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Question: I understand there is something that could be added to my Hydrangea that would turn the pink flowers blue. Is this a good idea? -- Thomas Pope, Montclair Answer: The Hydrangea, macrophylla, is widely used in our area. It comes from Japan, is deciduous, has a symmetrically rounded growth habit, and grows to 4-6 feet high and just as wide. It does well as a landscape shrub or in a container. The blue and pink colors of the hydrangeas depend on the amount of aluminum in the soil that can be absorbed the roots. The blue flowers appear on the hydrangea that has a soil pH of 5.5 or less. In our area of alkaline soil, it is difficult achieve a pH of 5.5 or less. This normally means we have pink flowers since the aluminum is tied up in an insoluble form that can not be absorbed the roots.
Wright's Emerald Cove, off Bethel Church Road in Cornelius, is hosting an open house this weekend. Hours are noon-5 p.m. today and Sunday. The event features homes by the neighborhood's four builders -- Grainda Builders, David Dibble Custom Homes, Tom Stevenson Building and Zande Homes -- priced from about $800,000 to $2.2 million. Information: www.emeraldcovenc.com. `Project PinStripes' house Shea Homes and Rhein Medall Communities will build a home in The Palisades to help fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's Disease. In what's called Project PinStripes, Shea will build its Montebello model in the Crosshaven neighborhood. The 5,200-square-foot home will feature five bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths and be priced in the $700,000s. Proceeds will support The Carolinas Neuromuscular/ALS-MDA Center.
The Drury Hotel chain on Friday sued the developer and general contractor of a downtown Marriott Courtyard hotel, saying the construction site has become a hazard to Drury guests and property. During a news conference at the 150-room Drury Inn & Suites Riverwalk at 207 N. St. Mary's St., Drury spokesman T.J. Connolly showed pictures of a black tarp shielding the construction site floating in the wind over the adjacent Drury's driveway. He alleged that bricks and cement have fallen on the Drury driveway where guests exit, which creates a hazard. The lawsuit by Auburn Investments, a subsidiary of Drury, claims defendants Lyda Swinerton Builders Inc. and NSHE TX Gainesville LLC — developers of the hotel — have trespassed on Drury property with falling debris and construction equipment.
The affiliate of the El Paso, Texas-based Hunt Building Corp., HBC Land LP, is the managing general partner of ABQ Uptown owner Hunt Uptown LLC. ABQ Uptown, the upscale 222,000-square-foot retail center, is currently wrapping up construction on the northeast corner of Indian School Road and Louisiana Boulevard NE in Albuquerque. .
The bell just rang, and 9-year-old Steven Torres is waiting to walk home with Mr. Gupton, the principal at Tumbleweed Elementary School in Phoenix.
Outside the school, Nick Gupton watches two buses fill with children. He waves and shouts, "Thanks for coming to school today!"
Then, he quickly makes his way to the field out back, where Steven is waiting, along with hundreds of other students. .
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