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How to Dry Hydrangeas – Simple and Easy

drying hydrangeas
Drying hydrangeas

How to Dry Hydrangeas – Simple and Easy

Here is a simple and really easy way to dry hydrangeas, that anyone can do! I don’t know about you, but I love the colour and fullness of a hydrangea, it doesn’t matter which type, I love them all. My new favourite however, is the Strawberry Sundae, which I thought was called the twilight, don’t ask me why.  We all love enjoying these gorgeous flowers throughout the summer, but did you know you can enjoy the beauty of them all year?  Yup, I said all year!  It is so easy to dry these flowers and they retain their beauty once they are dried.  Have a look at the next two pictures and see if you can tell which is dried and which isn’t.  Now don’t cheat and look at the caption!

Right, it is hard to tell!  These particular ones, Strawberry Sundae, go from a beautiful rich white, to a soft pink, to a deep red. These are the ones I am using here to show you how you can dry a hydrangea too.

The very first thing I did to start to dry my hydrangeas – is simple, I put on the kettle to boil.  Makes sense right, lol.  No, I didn’t have the sudden urge for a cup of tea! Stay tuned to see what I needed the hot water for.

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Sink full of hydrangeas

When I first cut them off of the tree, I cleaned all of the stems.  I did this by removing all the lower leaves to ensure they are not sitting in any water. This will cause them to rot and will spoil the water. Then I cut the end of the stem on a diagonal like this:

Next, I put the boiled water from the kettle into my pitcher, see I told you I wasn’t craving a tea. I have never had any issues with the water hurting any of my picturesor vases, not even my really old and vintage ones. You only need about 2 inches of water ( just so the stems are in water about 1″) in the bottom of the pitcher/vase, don’t use anymore than that, as they will not dry. I then created my bouquet and enjoyed them in my space.

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hydrangeas – simple and easy way to dry them

Over the next 3 weeks they slowly dried themselves out and they came out looking like this picture below.

dried hydrangeas
dried hydrangeas – simple and easy

The easiest and simplest dried hydrangea ever!

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The easy way to dry hydrangeas to last all winter

I can now enjoy these over the winter months and so can my guests in my guest bedroom.

Thank you so much for stopping by I really appreciate it!

Let me know if this works for you, and if you have any questions, just leave them below,I’m always happy to answer them.

 

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  2. Sounds so simple! Can’t wait to try it. Love your blog and have learned some great tips. Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated. And my 2 pups sit at my feet while working also…😂🐾

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  3. Does this still work on hydrangeas that you buy at grocery store or does it work just with ones grown in the yard? Thank you!

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  6. Do you pick them whilst they are at their best , in full bloom and then dry them? Most of my mop heads have lost their colour as are past their best on the shrub .
    How long do you leave them in the hot water for?

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      • So you just dip the stems in hot water and take the out? How long do you dip them in hot water?
        I bought 2 beautiful white adore hydrangea plants this summer to put in my new tall planterns but now the flowers turned green. Can I start to cut the flowers off. I’m afraid to cut incase I don’t get blooms next year. I’m going to put the plants in the garden soil now and take them out of the pots or should I wait a bit more? Thanks. Sorry for all the questions.

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