Azaleas are another flowering bush that grows blooms in clusters. The ones growing in front of my house are currently hot pink. However, by the end of the summer the plants will hopefully be gone so we can rebuild a retaining wall. If not for the fact that my car will be parked next to whatever's planted at the base of the new wall, I'd replace the azaleas with these.
Weeping cherry trees have been a long-time favorite of mine, but there's no way I would survive an annual springtime shower of pale pink petals sticking to my very red car. So my next choice is the hydrangea. They're full. They grow in a cluster of blossoms, a feature that I love. And they come in shades of pink!
See? They're just gorgeous. The problem is that one wrong move and the inevitable happens and ruins them for the landscape of my front lawn. For those of you unfamiliar with the hydrangea, here's a visual to help.
That's right. They turn a dreadful shade of blue, which isn't pink at all. While my male dominant household would love this, I'll have to keep a check on the acidic value of the soil to ensure that my preciouses, once planted, do not befall this horrible fate.
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