Purple. My Favorite color. Now if only I can fine tune my PH to make them all purple myself

Hopefully the low budget comment was meant as sarcasm

Hydrangea macrophylla are bred for various uses including landscape ornamentals, potted florist types and cut flowers. A plant may not be suitable for all applications. This plant and listing cited is directed at the florist market

Maybe I need to go buy me some mothers day Hydrangea. I tend to droooool at what the nursery in those perfectly curated pots. Perfectly potted blooms in Purple.

I guess I could try rooting them and see how it turns out in -----dirt----.

I hear you. I once flew to South Carolina and reeeeeeally considered bringing with me in the plane a purple hydrangea that I saw for sale there! Remember those years when people could fly on airplanes? Those things that had wings and engines but were not cars? Hee, hee, hee. ;o))

Oh yeah, those potted hydrangeas for Mother's Day are always tempting. I bought a couple last year for their unusual blooms (one was at Walmart locally, the other at Lowe's in the Orlando area when I went down there to buy a truckload of begonias).

Both survived winter but neither bloomed this year. I am tempted to take cuttings to try wintering over indoors but that is more aggravation.

Lowe's Hydrangea

It's tag said Red Beauty?

Walmart had only one among all the standard pink, blue, and white varieties so I grabbed it immediately

I found this tag in the pot.

Was it the correct tag? In other words, did the green blooms turn white?

luis_pr, if you are asking me, the flowers stayed green, actually greener for the WM plant.

The first photo was the day I bought it (May 8) and this photo was my last one from last year (July 10)

The Lowe's plant was bought in Orlando area June 12th and here a couple more to show the odd colors.

And this was the last photo I took of it last year (same day as the WM hydrangea - July 10th)

Edited to say: My Bad! These photos are from May 11, 2018 (not last year when I bought the one above).

Here are some photos I found that I took of the hydrangeas at Walmart last year.

Guess if you snooze, you lose?

Red Beauty, also a florist variety.

The green one is called Magical Green Cloud. It was developed in the Netherlands for the cut flower market.

Florist's hydrangeas will transition to the garden perfectly well - after proper acclimation - anywhere macrophyllas grow without a need for winter protection. And that covers a whole lot more territory than just Vancouver Island!!