NEW FEATURE "HYDRANGEA GLOSSARY"
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Welcome
Welcome to the Alabama Hydrangea Society. Please browse our site and join us for any of our upcoming events.
Guests are always welcome.
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As a matter of fact:
Did you know that the Oakleaf Hydrangea is the Official State Wildflower of Alabama?
Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.
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NEXT MEETING APRIL 3, 2024
The next Alabama Hydrangea Society meeting is Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Dr. Will Rushton will speak on "Snakes and Snakebite Treatment". Dr. Rushton is a UAB emergency department doctor and the state-wide toxicology expert of snakebite treatment. Snakes begin to emerge in the spring just as we return to our gardens and this will be an interesting and timely program. Come and invite a friend.
We meet at the Aldridge Gardens Education Building (3530 Lorna Rd., Hoover 35216) at 1:00 p.m. Admission to Aldridge Gardens and to our Alabama Hydrangea Society meetings is free.
Visitors to our meetings are always welcome so please bring a friend.
Keep growing,
-David Doggett, AHS president
IMPORTANT DATES
Mark your calendar with these 2024 meeting dates (1 p.m. @ Education Bldg.):
Wednesday, May 22: Dale Peterson “Hydrangeas: An Introduction to a Passion” – Dale is a member of the Alabama Hydrangea Society. He and his hydrangea collection have been featured in Alabama Living magazine on more than one occasion. Dale will describe the different types of hydrangeas and how to grow and care for them.
Wednesday, August 28 – AHS meeting; speakerTBD
Wednesday, October 23 – AHS meeting; speakerTBD
Monday, April 22 – Earth Day. Save this date for a possible Alabama Hydrangea Society field trip to the country garden of Mike Rushing near Pell City followed by lunch at City Market.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale – April 11-13.
Aldridge Gardens Spring Plant Sale – April 18-20.
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Notes from a prior introduction
Karen and Kathy Webb have discovered and passed along recently several interesting YouTube videos concerning hydrangeas. Remember that advice from northern gardeners may not be exactly applicable to us southern gardeners. With that in mind, here are some videos that you might enjoy:
Michael Dirr’s June 2022 nursery tour for the American Hydrangea Society (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDluaLoqLA
Michael Dirr’s talk to the 2022 American Hydrangea Society on his breeding efforts (starts at the 17:30 mark, runs for 50 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iElniW2jak
Lorraine Ballato’s hydrangea blogs (she’s based in Connecticut)
https://www.lorraineballato.com/
Oakleaf and bigleaf hydrangeas can be pruned if necessary up until about mid-July to be safe. Also, I’ll always remember what Michael Dirr wrote: “Nothing in the Dirr garden gets fertilized after August 1st.”
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Check out the New Additions to our website: Hydrangea Winter Pruning and Propagation, and an updated Hydrangea Care Calendar. Also see the first Hydrangea Pruning help sheet.
Thanks to David Doggett !!!
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Our Gardens - Pictures of how we get out hands dirty.
If you like hydrangeas, visitors and members alike will enjoy this trip into our yards and gardens. Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage, sit back and see the results of hours of great time spent in our gardens. Click HERE
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MEMBER TOURS
In May and June of 2017, members of the Alabama Hydrangea Society visited two magnificent gardens: Jim Scott's waterfront grounds on nearby Logan Martin lake, and Wendy White's Hydrangea extraordinaire in the Birmingham area. Enjoy this Power Point presentation of the pictures from both tours. We thank both Jim and Wendy for their great hospitality.
Guests are always welcome.
====================================================================
As a matter of fact:
Did you know that the Oakleaf Hydrangea is the Official State Wildflower of Alabama?
Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.
====================================================================
NEXT MEETING APRIL 3, 2024
The next Alabama Hydrangea Society meeting is Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Dr. Will Rushton will speak on "Snakes and Snakebite Treatment". Dr. Rushton is a UAB emergency department doctor and the state-wide toxicology expert of snakebite treatment. Snakes begin to emerge in the spring just as we return to our gardens and this will be an interesting and timely program. Come and invite a friend.
We meet at the Aldridge Gardens Education Building (3530 Lorna Rd., Hoover 35216) at 1:00 p.m. Admission to Aldridge Gardens and to our Alabama Hydrangea Society meetings is free.
Visitors to our meetings are always welcome so please bring a friend.
Keep growing,
-David Doggett, AHS president
IMPORTANT DATES
Mark your calendar with these 2024 meeting dates (1 p.m. @ Education Bldg.):
Wednesday, May 22: Dale Peterson “Hydrangeas: An Introduction to a Passion” – Dale is a member of the Alabama Hydrangea Society. He and his hydrangea collection have been featured in Alabama Living magazine on more than one occasion. Dale will describe the different types of hydrangeas and how to grow and care for them.
Wednesday, August 28 – AHS meeting; speakerTBD
Wednesday, October 23 – AHS meeting; speakerTBD
Monday, April 22 – Earth Day. Save this date for a possible Alabama Hydrangea Society field trip to the country garden of Mike Rushing near Pell City followed by lunch at City Market.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale – April 11-13.
Aldridge Gardens Spring Plant Sale – April 18-20.
======================
Notes from a prior introduction
Karen and Kathy Webb have discovered and passed along recently several interesting YouTube videos concerning hydrangeas. Remember that advice from northern gardeners may not be exactly applicable to us southern gardeners. With that in mind, here are some videos that you might enjoy:
Michael Dirr’s June 2022 nursery tour for the American Hydrangea Society (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDluaLoqLA
Michael Dirr’s talk to the 2022 American Hydrangea Society on his breeding efforts (starts at the 17:30 mark, runs for 50 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iElniW2jak
Lorraine Ballato’s hydrangea blogs (she’s based in Connecticut)
https://www.lorraineballato.com/
Oakleaf and bigleaf hydrangeas can be pruned if necessary up until about mid-July to be safe. Also, I’ll always remember what Michael Dirr wrote: “Nothing in the Dirr garden gets fertilized after August 1st.”
===========================================================================================================
Check out the New Additions to our website: Hydrangea Winter Pruning and Propagation, and an updated Hydrangea Care Calendar. Also see the first Hydrangea Pruning help sheet.
Thanks to David Doggett !!!
==============================================================
Our Gardens - Pictures of how we get out hands dirty.
If you like hydrangeas, visitors and members alike will enjoy this trip into our yards and gardens. Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage, sit back and see the results of hours of great time spent in our gardens. Click HERE
====================================================================
MEMBER TOURS
In May and June of 2017, members of the Alabama Hydrangea Society visited two magnificent gardens: Jim Scott's waterfront grounds on nearby Logan Martin lake, and Wendy White's Hydrangea extraordinaire in the Birmingham area. Enjoy this Power Point presentation of the pictures from both tours. We thank both Jim and Wendy for their great hospitality.
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