It rained! Actually it rained quite a lot and our very sad hydrangeas perked up. The flowers are still a little crisp but the leaves are mostly green again and not limp any more so we have hopes that they will recover properly. You can see them all looking much happier here. Sadly, several labels got lost some time ago.
Petiolaris
Black Steel Zebra
We bought a beautiful blue hydrangea recently and planted it out just before the heatwaves. It suffered and we thought we had lost it but I dug it up, popped it back in a pot and kept it watered and it is looking the healthiest of the lot. We’ll plant it again in a week or two..
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KathrinS
August 31, 2026 at 4:56 pm
So good to get some rain, and to see that many of your plants are doing well! It’s similar here. Everything is looking happier now that it’s had some cooler weather and rain.
mybeautfulthings
September 2, 2026 at 6:48 pm
We really needed the rain and since I wrote that we’ve had more and even the brown grass is greening up.
I think we may have lost our acer, the leaves are brown and crisp which is very sad as it was a Ruby Wedding gift from our kids 19 years ago. I’ll keep hoping and caring for it until we know for sure….
KathrinS
September 3, 2026 at 11:46 am
Hopefully it’s still got some life in it and will come back!!
mybeautfulthings
September 3, 2026 at 6:56 pm
I’ve just been in to visit your beautifully presented blog and can’t see where to comment. What am I missing? 🙂
KathrinS
September 8, 2026 at 11:18 am
Thanks for visiting! I don’t know, it’s a normal WordPress blog so there should be a comment section at the bottom of each article. It’s all the way at the bottom below all the other comments.
mybeautfulthings
September 8, 2026 at 3:23 pm
I’ll try again. 🙂
ladysighs
August 23, 2026 at 4:45 pm
It’s amazing what a little rain can do.
mybeautfulthings
September 2, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Amazing and very pleasing. 🙂
utesmile
August 23, 2026 at 4:42 pm
I did the same with a new Hydrangea, put it in a pot nad it comes all new at the bottom.
We still need rrain we only had spits and now it’s dry again. Let’s hope next week will be more!
Heyjude
August 23, 2026 at 4:19 pm
It doesn’t take much water to liven things up. My ferns are much perkier now.
mybeautfulthings
September 2, 2026 at 6:52 pm
You are right, everything, almost, is looking better but our Acer is looking very sad.
nrhatch
August 23, 2026 at 2:41 am
Glad you got some much needed rain!
mybeautfulthings
August 23, 2026 at 8:32 am
Indeed! Everything has greened up, even the brown lawn has some green shoots. 🙂