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?
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!
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.
Wendy M says
I love all hydrangeas. White wedding is a favorite.
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!