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©Linda Nelson 2014

©Linda Nelson 2014

See…. I told you the blooms would be football sized.  Okay…… they are obnoxiously colossal; but, my point is that correctly pruning Hydrangea paniculata is worth the time and effort.  Notice that there are no dead and/or weak branches peaking out from the shrub?  Almost every branch stem tip is in bloom.  The few that are not, are lush, green and healthy.  Didn’t catch my post from the past about pruning them?  No worries, as it needn’t be done until next spring; but, take a look anyway.

©Linda Nelson 2014

… like a child, tapping from your imagination without caution, making “oopses” and enjoying the process.  That is what I did last night.  A saved rigid gift box, empty oatmeal container, corrugated cardboard, paint, glitter and scrap notions… Sounds like supplies from a kindergarten class, right?  And it was so liberating and so much fun.  These two little creations will hold trinkets and confections for my niece and nephew this coming Easter celebration.