST and the winners will be announced on the evening of Saturday, December 7th. You will be notified via email and have 48 hours to claim your prize. If you do not claim your prize within 48 hours, the prize will be forfeited.
Good Luck! I hope you win!
~Mavis
DebW says
I’m new to the hydrangea game.
We bought 2 last year, an oak leaf and an eclipse. The oak leaf was pretty until the deer munched it. The eclipse has deep almost black leaves and a crimson flower that was gorgeous. So far it’s been safe from the deer too!
Kimberly Vassar says
My favorite hydrangea is the strawberry. Mine is gorgeous and never disappoints.
Emily says
I love hot pink hydrangeas. Our florist included some in our otherwise soft pink arrangements. I would never have thought to do it, but the result was eye catching and gorgeous. Whenever I spot that color blooming it takes me right back to my wedding day.
Vivian Sturdivant says
My favorite is also limelight. Our downtown area has them planted on every corner.
Kathleen Paje says
Bigleaf Hydrangeas. My grandmother always had them in her year. So beautiful and wonderful memories of tending to them with her
Angela Miller says
Limelight for the win. They always look gorgeous in our yard.
Jeanine says
I like broomstick Hydrangeas. I have propagated a few during the summer, so far they are surviving and haven’t been eaten by the deer.
KT says
I don’t know the name of it, but I love the tree hydrangea we have at our cottage.
Christa H says
I bought two limelights and they have made numerous babies that I need to dig up and move!
I also have 4 that were small and blue that I bought at a grocer. I planted them and they are on they have grown 4 times their size so far.
Love hydrangeas!
Camille says
My favorite is the Limelight too!
Lisa Johnston says
My favorite hydrangea all ‘ but
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Stragrum
A wee bit grumpy
I love flowers
L Johnston
Paula says
Actually I am not sure which is my favorite Hydrangea. I lost a whole row of them in hurricane Helene. I live near Asheville, NC. The book would be helpful to pick out some to plant in the spring. They were taken out by four one hundred foot Oak trees.
Kristi says
What a beautiful book! I’m amazed how many colors and varieties there are to choose from. My new favorite is the oak leaf hydrangea. They are my favorite cut flower as well, long lasting!
Paula says
I love the oak leaf.
Linda Noss says
I like the limelight hydrangea. They always bring joy when I see them blooming in the spring.
Mary Dickerson says
Thank you for being so generous! My favorite hydrangea is Nikko Blue.
anita says
I admire most all hydrangeas, but my favorite would have to be the oakleaf hydrangea in the corner of my yard.
Pam says
I love whatever the very old cemetery near my house has. The trees are ancient and always signal the end of summer for me.
Kimberly says
My mother has a few hydrangeas that I love! While I don’t know which variety they are, I love how they fill out each summer and the color of the blooms.
renee says
We Bit Grumpy is my favorite but I’d love to see crazy sparkle purple in person!
Peggy says
I have an Endless Summer which never disappoints. My challenge is finding deer safe areas in which to plant.
Christie says
We are in a new house this year and I think they are pink oak leaf. They are gorgeous!
Kelly says
If I have to pick just one … it’s the Annabelle!! The leaves get big and I use them in my pottery.
Janet says
Don’t know the name but my M.I.L. has a beautiful dark purple/burgandy one with huge study head that last forever as cut flowers!! Love em!!!! ( and her!)
Stephanie in Utah says
Nikko Blue hydrangeas look so stunning to me.
Amy says
Definitely limelight. Many of them here in south Georgia.
Lynn from NC Outer Banks says
I’ve got 3 varieties in my yard (Nikko, limelight and lace cap) all of which I love. I can’t pick a favorite. But I was given an unknown to me variety in a bouquet which the book may help me identify!
Thank you Mavis!
Laura says
Not sure what the variety is, maybe big leaf?, but my favorite is the huge one in my front yard that just explodes with blooms every year.
Samantha says
Without a doubt, limelight! I absolutely love them. They make a beautiful dried arrangement as well!
