How to dry out Hydrangea flowers for long lasting arrangements. Plus some other creative ideas as to what to do them. How to advice for the new and advanced gardener. www.gardenstyle... GardnStyleNwest@gmail.com
You are incredible Debbie. Thank you for keeping it simple. I love hydrangeas! I actually have a hydrangea tree growing in my yard and I have always wanted to know how to do this without all the leaves falling off of them once you dry them. Thanks for your inspiration keep up the great work Donna.
I have hydrangeas all over my garden and ths year I thought I would just cut some and see what happened. I cut them about as long as you and left the leaves on...and they dried out just fine and retained their Fall color mostly. First time I ever tried it even thogh I grow them...super easy...you don't need to put them in water.
I love the way you were able to maintain the color! Cutting them to dry before they have faded is a new concept to me! That dark blue is striking. HOW did you amend the soil to produce that almost navy blue or is it a special variety? You can do the same with roses! WOW! Never would have even considered that!
Your hydrangeas are beautiful! I have some hydrangeas that were starting to show their demise so I cut them and tried to dry them. I put them in a jar with a bit of water. Instead of drying they are wilted and shriveled. Do you know what causes this? Did I try to dry hydrangeas too early (June) in the season? I only cut them because their color was fading already. Thanks for your tips.
I have a hydrangea that took 30 years to decide to bloom. I was pleasantly surprised since I had given up on the plant. Now that it has beautiful blue, pink, and a mixture of colors, Im going to cut them and dry them, so that I can enjoy them through the winter. So I went to your site to find out how to dry them. Thanks for your help!
ohhh no I have hydrangeas and never knew how easy it was to dry them to keep. All those beautiful flowers. years past..wasted..We shall subscribe and learn more...thank you...
Thank you for sharing this process. I have plenty of hydrangeas I would love to dry this year. Also, I wanted to share that Zinnias are great in dry version. We went for vacation and when came back they were all dry but still so pretty.
Just planted hydrangea in pots this spring. One actually got blooms. I’m going to cut them to dry. Debbie your video arrived just in time so I know what to do. 😊
Thank you, I didn’t know the trick about the inch of water or about watering in the morning before clipping. I’ve had inconsistent results. This year’s batch should be much nicer!
I've just found your video and it has been so useful. Sub'd and look forward to going through more vids like this ...... thank you and God bless. Gilly wife of Mark in Norfolk UK
Thank you so much. I should've watched before i did mine. I hung them in the dark...they have half wilted upside down. I was told they wont fade if you hang them in a coll dark place.
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Inspired by your video to plant hydrangeas. Would you please list which types are good for full sun as well those that do better in partial shade. Thanks in advance.
Enjoyed meeting you and love your tutorial. Have a lot of flowers to dry, especially roses. And I hope this method works for me. I will let you know. Thanks for your advice!
Will it hurt my plant to cut the blooms off? I've been cutting the blooms when they are spent and making bouquets that are beautiful. Now I worry that I might have hurt the plant.
Hi Debbie! Is it really that easy??!!! So no need to use hairspray or hang upside down? Any worries about bugs from them if displayed in the house? Your display is so beautiful!!! Thank you!!!
Hi Debbie do you hv any video how to make Hydrangeas blooming , I m from tropical country not easy but I love hydrangea and I m a new hand in planting ,I hv a several pots now they hv one flower in a stock but I wish to hv more like your garden pls advice Tks a lot .Hv a blessed n joyful new year in 2021 🇲🇾
Hi! Great video thanks for sharing the info! Do you recall the name of the pink flower that has white outline in the flower? Trying to get some variety in my garden :) thanks!
Kathyn Biddle-Dutton acid alkali balance determines the color. I have to look it up every time. But amending you soil will determine the color depth. Use aluminum for one and lime for the other.
Hi Debbie, I am in central NC and I was wondering if it is too soon to cut blooms. I was at a friends house that doesn't live to close. I cut a few and put in water when we got home. I just took off all the leaves to try this method. June 2018. Thank you!
