Can you tell that hydrangeas are my favourite flowers?
I have several hydrangea bushes and over the years they have grown and have given me some beautiful blooms.
I love to use these blooms inside my home.
To preserve the blooms I allow them to dry, sometimes accidentally, like last fall when I placed some in my fall mantel and they dried beautifully with no water at all.
This year I decided to pick the blooms and fill my dinning room table with them.
I placed several blooms in different containers with an inch or two of water and allowed blooms to dry as the water evaporated.
Now I have a basket full of dried hydrangea blooms that I can use in my decor.
The colours do fade but you still get some beautiful shades.
Thanks for stopping by,
Margaret
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Thanks Antonella, they are my favourite.
These are gorgeous! I love hydrangeas, and yours are so so pretty!
Hugs, antonella 🙂
Thank you so much Kathy!! I will be right over, love your blog!
All the best,
Margaret
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Thanks Jemma. Hope you do try drying them. Thanks for the follow, I really appreciate it.
All the best,
Margaret
So incredibly gorgeous and what a great tip, you are so fortunate to grow them yourself! I am going to the market today and purchase a few stems and give this a try!
Happily following you along!
Warmest Hugs,
Jemma
I have used that method with roses but never hydrangeas. I will have to try that, thanks.
I have picked the blooms at peak Color. Then tie a few stems together with wire, twist ties or rubberbands. Then hang them upside down like in a garage or shop. They really kept their Colors well.
Nice to meet you Cynthia,wow your family left Portugal a long time ago. I came to Canada when I was eight. Have fun picking your hydrangeas tomorrow.
Take care,
Margaret
I am inspired and will pick some of mine tomorrow, fun. Margaret, I am also from a Portuguese family~ Pacheco, they arrived in Boston in the early 1900’s
Best,
Cynthia Rebholz