Sprinkle it on the ground and turn the hydrangeas blue. The neighbor’s jaw will drop

garden plant came to Poland from Asia around the 18th century. The plant has lush, impressive and colorful inflorescences that please the eye of gardeners and flower lovers. It blooms from June to September and is characterized by various shades. It turns out that its color depends on the reaction of the soil and thanks to simple tricks it can be changed – for example, from pink to blue. What should I do?

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Garden flowers. Why do hydrangeas change color?

@ogrodnikdoskonaly explained in one of the recordings how it happens that the garden hydrangea changes color over time. It turns out that it depends on the aluminum and the pH of the substrate. The more acidic the soil, the more blue and purple the hydrangea flowers. On the other hand, in alkaline soil, the flowers turn pink. Only white hydrangea flowers do not change color.

Many hydrangea lovers commented on the video. Some praised the stately tiktoker plants, and others recommended their ways to change the color of the petals.

Coffee grounds color the flowers.

Your hydrangeas are beautiful.

Beautiful, I’d like that.

How to change the color of a garden hydrangea to blue? Use coffee grounds

It turns out that the method with coffee grounds proposed by one of the commenters will bring spectacular results and change the color of the garden hydrangea from pink to blue. All because of the acidification of the soil. However, it is not a quick process – it may take until the next flowering. After all, the sooner you apply the coffee grounds, the sooner you will see results. How to do it? It is enough to regularly sprinkle the soil with the product on which the hydrangea grows. Of course, you should not forget about the proper care of plants and it is worth using care treatments on an ongoing basis. A similar effect to coffee grounds will be obtained by using fertilizer from egg shells.