Who needs curtains
when you have a valance
of hydrangeas ?
I am totally on a mission
this year to figure out
how to dry hydrangeas~
This is my attempt
today ~ Actually these
bouquets are cut at different
times of the bloom to
see which timing is the best ~
I LOVE how the colors are
all so different ~
The bright pink are from
a completely different
plant but all the others
are from the same one ~
Next year I am going to
have some blue ones ~
This picture is some
I dryed in a vase of water ~
They were bright pink when
I cut them and they dried
kind of shriveled and not
really how I want them ~
These are some I cut at
a later time of the bloom
and put in water to see if
that makes a difference ~
So far they are not dry but
I am curious how they
turn out in comparison to
the hanging ones ~
Pretty soon every curtain
rod in my living room is going
have hydrangeas hanging
from them ~
I am thinking I kind
of love them!! I hope they
keep the different colors ~
25 comments:
Please keep us posted - if my hydrangeas EVER bloom (I'm in southeast Michigan), I'll need to know how this project turned out! Thanks for sharing.
Lori..I love hydrangeas also. I had some last year that I loved but they became so fragile. Yours are so sweet hanging from the curtain rod.
I dried them last year by just leaving them out in vases with no water. They turned out great. I used them all winter and now am starting to throw them out. Soon I will have new ones to replace them with!
Oh my gosh, those look GORGEOUS hanging there!!! And.... i am soooo curious to know what you find out. I've seen hydrangeas dried just perfectly, and i've seen them just wilt totally over, and i don't know why either worked or didn't. This will be a great experiment to watch!
Cindy
So beautiful! Years ago I did the same thing. I enjoyed the effect that the hydrangeas remained as my kitchen valances throughout the winter. Some were nicer than others and I never figured out what prompted the difference, so I look forward to your experiment!
I kind of love them, too! I just bought some dried ones at this cool new vintage market close to Orlando. I may still try to dry some myself, but love having the ones I bought!
They make the perfect valances, for sure!! Lucky you!
Have a lovely Sunday!
Hugs,
Becky
Your hydrangeas are just gorgeous! I definitely need to plant some of these!! I love the look of them as a valance! and yes, please keep us posted with your experiment. I also just heard you can dry peonies, so maybe the same method might work.
I've been drying them for years but they do get fragile. You have to wait to pick them until they feel almost like paper, usually late August. Then you don't have to put them in any water at all and they just dry so nice.
I'd love to see the fab garden that these came from! I've had success drying hydrangeas that are cut later in the season, and placed in individual jars with about an inch of water. I did this in the basement where they could be dark. Took about ten days if I remember correctly. Best of luck.
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Bon dimanche
Patricia
Oh I would LOVE to know what the best technique is! I have an indoor plant which is just about to start wilting (it's lasted for AGES) and I am desperate to know when and how to cut the blooms to dry them, and when to replant the tree outside - oh how I WISH that I was blessed with green fingers - lol!
Paula x
p.s. LOVE your blog - am following!
WoW lovely Flowers..♥
Love you blog..;))!!
Hugs Gaby..♥
Oh I adore hydrangeas. Here in the desert we don't have them so it's such fun to admire yours. I hope they dry well.
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I just love dried hydrangeas too! I agree with Kathy. You have to pick them in late august, when they are starting to dry out. They keep nice for about a year, then are so fragile. Yours look great!!
Debbie
Hi Lori,
I love dried hydrangeas!! The best way I have found is to wait until the petals feel almost leathery {usually mid-late September around here} Mine are pee-gee hydrangeas that start out a creamy color, then change to green and when I pick them they are mostly pinkish along with some green. I picked some too early one year and they shriveled up too. It may be different for other kinds of hydrangeas. Good luck and they are soooooooo pretty!!
Blessings~
Hello Lori,
I have 6 huge hydrangea bushes. They've started to bloom and I have started to cut them and bring them indoors. Here's a technique if you want to bring them in and not have them wilt instantly and preserve them. I've done this many times and they dry just beautiful.
1. Boil water in a small pot ( yes, believe me, this will seal the sap and they will not wilt). Once it boils turn off and set aside.
2. Prepare you vase.
3. Cut your blooms to the length needed and place them in the very hot water for about 2 minutes.
4. Then put them in your vase - voile! they should last a good two weeks.
Enjoy your blooms -
Jenny
I have found that my hydrangeas dry best when they are allowed to stay on the bush for a while. Then I bring them in for water. When they start to wilt I cut off the ends of the stems and put them back in the water. They perk right up. I continue doing this until it stops working. Then I leave them in the water to dry. I have many different kinds of hydrangeas and they all dry differently. I don't dry any of them till late in the season when they have transitioned to their final color. It seems to me that the lighter they are the less satisfied I am with they way they look when they dry.
Beautiful, gotta pin that!
~Bliss~
Allowing them to dry in water makes ALL the difference! I love the valance idea!!
Whoops... meant to say, drying them in water late in the season is the key... wait till you see a few starting to shrivel on the bush and you know it's time. Strange but true!
Donna
These are so gorgeous, I just love hydrangeas. What a neat idea to hang them from the curtains.
I just love it~! Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers...Our Hydrangeas are not blooming jet in our little cold countrey.(Holland)
I love the pictures that you made of them...I really enjoyed it...Thank you for sharing...
Have a nice evening,
Sjoukje
gorgeous!! thanks for sharing ♥
oh!!!!!! gorgeoeous!!!!
The very best time to dry hydrangeas is late in the season, when they are almost leathery or papery on the bush. They don't shrivel this way. Actually they dry best right on the bushes, and I pick them right before the first frost kills the lovely colors they have dried to. They also dry pretty well if cut later in their cycle, put into a bit of water, and allowed to stay there until the water slowly is gone.
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