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How The Humble Hydrangea Shrub Could Hold The Key To Curing MS, Diabetes and Arthritis
June 04, 2009
Posted on 06/04/2009 10:36:17 PM PDT by Steelfish
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posted on
06/04/2009 10:36:17 PM PDT
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Steelfish
To: TigersEye
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posted on
06/04/2009 10:38:32 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
06/04/2009 10:42:01 PM PDT
by
thecodont
To: Steelfish
I love mine. I got the Nikko Blue variety but the color is determined by the acidity of the soil. Mine faded and then turned the most gorgeous dark red/purple. It looked like a glass of merlot. Can’t wait to see how they bloom this year.
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posted on
06/04/2009 10:44:47 PM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
To: Steelfish
Fascinating news, and all the better to make me feel good about the five hydrangea plants I bought this past week. I already have six others that are just about ready to bloom any day now. They are utterly gorgeous (and grew phenomenally in the past three years).
To: MamaDearest
I read they grow twice as fast if you don’t trim them back in the fall. Since learning that, mine have exploded in growth and blooms.
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posted on
06/04/2009 10:47:54 PM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
To: pandoraou812
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posted on
06/04/2009 11:00:21 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Cloward-Piven Strategy)
To: Steelfish
What’s the source for this article. I’d like to pass it along but hesitate to do so without a source.
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posted on
06/04/2009 11:01:54 PM PDT
by
IM2MAD
To: neverdem
interesting
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posted on
06/04/2009 11:37:50 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
To: Steelfish
What’s humble about a hydrangea?
To: Steelfish; rintense; StarFan; stanz; NautiNurse
![](http://www.artisansofleisure.com/tour/France_images/France_images_large/Hydrangeas-in-Normandy.jpg)
The most gorgeous hydrangeas I've ever seen were in Normandy, France. They were all over the area. Some of them were literally the size of basketballs! Must be the perfect soil/sun/rain whatever combination there for hydrangeas...
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posted on
06/04/2009 11:47:37 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(DemocRATs: The party of tax cheats and other assorted crooks)
To: pandoraou812
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:04:06 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: nutmeg
They are beautiful. My mom used to grow them but I have no luck with them sadly.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:06:22 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
To: pandoraou812
Except for the variety that come out a couple of years ago, growing them in Michigan was kinda hard as they only flower on last years stems and most in colder climates die back to the ground. A couple of years I covered mine with Styrofoam rose covers for winter and they flowers somewhat the following year...As some stems stayed alive by being protected...those stems flower, the new growth of the year will not flower....Even my new ever blooming one is not doing to good, I didn't cover it...
To: rintense
Oh man. I LOVE both of those colors. One of my most favorite flowers.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:33:52 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Steelfish
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posted on
06/05/2009 4:16:58 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(To stand up for Capitalism is to hope Teleprompter Boy fails.)
To: IncPen
To: rintense; SnarlinCubBear
Do you trim them in the spring then? I had 3 of the ever blooming variety planted last fall. they are getting ready to bloom now.
Snarlin....fyi
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posted on
06/05/2009 4:28:30 AM PDT
by
Molly Pitcher
(We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*))
To: Steelfish
There are many different varieties, so you have to read the label when you buy to know how to care for yours.
We have many of the “Endless Summer” variety. They get cut back to the ground each year. In neutral soil, the bloom are pink. If you use an acidic fertilizer, the bloom will turn blue. If you use different fertilizer on each side of the plant, you will have both colors. Pretty amazing and easy to grow plant. Great for patios where you sit and can enjoy the blossoms.
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posted on
06/05/2009 4:40:21 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
To: IamConservative
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posted on
06/05/2009 4:43:50 AM PDT
by
AmericaUnite
(tire store for the t)
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