How to get the longest vase life from your cut Hydrangea Blooms

Here's how to get the longest life from your cut Hydrangea Blooms! Hydrangeas are a beautiful long lasting flower, and if we take a little extra care to cut and condition them properly we can get a vase life of up to two weeks!
Today I'm cutting from a beautiful Proven Winner Hydrangea called Let's Dance Rave. It's a reblooming hydrangea that I love in the landscape and the vase. You can see more info on this plant here - www.provenwinn...
Here is a quick guide to my tips
Cut from a well hydrated plant in the early morning before the sun has reached the plant
Only cut older mature blooms that are fully open and fully colored. The older the bloom the longer the vase life
Strip all the leaves, cut the stem at an angle, and then cut vertically up the stem
Immediately place into tepid water with cut flower food
Let condition (rest) in a cool place for 12-24 hours
If a bloom wilts in the vase try the boiling water method or water bath method to bring the bloom back to life
Before arranging, dip the stem in Alum powder to increase the vase life
Keep cut hydrangeas in a cool room away from direct sun
Change the water every few days and give the stems a fresh cut at the this
With these tips I've seen Hydrangeas go almost a full month! The most important part is really to pick them when they are mature. An older bloom will hold WAY longer than a fresh bloom. A bloom that is immature will wilt immediately and no trick in the book will fix it.
Happy Gardening everyone!

[@Trthsker24]

I am overwhelmed with the desire to say hyDRANGE- ah.😄

[@janiceshea1129]

Thank you so much I’m taking a huge bundle for my son’s wedding I was so worried and after I watched you clip I feel so much better thank you

[@DenyseBre]

Grateful for this video. Over night my store bought bouquet went limp and wilted. Cut them as instructed. Put the stems in boiled hot water for 1 minute which opened them up, then soaked them in the water bath for an hour and they perked back to full bloom!

[@jcking6785]

Stunning hydrangeas!!! I’m jealous... Great info.

[@GardenDoodles]

We’ve successfully used the hot water method many times and are always amazed that they perk right back up. We wrap the blooms in paper towels to catch the steam.

[@annettesmouse4409]

Thanks for all the great information! I tried the boiling water tip that you gave on three of my hydrangea blooms that had wilted a bit after being in a vase for awhile. It is amazing how well that works! They look totally restored!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Isn't it amazing?!?! It's like a Hydrangea magic trick!

[@Carla-fq6kw]

I tried this trick but I’m noticing that the stem turns a dark brown where it was submerged in hot water. Is that normal?

[@ellemason2055]

Boiling water? Wouldn’t that cook the flower?

[@jeanne2515]

I have recently found your channel and already learned so many things by watching a few videos. Thank you so much for the great tips and I will continue watching and looking at your old videos.

[@joyceannalexander6407]

Great tips. I will try I love fresh flowers in my house and I have this plant. Thanks for sharing.

[@yoder1951]

The floral arrangement (& pic of it!) is stunning!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Thank you!

[@hameedahudda6338]

How many blooms approximately do we get from a hydrangea in a pot in one year? Can we get new stems on hydrangeas and more flowers

[@karenschwartz5209]

You are amazing!! Thank you so much for all you information

[@enac1]

I tried the boiling water method, and it worked!🎉 Thank you!

[@patb7384]

I love this channel! I learn soooo much! Thanks

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Oh Pat! Your kind words have blessed my heart!

[@shelleycarmichael3454]

I love all your tips!!!!

[@imagranny]

Such an informative video and direct to the point! 👍🏼

[@bjdumas]

Thank you so much for this information about how to keep your hydrangeas looking fresh.

[@karunadevidiller5761]

Thanks so much your advice was helpful my hydrangeas lasted so long because I watched this!

[@melodydaly8046]

Thank you so much for these tips. They are very useful and I can’t wait to try them out later this year when my hydrangeas are in flower. Hugs from Melbourne Australia xx

[@colleenboozer2921]

How do you trim so all of your blooms are so nicely placed close together like that? I have a very large hydrangea, but the blooms are all over the place, and not in a nice cluster like yours.

[@efbu1678]

Beautiful! I'd like to know how to take care of Hydrangea in a pot? Should I cut the big leaves to have more flowers?

[@angikempken4579]

Wow so informative and I can't wait to put these tips to use with my hydranges!!

[@peluszek]

hello, do I use warm or cold water to give them a bath ? and it's an amazing video, thank you so much for the great tips.

[@nononan8237]

the most helpful ingo i have ever received nononan

[@catenaccio123]

This video is super charming and also very informative, thank you!

[@ikillprettythingz7947]

I think I bought a total of 10 new hydrengea this year. I planted a hedge of them in my backyard. I'm looking for cityline mars and L. A dreaming hydrengea 😊 I'm OBSEESSSED

[@lorrainecourtney4589]

Thanks for the tips 😁 would this pertain to lilacs also? My friend gave me some gorgeous ones and by the next day they were so sad looking 😣

[@PegsGarden]

These were great tips, thanks for sharing :0)

[@ludkakoscova889]

Ďakujem! Thank you! Very usefull info :) Really, I like your channel.Ľudka, Slovakia :)

[@tingczhao]

Awesome. Great tips! Thank you for your beautiful smile and wonderful tips!

[@MyCottageGarden_Natalie]

Thank you for your tips. I saw you have cats, my cats are always pooping in my flower garden. Do you have any tips to stop it? Thanks

[@karenno]

Damn. The tips in this video are solid. Awesome post!