Debbie says
Fire Light Hydrangea
pat says
I don’t know its name, but a neighbor’s hydrangea has the most beautiful blue blooms. I just pulled out 2 overgrown spirea bushes in front of my porch and I’d decided to replace them with a row of hydrangeas – this book would help me decide which variety I like best.
Thanks for offering up such wonderful freebies! Brightens up a cold winter day.
BarbaraW says
I agree with you on the Limelight! Thanks, Mavis!
Krista says
It’s really hard to choose just one favorite as they are all so beautiful in their own ways. I do especially love those lace cap varieties, specifically Endless Summer.
Carol Ann O'Connell says
I have tried to grow Hydrangeas without much luck. I love them all though. My favorite would have to be Limelight!
Jamie says
Limelight! I have to plant some this year. The ones in our area were gorgeous this fall!
Kim M says
I was gifted a pink hydrangea that sometimes turns blue. It’s beautiful every year. I don’t know the name.
Luisa O'Toole says
Probably limelight hydrangea. But there aren’t any that aren’t beautiful! Have you been to the hydrangea festival at Heritage on Cape Cod in Sandwich MA?
Torry says
Could you tell me when that is held? Please and thank you!
Alice Damsteegt says
I have no idea the name of the hydrangea that I have since I inherited them with the house we bought. We moved them to a new location and they are absolutely beautiful with three different color flowers! I need some help learning how to care for them though
Linda says
I like the big pink ones, no idea what variety. Tommy loves the oak leaf. Every year and all year long he asks me what they are.
Julie V says
I used to have an hydrangea plant in my yard but there was confusion as to where the property line was and it was removed by my former neighbor. So, I would say my favorite hydrangea would be one that is alive and well in my yard. It doesn’t matter what color it is, along as its a healthy plant. I love every color.
Linda says
I love them all, but have none near me. I was in Cape Cod this summer and was insanely jealous that they just seem to bloom everywhere! I saw a deep raspberry colored one that was definitely the winner for me.
Connie Bodeau says
There’s not a hydrangea I don’t look at and smile. But I think Nikko Blue are the ones I enjoy the most.
Lana says
I love them all but a friend had the most gorgeous ones on her back yard many years ago and I don’t know the variety. She had them cut and all over her house. I do love the Snow Queen ones on my backyard. They have gotten huge over the 25 years they have been there but make a horrible mess when they are brought inside.
Jennifer G says
Love hydrangeas especially anything blue – Endless Summer, Nikko Blue, Bloomstruck. Will be planting several on new property.
ED Martin says
Limelight! I got my first Limelight this previous Spring, and I’m just over the moon about it!
Mary Ann says
I just love hydrangeas. Snowflake oakleaf is a fun one
Michele says
My favorite hydrangea is Pinky Winky (Hydrangea paniculata).
Joanne s says
Endless Summer is my favorite – so pretty!
Sue P says
I love limelights! They are so pretty!!
suzanne says
Hydrangea’s are so beautiful in flower and the bloom lasts forever. The curly sparkle flower looks kinda like a geranium. Now I need to google the wee bit grumpy.
Carla says
I love hydrangeas, but I know next to nothing about them! I don’t have a favorite yet, so that’s why I need the book (and the clippers.)
What a great giveaway!
Nancy says
I love them all, especially the blue ones. If I could just keep the deer from enjoying them!
Patricia says
Love the Limelight! Thank you for the giveaways!
Ashley Bananas says
I enjoy hydrangeas but am not well versed in their types and names. I would say I enjoy the colors and want to learn more about the different variations. I did some searching on Google and find that the very open large variety called Macrophylla are very attractive to me. Thanks for having these giveaways! They’re fun and thoughtful.
Sue says
I love them all, but especially my white oak leaf hydrangea (this variety feeds pollinators) and my pink climbing hydrangea (Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Roseum’). It’s my dream to have every tall oak in my back covered with Roseum someday. Imagine–30 feet of flowers on every trunk!
I would treasure the book and use the heck out of those shears.
Kathy says
My neighbor had a beautiful blue hydrangea in her yard that I always admired, although I don’t know what kind it was. I guess I need the book!
Julie says
I love all hydrangeas. My favorite is also limelight.
