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| Cool drops of rain on hydrangea sepals |
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| These are sepals and not petals. Thus the reason why the 'flower' lasts longer than any other flowers that exhibit their colorful petals |
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| Blue hues |
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| Refreshing look of the leaves |
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| New life |
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| This one is bigger than my face |
I don't know. The current plan is to have at least 20 pots or polybags. Will that be enough? Hmm..how many do I have now? 6 potted and 2 newly rooted with 3 varieties. That's why I'm still in search of websites that sell hydrangea plants online and provide shipping to Malaysia. I'm also very much interested in finding local nurseries that sell varieties of hydrangea plants. Why laa so difficult to find one in Malaysia? Guess that's one of the factors I'm starting this challenge.
Repotting
So, this week, I repotted 2 hydrangea plants. One which I rooted last year. It's growing big now with beautiful big pink blooms. The other is the hydrangea plant that I bought in Cameron Highland early Dec last year. Not sure what varieties they are.
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| After re-potting |
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| The 2 smaller ones are the newly rooted |
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| You're going to be moved! |
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| Newly rooted |
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| Tools needed. Why the coffee powder? So hydrangea will have blue blooms |
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| Bags of soil. Bought for RM5 each |
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| Couldn't help to stop for a while and took this picture |
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| The Stretch Tie. Bought at Ace Hardware to tie up low-lying hydrangea branches |
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| Ok.. time to re-pot. Adding more soil |
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| Adding fertiliser - mix of chicken manure and compost |
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| Water |
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| Add more soil |
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| Coconut peat |
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| Add as mulch |
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| All the work was done during a gloomy Saturday morning. |
hi! im a fan too! im shah btw..i also have few hydrangea in my house now..im so trill to get few hydrangea overseas..have u find any retailer that provide shipping to malaysia?
ReplyDeletethank you for posting this..im glad found another hydrangea fans around..:D
Hi Shah. Sorry for my late reply. Been away from the blog for awhile. Happy to know that you're a fan of hydrangeas too. Not able to buy them from overseas due to the complex regulations. Well, unless if we want to import a lot then that won't be a problem. You can buy local varieties though from Sungai Buloh, near the hospital. Make sure you don't buy those from Cameron Highland as they won't bloom here.
DeleteHi Shah. Sorry for my late reply. Been away from the blog for awhile. Happy to know that you're a fan of hydrangeas too. Not able to buy them from overseas due to the complex regulations. Well, unless if we want to import a lot then that won't be a problem. You can buy local varieties though from Sungai Buloh, near the hospital. Make sure you don't buy those from Cameron Highland as they won't bloom here.
DeleteHi Shah. Sorry for my late reply. Been away from the blog for awhile. Happy to know that you're a fan of hydrangeas too. Not able to buy them from overseas due to the complex regulations. Well, unless if we want to import a lot then that won't be a problem. You can buy local varieties though from Sungai Buloh, near the hospital. Make sure you don't buy those from Cameron Highland as they won't bloom here.
DeleteHi there...I am from Kuching, Sarawak and I love your hydrangeas.. I bought 3 hydrangea last week from a local farmer market. Their size are medium size (height about 7").. But, since yesterday, i noticed a few brown spots on the leaves.. I remember few months ago, the same thing happened to my very small hydrangea (height about 3") which I bought from the same lady. after a few weeks, all the leaves for these 2 small hydrangeas are dried up and it's not growing at all and slowly dried up and die.. I placed my plants under shade in my car porch. I lightly water it in the morning and at night. I worried that the same thing will happened to my new plants.. Is it normal to have brown spots on the hydrangea leaves? Are these fungus infection? Appreciate your help :)
ReplyDeleteHi Yan,
DeleteWhat a coincident. I too am from kuching. You must have bought the plant from pasar minggu.
Your hydrangea most probably require more water. I'd suggest to move the plant into a bigger pot if you are still having yours in its original pot. For the first 2 weeks ensure you water it whenever you see the leaves started to wilt. Your plant might be under stressed. Good luck with keeping the blooms.
Hi Yan,
DeleteWhat a coincident. I too am from kuching. You must have bought the plant from pasar minggu.
Your hydrangea most probably require more water. I'd suggest to move the plant into a bigger pot if you are still having yours in its original pot. For the first 2 weeks ensure you water it whenever you see the leaves started to wilt. Your plant might be under stressed. Good luck with keeping the blooms.
do you able to get them rebloom??if you do..how??
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