POSTED: August 17, 2004 by Foxxy
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well its been a week with no water and its dried beautifully...will do the others once they get bigger
[B]I saw a TV show that showed you should pick the blooms after 1st frost to last or late in season before colour is all gone and dry in a vase of water. Do not add any more water after the 1st water has dried up. Just leave them there to dry. [/B]
I picked some over the weekend but they are not quite ready to dry. I wait until they have pink or blue color.
welcome :) I decided I would try them without water too...just dont see the reason for water when u want to dry them...emptied the water and am just letting it sit in the empty vase...we shall see...at least I have a few more to try in case this doesnt work...it's the way I have always dried bouquets and it worked..
Hi I am new to the forum! I have dried them - just cut them and hung upside down. I also put some into a jug without water and they dried ok also. I have them over a year now and they are so pretty. Hope this helps!!
and actually I prefer them faded for drying...never knew u should put them in water first tho...thanks for the tip...have one beauty on the go now :)
according to the show I saw you can dry them now in a little water in a vase, don't add any more water and they dry. I also read that after the 1st frost the blooms become more papery and are almost dry at that point but of course you lose the colour. I even like them dried when they are the faded colours. I mentioned drying them a few weeks back and realised I had dried mine in the fall and not the spring....sry for all the confusion I may have caused. In spring they just wilt.
I was wondering how to do that also...my nicest blooms are fading and getting brown...the new ones are far more colourful but not nearly as big. Wonder why u cant just snip them now and just leave them to dry?
Maybe I'll snip off some of my fading blooms and try this drying method.
I seem to recall seeing Martha Stewart putting hydrangea clippings in about 1" of boiling water -- but I can't remember if that was to dry them or just to keep them fresher for longer in a vase.