Sheila Kennedy says
Oakleaf is my favorite!
Paula says
My favorite hydrangea is the variety known as, “Twist and Shout.”
Sandy says
I love hydrangeas! My favorite is called Annabelle Hydrangea. There is a garden here in Oregon that has them planted in a hedge and it is spectacular in bloom.
Laure says
We currently have 4 types of hydrangeas and only recently realized how many other types there are! Limelight are the easiest of our 4 types to grow/avoid getting munched on by bugs/destroyed by mildew, etc but I currently still favor the classic look of Endless Summer hydrangeas the best.
Looking forward to reading about hydrangeas growing/caring tips if you choose to share as you discover new varieties.
Wendy M says
I love all hydrangeas. White wedding is a favorite.
SueD says
My favourite hydrangea is the Blue Hydrangea.
Diane says
My absolute FAVE is Oakleaf Hydrangea. So easy to care for and grows into a huge gorgeous display of white flowers. The leaves turn such lovely colors in the fall too!
Myria Reed says
Those are so pretty! I bought some hydrangeas at the end of summer called Eclipse. The plant is a deep purple with green veins and the flower is supposed to be a dark pinkish red with a lighter center. I really hope they bloom next summer.
Chelsea says
I love them all! But right now my favorite is oakleaf 🙂
Kay Bowles says
Let’s Dance Starlight is a favorite of mine. Just saying its name makes me smile and want to put on my dancing shoes!
Marlene says
While working as a horticulturist, at a country club, I ripped out an old hedgerow, and installed limelight hydrangeas. It was at the golf club entrance. The members loved them, I still do.
Mimi says
I don’t know what variety they are but I’m loving the hydrangeas in front of my porch. This year they started out green, were blue all summer and going into winter now they are deep, deep purple and still looking fantastic.
Margret says
Panicle hydrangeas. Fire varieties especially– the colors, the color changing!
Haley P says
I love the vintage feeling of Hydrangeas! One of my favorites is the “Let’s Dance” variety. So pretty!
Nancy W says
I absolutely love all Hydrangeas but I planted Endless Summer Hydrangeas when we moved to our new home in Oregon and they have done so well and bloom from spring to fall! A real winner!
Rebecca Anne says
I love Hydrangeas and have tons of them planted around my house with hopes to add more! A girl can never have too many hydrangeas, right!? We enjoy having the dried blooms indoors also. I love Pink Lady Slippers and Limelight.
Christine says
My current favorite is the French Blue. My neighbor gave me two clippings this past spring.
Dawn Kahoun says
Which ever one is blooming the best. Love them all. Thx
Judy Todd says
I love all hydrangeas but my favorite one is Hydrangea Macrophylla which has either blue or pink blooms. I always cut a few stems of hydrangeas to bring to my 98 year old mom who lives in an adult family home. She had the most beautiful yard and flower garden and I know she misses it.
Darlene Owen says
I love the purple hydrangeas (I actually love all of them)
Catherine Carroll says
There are so many beautiful hydrangeas. Limelight is my favorite too!
Sue S. says
I love the big blouzy blue and purple mopheads and I have a hydrangea garden here. I’m actually propagating a few cuttings of pink lace caps from last summer and they’re growing! Glad you chose this as a giveaway. Thanks Mavis.
Vicki in Birmingham says
I don’t know the name of my favorite hydrangea, but it is the blue one in my yard that my Mom brought a cutting from my childhood neighborhood that is easily 85 years old. It is SO beautiful and is always full of blooms and brings back such wonderful memories.
Cathy Haney says
The Little Lime hydrangea is my favorite. We don’t have the space for many full size limelights so these are perfect! Thank you!
Karen Phanco says
I adore any bigleaf hydrangea in shades of purple.
Dianne Labadie says
I’m not good with hydrangeas. I have never been able to grow them. My mom was a great gardener and she raised the prettiest hydrangeas. They were blue and looked liked Endless Summer. Although, I don’t think they had many species or hybrids in the 70’s.
Joanne Cosh says
Annabelle
Kirsten Parr says
Limelight for the win! I hope to add more to our yard next summer!
eliz says
I can’t grow hydrangea in Montana, but my mom has a very nice oakleaf hydrangea in CA.
