With hydrangeas, as with sofas, you can even change color schemes as often as you like. In the mood for blue? Big-leaf or garden hydrangea (Hydrangea macropylla) will oblige if you make sure its soil is acid. Prefer pink? Just raise the soil's pH, so it's alkaline. Want more variety than that? Some cultivars have lavender flowers and others, almost red. Change the mood by going for lacecap flowers, which have a delicate look.
Annabelle Flowers
Or instead of letting a hydrangea become the center of attention, use it as a foil to show off nearby plants. If you choose kinds that have pristine white blooms, you can surround the shrub with flowers of any - or all - colors. No clashing here. Some excellent whites are:
She is survived by her sister Elsie of Newburgh, N.Y.; her son Dr. Charles Kriegel and his wife Pamela; grandchildren Ali and Charlie of Winslow, Maine. She is also survived by nephew Edmund Fries and his wife Brenda of Oceanside, Calif., nieces Hon. Wenda K. Travers and her husband Richard Travers, M.D., Stephanie Hoff and her husband Michael Hoff, Esq., nephews Charles Kavanagh and his wife Chrissy and Thomas Kavanagh and his wife Kim. She is also survived by several grand-nieces and nephews.
She is survived by special friends Kathy and Shannon McAdams and Joan Phillips.
The family would like to thank Dr. Alan Fine, Dr. Herbert Lipschultz and Dr. Gita Patel for their excellent care.
Services will be held at Higgins Home for Funerals, with visitation from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, with a 6:30 p.m. funeral service. Everyone is invited to gather at the funeral home on Friday morning at 9 a.m. before proceeding to Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y., for a graveside service.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to: The Warren Township Rescue Squad or the Pine Tree Camp Society, 149 Front St, Bath, ME 04530.
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