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.
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 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!
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.
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 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!
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!
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.
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
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.
You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all of the new series on Instaflixxer. Been streaming with my brother for the last couple of months :)
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!
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!
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 🇲🇾
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?
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 ❤️❤️
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.
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 live in Australia I love hydrangeas I like your ideas
Thanks for this video. I have so many Hydrangeas and Iwant to dry some this year. This is so helpful!
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!
Great video and I wish I had some colors like yours. Those are really pretty.
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...
Amazing! Going to try that.. I used to hang them upside down, but this is better, thanks. I’ve done roses too.
Thank you doing this project today .been in my daughters flower bed and on my way to drying ..cain't wait to make my wreath😁
Beautiful flowers! Thank you for teaching this preserving method. I am so awed by these beautiful flower. ♥️
Your hydrangeas are beautiful
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.
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.
Debbie, you have such a great eye for colours. I would love to see your candlescapes. Great ideas. From the UK.
Thank you! I love hydrangeas!! Fyi* I added lime fertilizer to my blue hydrangeas this spring and they turned a beautiful purple.
Thankyou for shairing drying Hydrangeas. Video. I love it. From 🇱🇰SriLanka
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!
The blue flower is lovely 🌸
i'm new in owning hydrangea and these are great tips. Thank you
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!
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.
Excellent tutorial. I’m looking forward to trying this. Your hydrangea are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
Very helpful, since I really want to get into dry flowers this year. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. New subscriber here from Vienna.
Hi. New subscriber. Those are so beautiful!!! I love 💗 hydrangeas. And buying the Fake ones are ok but something real and preserved is so much better.
This was really helpful thanks!
So beautiful flowers
Love this video and idea. Great job.
I am totally amazed!!!
A beautiful and informative video 💖 I like the peaceful and calm way in which you explain everything 😀 Beautiful work
Love the crisp and beautiful presentation! Very informative and just what I wanted to know. Thank you Debbie! Subscribed to your channel now
Thank you so much for this information. I always wondered how to do this. I love Hydrengeas
Hi Debbie your hydrangeas are so beautiful. I wish I can get there.
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
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.
Beautiful hydrangeas, what great success! I hope my hydrangeas would bloom soon too! I will sure try this out! Thanks Debbie!
You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all of the new series on Instaflixxer. Been streaming with my brother for the last couple of months :)
@Melvin Jackson yea, I've been watching on Instaflixxer for since november myself :)
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!
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!
Wow beautiful!
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!!!
Michelle Eiting No bugs And no hairspray! Lol :)
Your garden is very beautiful 🌹 where are you living?
I love the blue! How did you get them that dark?
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 🇲🇾
Thank you for your helpful video! Can't wait to try this out!
Fabulous 💖
Thank you ❤️ very useful explanation
I love this!!
Thank you Debbie!
I did subscribe
How do you turn hydrangeas blue?
Patricia
Is there a spray that isn’t glitter but makes it look like there is a dew on the flower?
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?
Should these be brought inside to dry out?
My favorite flower!
Thank you for your tip😊
Thanks so much. I absolutely love this video. Thank You Again!
Beautiful colors,, I have the light blue, how do I get it deeper blue (buy another shrub!) pink pretty too 👏 I’ll be buying more for sure.. 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.
Such a nice tutorial. Thanks a lot!
Ty so much. New subbie ❤❤
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.
How to you get your hydrangeas that beautiful blue?
Lots of acid in the soil. 😄
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?
This method worked with my Celosia!
Ohhhh. Debbie you made a video about the hydrangeas!!! Thank you so much :-) great tips as always and fun to watch
If I only have a couple of blooms should I use less water?
No still at least an inch. :)
@@GardenStylenw thank you!
What environment do you keep them in while they're drying?
Tinthia Clemant Inside the house works fine.
Which variety of hydrangea is this?
Thanks, I will give it a try.
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
Timing is everything. Cut in the morning when you see they are slightly fading and place in vase to dry.
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
melisabosnia They need to be totally dry. Careful when packing them. :)
How do you handle dried hydrangeas when they get dusty in the house?🌺
I read somewhere that you can blow dry on a low setting to clean them.
@@bhavyajaitly Such a great idea, thx! 🌼🌸
What is the deep blue hydrangea? I have never seen one that deep blue
I wanted to ask the same thing!
🤦♀️ oh ! can I cut dried blue (burned up actually because of heat) blooms and not affect the shrub?
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. 😧😧
wow I would probably cry no I know I would cry
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 tried like 7-9 stems but only one dried well. The rest all wilted ... do you know why?
You may have picked the flower too soon when it’s not ready. Wait a little bit until it starts to dry on its own on the plant
Beautiful ideer
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.
Wondering the same! I've seen others do it this way, too, but no explanation.
Thank you for sharing! 💜
How funny I am watching this in august of 2021😅
Please show who you do it in roses
Hello, Can you please tell me what type of Hydrangea do well in zone 10. Thank you!!!
Thnks for sharing 🐝
Awesome!
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.
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
Once cut, they will only take water if the ends of the stems are roughed up a bit or cut a little in a crisscross manner.
@@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.
try giving it acid fertilizer same as for blueberries
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.
Cool thanks
Oops...just tossed about 50 blue’ish blooms. Kept the nicest ones, & I’ll dry some.
Hi
How can I dry pentas
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.
I tried this and it didn't work at all. I wish I could post a picture of my shriveled wilted flowers.
MariiHell703 Try again! Timing is everything. Wait till you see them change color and cut them then. Good luck! :)
MariiHell703
Make sure the blooms are fully opened, no buds at the tips. That's probably why you weren't as successful.
Me too
Help! My wilt before they dry:(
Laura B They may wilt a little. I's o.k.
Garden Style nw they flop over though.
Laura B
Make sure the blooms are fully open, no buds at the tips. That might work better for you.
Hi
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
Try again and be sure the flowers are older before cutting. 😄
@@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 ❤️❤️