In the garden or in cut arrangements, these shrubs always impress.
As cut flowers, hydrangeas completelysteal the show in any vase.
If you do have a bigleaf hydrangea, measure your soil’s pH with a pH meter.
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A reading between 4.5 and 5.5 is the acidity level necessary to keep blue hues flowing on your hydrangea.
You may have heard rusty nails, copper pennies, or used coffee grounds do the trick, too.
Used coffee grounds have a neutral pH, so they won’t help acidify the soil.
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Dry Hydrangea Flowers
Hydrangea flowers are acinch to air-dry.
First, cut the blooms off the plant when the petals start feeling a little papery.
Once dried, the papery flowers can last indefinitely, especially if spray-painted for more intense color.
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Use dried hydrangeas in floral arrangements orattach them to wreaths with floral wire.
Revive Wilted Hydrangeas
Sometimes, cut hydrangea flowers seem to wilt quickly.
But don’t toss them out just yet!
This trick works because hydrangea flowers have the unique ability to absorb water through their petals.
This characteristic is also why misting the blooms lightly with water each day helps keep them fresh longer.
Then place the stems into a vase of cool water.
In a little while, your flowers will perk up.
