Hydrangea 'mme e. mouillere' Autumn colours

Very Nice. I Was Told That If You Put A Rusty Nail In With a Hydrangea It Would Change The Colour. Don't Know If This Is true Or Not. But I Can Bet You Know.

Lynda I tried it, but alas it did not work for me!! why did it not do well in the garden A?

I've had this one about 20 years now Dotty. It was planted in the ground when I lived at the cottage and always put on a wonderful show. After 5 years in the border here it had dwindled down to a few leafless stems, I think the clay soil gets far too dry in the summer. It made an amazing recovery after being re-potted in the Autumn and was full of flower the following summer even though I gave it a hard prune.
Lynda I have heard about the rusty nail thing but have never tried it. This is a white Hydrangea so the colour cannot be changed, it just fades to pink in Autumn :o)

I did not realise that lived that long....