Tony Fulmer of the Chalet Nursery joins the WGN Midday News and tells us how hydrangeas can be turned from pink to blue by making the soil more acidic when you plant the shrub.
Chalet Nursery
Free lecture on Fall Lawn Care
Sept. 4 and 5
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
3132 Lake Street
Wilmette
www.chaletnursery.com
Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas can be turned from pink to blue by making the soil more acidic when you plant the shrub. Add one cup of garden sulfur to the hole at planting time and then 1/2 cup directly to the soil surface at least twice a year from then on. In a year's time, you should start seeing the pink become blue.
Blooming Summer Shrubs
Hydrangeas
Butterfly Bush
Rose of Sharon
Summer Snowflake Viburnum
Chalet Nursery
Free lecture on Fall Lawn Care
Sept. 4 and 5
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
3132 Lake Street
Wilmette
www.chaletnursery.com
Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas can be turned from pink to blue by making the soil more acidic when you plant the shrub. Add one cup of garden sulfur to the hole at planting time and then 1/2 cup directly to the soil surface at least twice a year from then on. In a year's time, you should start seeing the pink become blue.
Blooming Summer Shrubs
Hydrangeas
Butterfly Bush
Rose of Sharon
Summer Snowflake Viburnum
