I love Hydrangeas. Everything about them. I want to plant more as soon as we have the yard ready for more plantings. I hope Heaven is filled with the beautiful blooms of Hydrangeas! I suppose Heaven will have bigger and better flowers than I can even imagine but Hydrangeas have to come close!
One of the reasons I love them is how they dry on the plant and you can cut them and use them in your decor.
They age on the plant to from their white beauty to a lovely chartreuse green. Once they turn green you can cut them and they will dry just like they are.
You can leave them on the plant and they will dry there too. They will start to turn brown if they are in direct sunlight so if you want them all green you need to cut them before they start turning brown.
I’ve cut quite a few of mine over the past few weeks but I just can’t bring myself to whack them all down yet. They still look pretty beside the house too. Eventually I will cut them all and use them somewhere.
I tucked them here and there around my house and it is quite overflowing with dried hydrangeas now. What fun to have them to use in my fall and winter decor. Almost makes it worth putting up with the cold weather that has arrived a bit too early. Almost. But not quite. I don’t deal well with cold.
If you love having fresh cut flowers – plant Hydrangeas. Mine are a new breed of the heirloom Annabelles, called Incrediball. They have been bred with stronger stems so they don’t flop over and they have larger flowers.
I also have some Inviciblelles, which are the first variety of pink Annabelles. They don’t get quite enough sunshine to really bloom to their full potential but they did well this year. I haven’t cut any of them yet since they have dried. They dried to a green/brown that is quite lovely too.
I’ll probably use a few of them at the Springfield flea in September. My friend Marcy and I are setting up shop there again this fall – this time in one of the Vintage Marketplace Tents! We are quite excited. I have a dining room table and six chairs to paint and take – planning to set the table with old china and I’m thinking some dried Hydrangeas in the centerpiece would be just the thing.
Do you like to use flowers in your decor? Do you have a flower garden? What is your favorite flower to grow?
Sew a Fine Seam
Seriously, I love every vignette you created!! I’m hoping to plant more in our yard too! 🙂
Thank you Pam! It’s one of the best outdoor investments in my opinion!
Hydrangeas really do make lovely dried flowers, I think that’s why everyone loves them. Your arrangements are so pretty!
XO,
Jane
🙂 Thank you Jane!
I have been cutting mine like crazy the past 2 weeks and have bunches all over my living room – in baskets, in vases, on a wreath. I’m sure my husband is going to comment about them soon. I’ll have to be more creative in where I hide them until I can actually make a craft with them after they dry. 🙂
LOL! Just tell him it’s the newest think in decor to hide your furniture with dried hydrangeas!
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home
Oh my heavens! I love your post!
I’m a HUGE fan of white hydrangeas, and love how you incorporated them into the decor of your home. So peace and beautiful.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Have a beautiful week,
Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne! Hydrangeas are so lovely!
I love dried hydrangeas. Great display ideas.
Thank you Rosemary! I just visited you and I’m in LOVE with all your crowns!
I love them, too, Jill. You have displayed them beautifully. A couple of years ago I sprayed them with hairspray and they hardly dropped a petal- xo Diana
What a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing that Diana!
I would have fresh flowers in the house all the time if I could!
I wonder if I could grow hydrangeas?! Yours are gorgeous! Love!!!!
I think you could grow the Incrediballs. You would need to water them at least till tehy were well established and they might want some afternoon shade in your area but mine love the sun!
I’d so love to have hydrangeas. It’s so dry here it’s really hard to grow them. We have no place with any shade in yard really, do they need shade or all sun? I don’t have much of a “green” thumb. I’m sure enjoying looking at yours, they’re gorgeous.
When we lived in KY we’d go to vintage/antique shows where some of vendors would sell dried blooms. I had about 3 but in all the moving and storing them they got destroyed, doggone it. Really enjoy yours. I’ll have to make a note of the type you have, maybe I can grow them here. (western CO)
I’d love to have some fresh flowers now and then but can’t afford them.
If you were faithful in watering them I really think you could grow the Incrediballs. They love sun, especially morning sun. Mine pretty much have sun all day till around 4ish.
I adore hydrangeas too. I have not had great luck with blooms but I am hopeful someday I will. I want them too bad to ever give up! Glad you are going back to Springfield…how exciting. Best of luck!
Coffee grounds around the plants can help Ann. Mine started off blooming well but my hubby did dump his used grounds out around them the first year we had them.
I love hydrangeas they are my favorite flower. I have a large blue one on the side of my house. They are now a mix of green and a pink purple. I have been cutting them and adding them to the décor of my home.
Aren’t they the best flowers to grow?! My Mom has a blue one – this year it has had blue and pink on the same plant!
So pretty! I love that santos crown of yours…!!
Thanks for sharing. I am your newest follower. Would you follow me?
Ellya
@CuriositaEllya
Thanks Ellya! I’ll be by to visit soon!
It’s absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features today at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this week’s party. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/08/make-it-pretty-monday-week-64.html Hope to see you again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Great vignettes and so much inspiration for how to use my hydrangeas. Gorgeous. I would love for you to link up to my ongoing party – Inspire Me –http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2013/08/179th-inspire-me-tuesday.html Hope to see you there. Hugs, Marty
Thanks Marty!
I just stumbled onto your post and found your hydrangea post. Like everyone else, I love hydrangas, is it hydrangea or hydranga? Anyway, in the past I have cut mine, dried them and used them in a display on a Christmas tree in my dining room. I used clear lights and wired the hydrangas onto the boughs-absolutely gorgeous!
Oh I love the look of Hydrangeas in Christmas trees! Some year I’m going to do that too!