Jeri says
I love my Little Lime Hydrangea. I love the lime green color and how it changes into dark pinks and purples. So lovely!
Peggy says
I luv the Limelight! Actually, I luv them all!!!
Tracy says
I love, love, love hydrangeas and I have about 16 varieties on my property –all types. But my favorite is a sleeper named ‘Pia’. The most glorious antiqued charteuse, white, pink, raspberry, blue, lavender and royal purple, all on one plant!
MaryAnn Smith says
My favorite is the tradional blue (if I work hard for it) hydrangea.
Karen Bream says
I’ve just bet gifted the vanilla strawberry hydrangea which looks stunning in pictures— this was for a bereavement gift, so I don’t need hydrangea … but the fuskars… now that’s another story- I would love those!
Regan Chen says
I love them all too, but I think my favorite is white lace cap.
Torry says
I would say that the Lace hydrangea is my favorite. But I will have to read up before using the pruners! Roses I know, but not so much the hydrangea!
Jen says
I love all of them—they are such beautiful flowers. One of my favs is ‘Invincibelle Ruby Smooth’ Hydrangea.
Richelle says
My current favorite is pistachio. I love the color variations.
Joan M Richard says
This is hard. Blue Heaven and Nikko Blue are my favorites.
Rhonda R. Relyea says
I love the Endless Summer hydrangeas. They have always performed better for me than others over the years.
Janis R says
My favorite is the blue hydrangeas with huge blooms that my grandmother had in her yard when I was a child. They were just beautiful.
Cyndi Parido says
My favorite hydranges is a big leaf. I’ve loved the big beautiful blooms since childhood when I would pick one from the neighbors’ yard and pretend it was my wedding bouquet.
Cathy D says
I have a tree hydrangea and it never dissapoints.
Michele White says
Nikko Blue Mopheads are my favorites bc that’s what my mom grew when I was a kid in the 50’s in Georgia. So, they give me the ”warm fuzzies.”
Holley says
My favorite hydrangea is whatever kind my daughter brings me a bouquet of! I cannot grow them. I’ve tried several times. We have a LOT of deer and they love hydrangeas too!
Lucy says
Growing up, my mother was a florist and I helped her many times with arrangements. Always loved putting a single large hydrangea bloom in the arrangement. She had several bushes growing in the yard and I loved watching them change color as they went through the season. I would love the book and shears. I don’t have any growing where I live now but would love choosing some from the book to plant in my yard.
Kathleen W says
Limelight and Bobo limelight are my faves But I love any hydrangeas I see. And I want them all. I planted a small blue variety along the garage this fall You can’t have too many and their flowers last a long time
D. says
Annabelle hydrangeas are my favorite.
Cecelia says
I don’t have a favorite but I’d love to look through the book and pick one. And then share it with my mom.
Debi K. says
The Limelight is my favorite. I have 1, and it has never let me down!!!
Arbie Goodfellow says
Pinky Winky!
Love the color and the name is so Whimsical …what is there not to love?
wendy lato says
Limelight is gorgeous. We are re landscaping our front yard and would like to incorporate several hydranges.
Debby T says
My favorites are between Limelight and Annabel. I have both and they look great where they are planted.
GrannyB says
My favorite hydrangeas are those planted in MY yard, but we sold that house and moved. I need to figure out which ones to add to our new yard. The book would definitely help me figure out which ones to plant!!
Jeanine J says
I’ve never had one, I’m not sure!!
Kathleen W. says
I love Invincibelle Lace hydrangeas! I also have Oakleaf, Alice, Mini Mauvette and Firelight. They are so pretty : )
Gwyn Powers says
I am planning on planting a few in my yard next summer. Bloomstruck is what I have my eye on. They are beautiful.
Donna says
I love all hydrangeas but I really love the oak leaf hydrangea.
Lindi Turnipseed says
The limelight are my favorite also! I would love to have that book!!! I follow you relentlessly!
Tc says
I love all hydrangeas but especially the blue ones. I never win anything on this site hopefully one day