Diane Bureau It's best to wait until the blooms are fully opened, no buds at the tips. If you want a tinge of pink (some varieties blush a bit later) then wait about a month more.
Hello dear. i've been longing to smell the hydrangeas from Bosnia. I have a long lost friend I haven't heard from since 1979. My question is, how should he dry them before sending because i wanted to glue them onto a huge picture frame as a rememberance. Should he fold them in paper to flatten thhem and if so, should the go in dry or partially? It's going to travel from Bosnia to nyc in the Bronx and it takes about a week for me to receive them. Plese let me know as this is something of extreme importance to me. If I share the story you would definately cry but all I need is advice.. Thank you
Mrs. Debbie, plz help! Do you have a tip on how to dry carnations? I searched your video uploads on things to do w/our dried flowers but I couldn't find it. Can you share it in the reply?
I have had tried all sort of methods in drying hydrangea but all of them were wield and list all the original colour . Could you please what did I do wrong. I love to be ab e to dry them and get the result like yours
I made hydrangea wreaths last year and the petals kept falling off. It was such a mess. I sprayed them with hair spray and a UV resistant clear coat ,but they still kept falling off. Do you have any suggestions?
What is the advantage to giving them one last hydration versus just letting them dry without doing that? Someone else made a video and just put them in the vase and they dried, looking the same. Just wondering.
My neighbor trimmed my hydrangea without asking. She cut all the stems that were about to bloom flowers. Is it good to trim hydrangeas back a lot?? I was not happy how she trimmed it back so much. I am sure I will not see flowers this year on it. 😧😧
mya25 Yeah, I’m still crying cause they didn’t bloom this year either. I’m sure next year they won’t either cause they go in shock for 1to 3 years if u trim them during bloom time.
I have followed these steps and they did not soak up all the water but I had only two plants. After two days I poured out the water and to the touch they feel moist almost feel like they're wilting not drying. Help
@@ellachallas yeah I cut the ends at a 45 degree angle after pulling all leaves off maybe I cut them off and the wrong time. They are dried just not as pretty as hers by no means. Thanks for the help
@@Aviva-xr8yx Same here. They were looking so lovely and drying perfectly and then they started to shrivel. Starting to wonder if there is a secret step that we don't know about lol.
Hi Debbie please can you tell me how and why my hydrangeas will not stay the blue color after i purchased them ........ I have many different color Hydrangea plants But i want a blue flowering plant could you please help me ..... so frustrated no matter what i do cannot solve it .... many thanks ................Ed
Edwin Thompson Hydrangeas need a fairly acidic soil in order to stay blue. 5.0 to 5.5 PH is optimal. You can attain this with a soil acidifier applied in fall and early spring before bloom time. Pine needles and pine bark are a great organic way to accomplish acidic soil ph as well. Hope this helps! :) Thank you for watching.
I have a blue hydrangea plant that was losing its color due to the PH and I read a few tips that I tried that actually started working within the next flowers blooming and within the next month my hydrangeas have transitioned from green back to a nice bright blue again. What we did was we added some cut up lemon peel although I read that any citrus peel will work and we also would dumped our used coffee grounds every other week from our drip coffee onto the soil at the base of the plant and then I watered the plant REALLY well. You don’t want to do this with pure, u filtered coffee grounds or do it too often because it could probably be too acidic and burn the roots. You could also make a coffee ground tea by adding a few Tablespoons of coffee grounds to a gallon of hot water and let it sit until it cools to room temp and then pour a little bit of it in each of your plants every week like you would give it a fertilizer.
Thank you for your great info! Just to make your life easier you really don't need the background music! It really is distracting rather than enhancing what you are saying especially to this audience.
Can somebody please answer me, I tried the same method on my hydrangea, but after 3 days, the flowers started to wither and shrink,🥲🥲🥲 is anything wrong with the process?, I actually want to dried my flowers like in the video, very beautiful
@@GardenStylenw oww....thank you for your answer 🥰🥰🥰 I will try it again, I think you are right, the flowers are not old enough,, Im not expecting that you will answer me 🥲 I really appreciate it, Love from Indonesia ❤️❤️