[@jameswilmot4537]

Lovely Hydrangea plants there. I've grown cuttings for Hydrangea, Hebe, Buddleia, Spirea & Lavender. Most of these are on my channel header and I made a new Hebe video which shows these cuttings on their journey into big shrubs/plants. Happy Growing :)

[@Bear_Master]

Great information. Beautiful cats also!

[@GrannysGarden]

Very interesting video.

[@pamd1861]

Great..thanks Danielle!

[@marisascott4788]

Thank you so much...I needed this info! 🙏🏼

[@rachelletaylor4215]

Thank you so much for the tips! What brand of hydrangea are the ones that were the blue that you featured the most. I didn't know you could re-hydrate and bring back the bloom!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Hi Rachelle! It's Let's Dance Rave Hydrangea - www.provenwinners.com/plants/hydrangea/lets-dance-rave-reblooming-hydrangea-hydrangea-macrophylla

[@maryannmccandless1084]

great tips. thanks

[@ruthnarendran8775]

Do you include any foliage in your bunches and what do you use. Love your videos btw.

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Hi Ruth! Yes, I especially love forsythia and ninebark for foliage. Boxwood, abelia, witchhazel, beech, and viburnum are also great.

[@marifesowinski6960]

Thanks for your tips how to take care cut hydrangeas. Can I make a wedding bouquet of hydrangeas? Please give me some tips?

[@lisaleray7173]

Thank you so much! This is so very helpful.

[@winiver77]

I brought a beautiful blue hydrangea.. The shop told me to cut stem then spray the head of the flower! While this worked for the first day... The third day I sprayed the head again.. It didn't like it and has started to wilt so has the leaves!! Is it a case of you just do this once? Do you really spray the head with water!? as I was told this flower drinks from the top too! And lastly which of your water methods would save my expensive cut flower? Thks!

[@brigettescottageplants946]

Thanks this was a fantastic help 👍

[@ScrubLord92]

Thanks for the tips

[@jenniferng6889]

Hi Danielle! When you change the water in your arrangements, do you continue to add flower food? Wasn’t sure if you feed them just upon harvest. Thank you! 🥰

[@sheilamiret6536]

Yes. Continue to feed them. It will amaze you how long your blooms will continue to last.

[@joturley4184]

What kind of food?

[@soundofsilence21]

if my hydrangea blooms have some dirt on them (from drooping branches), should I just gently wash the blooms in cold water after cutting?

[@Stauffer-fs8kz]

GORGEOUS!!! Love your Blue and Purple Hydrangeas!! Mine are all pink because of our soil acidity being low.....I grew up in WA state, and they were always Blue there. It is such a lovely color! Did you condition your soil to change the color? THANKS!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Hey there! I didn't - even our older big leafs are blue. Although one always seem to have two or three pink blooms on the plant!

[@Stauffer-fs8kz]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Thanks for your quick reply--as usual! Do you use wood chips for mulch? That will do it too.

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

@@Stauffer-fs8kz I do!

[@Stauffer-fs8kz]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Funny! Maybe I will have to mulch mine with wood chips too! ;)

[@Bamboo4U2]

pH low: blue blooms pH high: pink blooms

[@thesearethedays9398]

Wow I had no idea it was such an involved process! Lol I’ll just buy the faux I think and leave my real ones on the plant 😂❤

[@BlakeNottke]

Does cutting the fresh hydrangeas ruin the plant?

[@mygardeninbloom]

Great information! 🌻

[@Fiorinudi]

what do you add to the water when displaying?

[@LatoyiaBailey]

What about care tips for potted hydrangeas?

[@nupee1999]

Hi! I have a hydrangea bush that looks so similar to yours! I’m not sure if you mentioned this but after I bring them inside in a vase will I need to spray them with any insect repellent?

[@PolydactylPolyCat]

Great! Thanks

[@raneefranjakararodriguez3284]

Thanks for this helpful info. I have a few hydrangea flower cuttings given by a friend, don’t know how to keep them longer in my vase.

[@tasst2674]

Thank you. What temperature should the water bath be?

[@ms.moniquebrown6754]

Thank you for sharing.

[@sallyderusha4053]

So after conditioning, I recut at an angle and vertically again, regardless of the use of the alum?

[@ithirstyforknowledge]

Can you please tell me why I'm only getting lush green leaves but bloom on only one branch?

[@patriciakumnick2925]

Thank u so helpful

[@sharonoleary9935]

How do you dry them? Thanks

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Hi Sharon! It's best to harvest hydrangeas for drying toward the end of the growing season when the blooms are starting to change in color and become papery. Different hydrangeas turn different colors as they are ready to harvest for dried production. Once the bloom has turned papery, turns color, and less moisture is present in the bloom, harvest the stems and remove all the leaves. Place in a vase filled with about 2 inches of water and let the water naturally evaporate. The hydrangeas will dry in the vase.

[@LatoyiaBailey]

So helpful

[@marketbasket320]

Great tips. Can’t wait to try these with my blooms this season.

[@deborahburgart561]

A florist trick is to cut stem as you show then place hydrangea in about 3 cups of water with 1 T of alum powder mixed in

[@growingcrazy4481]

What is your favorite varieties for cutting? I want to plant one or two but I don’t know which one to choose

[@melindawolfe4348]

Thanks!

[@cynthiaborden4209]

Wow thanks for the great information. Do you ever encounter insects in your flowers?

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarm]

Hi there! Yes I do. I usually turn the blooms upside down and give them a gentle shake and the bugs fall out.

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[@오규영-o8p]

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[@traceyknorr7080]

I tried the boiling water and they all turned brown. 😔 Better to test this on one flower before you do it to your whole bouquet.