dichroa versicolor

finalmente sta per sbocciare la mia dichroa versicolor

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siccome è un'ortensia stramba ma comunque risente del ph del terreno per la colorazione come le sue sorelline

vorrei ottenere il suo bellissimo blu-madonna al meglio

come farla diventare azzurra che piu' azzurra non si puo'????

trucchi, trucchini, trucchetti???

Trucchi non ne conosco ma bella questa simil-hydrangea però! Leggo che è sempreverde e che fiorisce a ciclo continuo se le temperature lo consentono: notevole! Leggo in giro che esiste anche un ibrido 'Blue Sapphires' e in questo articolo suggeriscono degli abbinamenti per ambientarla in giardino, se ti interessa

"One of the most attractive ways of using Dichroa 'Blue Sapphires' in the garden is as a companion to hydrangeas. Try mingling it with a variety that has lighter blue flowers and is lower growing, such as 'Birgit Blue', and a tall growing white variety. Add a large flowered hybrid clematis, planted at the base of the Dichroa, and you will have an amazing and lengthy flowering performance from them all.

Tall stemmed, large flowered campanulas are among many perennials which look good planted as a foreground to Dichroa 'Blue Sapphires'. The large, grey-blue, bell shaped flowers of Campanula 'Mystic Bells' are produced for a long period as are those of the similarly shaped, deep-purple blue variety 'Kent Belle'.

Penstemons, which flower all summer and come in a pleasing range of pink, white, wine-red and grape colourings, are also a delight to grow near Dichroa 'Blue Sapphires' in sunny situations. In lightly shaded areas, the bold foliage of native renga renga, Arthropodium cirratum 'Matapouri Bay', looks good with Dichroa foliage and flowers, especially in early summer when the renga renga produces its bounty of long stemmed cream flowers.

There are some exciting new perennials to try in such a situation too. The yellow foliaged, blue flowered Centaurea 'Gold Bullion' can be used as a striking ground cover, as can the new, cold hardy, cranesbill Geranium 'Rozanne' which is smothered in gorgeous blue flowers over summer and into autumn. Upright, taller growing perennials to contemplate for dramatic flowering performances and appearance include the new Hammett Dahlia varieties 'Scarlet Fern', with divided, mahogany coloured foliage and single, scarlet flowers, and 'Knock Out', with gold flowers made all the more dramatic by the dark coloured foliage."

Il primo accostamento suggerito mi sembra davvero carino, con l'hydrangea 'Bridget Blue'

veramnete io volevo trucchi per acidificare il terreno

che io sappia si doveva intervenire prima con gli azzurranti a base di ferro che trovi nei garden

sebeccamo hi!

tieni conto che i fiori son dei minuscoli grumini verdi attualmente

prima che sbocci ci vogliono almeno un paio di settimane