It is clearly hydrangea time in my garden, so I will continue to highlight them in our weekly vase. This week I am pleased to offer ‘Twist and Shout’ lacecap hydrangeas in a simple white teapot.
Please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to see what she and others are sharing from their gardens this week.
About johnvic8
John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
A Walk in the Garden 
Hydrangeas are attracting me more and more! Very elegant teapot! Did you know there is an hydrangea that you can use to make a tea? so your ‘vase’ is more apt than you may have thought.
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Lovely hues – the white pitcher sets them off nicely!
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Thanks, Eliza. This seems to be our best year yet for this lacecap.
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The lacecap is beautiful. With the blue candle and book I was wondering if I should shout “Go Heels!” Maybe I will anyway, but looked up Carolina Thyme and found it is a cookbook–looks interesting.
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Oh lacecap hydrangeas…I never have much luck growing these. And the color is stunning. Perfect for a vase!
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They look so elegant in the white teapot, don’t they? Well done both 🙂
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I was hoping to see more of your Hydrangeas John, after a glimpse of them in your garden in the video of your winged visitor last week. Truly wonderful!
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Thanks, Cathy. As I have noted, this seems to be a really good year for the hydrangeas. You will most likely see more of them.
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Oh, so that’s the name of these flowers. I thought they were just another hydrangea. 😊
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They are a cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla.
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I seem to have come to you late this week John. But my, what glorious lacecaps. They are my very favourite hydrangeas. Maybe my ignorance, but I always think of them as later summer flowering. Glorious whatever the time (and the right colour too!)
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Thank you, Cathy. We love hydrangeas in general and the lacecaps add a wonderful difference.
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