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Revive Wilted Hydrangeas

Sometimes, cut hydrangea flowers seem to wilt quickly. But don’t toss them out just yet! Instead, try snipping the stem ends and submerging any sad-looking hydrangeas in room-temperature water for half an hour (or longer if needed to rehydrate the blooms completely). … Continue reading

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Change the Color of Your Hydrangea Flowers

If you’ve got a pink-flowered bigleaf hydrangea that you want to turn blue, or perhaps vice versa, then a little chemistry can help you achieve the hue you desire. First, it’s only the bigleaf types that can change color, so if that’s … Continue reading

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Nature

“Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decypher even fragments of their meaning. Lydia M. Child Positively … Continue reading

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Beautiful Entity

Outdoor plants are like the trim of a house or the molding of a door a house its landscaping should all feel like one entity. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real … Continue reading

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Huggable Ivy

After a terrible year (I was attacked in my home then suffered through a difficult divorce), my elderly parents visited and helped me pull the ivy that had swallowed my backyard. My father said, “Don’t let that take over again, … Continue reading

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