Ugh. White hydrangeas turning pink.

[Paranoidandroidmarvin]

I planted two white ones. Not sure why I bothered as I knew they would turn pink. But ugh. I know there is something I can add to the soil. I just wanted to vent here. They actually look really pretty at the moment. Half pink half white. But still.

I have bright pink ones and purple. Will the purple turn as well?

Just looks like natural aging of flowers to me, rather than the old mopheads turning pink or blue because of soil type.

I have a different white one (conical rather than spherical head) and it is definitely expected to go from white to pink across the season - it is pink now . (I also have a pink one that rurns green! Rum characters they are.)

I have a white that turns pink, I think it is called pinky winky or similar. It is part of the process of the flower heads drying. They come back bright red the following year. It is a different process to my pink hydrangeas gradually turning purple because of our acidic soil. I actually like the natural variety. Lime light and little lime flower heads also dry pinkish but come back greenish white the following year.

All my hydrangeas (always bought blue) turn a gorgeous shade of crimson with blue stamens. Except this year one came out bright blue and navy blue! Rum indeed.

It's to do with your soil isn't it?

PH level

www.funnyhowflowersdothat.co.uk/science-behind-colour-your-hydrangeas?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwra547Sl-gIVyO7tCh1TmwINEAAYASAAEgJuLfD_BwE

I actually bought one specifically because it does this (Vanilla Fraise).

But even if you just choose a white variety, it’s normal that a flower ages and changes to some degree, isn’t it? Wouldn’t the alternative just be for it to go brown?

Mine does that every year at this time. They come back white the following year.

No, it’s not. It’s what everyone is saying, natural ageing. It’s a different process than the deep pink ones going blue in acid soils and vice versa.

No, that’s a different process, applying to the blue and deep pink ones. This is normal ageing.

as it says at the end of the article “The same doesn’t apply to pale and creamy coloured petals though, so if you buy white flowers, you can rest assured they have always been that way.”