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Preserving hydrangea flowers

Ysera27Ysera27 Posts: 41
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I would like to cut some of the flowers from my hydrangea 'little lime' they are now pink tinged and looking lovely. How do I best preserve them? Will the bracts fall off etc? 

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  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    I have only preserved the mop head varieties; cut and split the stems to take up more water and stand in a vase with about 2 inches of water and leave until water has gone.
      
  • Ysera27Ysera27 Posts: 41
    I was thinking of dried flowers but I might try that method, thanks. 
  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    They will be dry when they have taken up the water, it preserves them. 
  • Ysera27Ysera27 Posts: 41
    Aah I see,Thank you.

  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    I’m sure I read somewhere about standing the stems of wedding flowers in glycerine. Might be worth doing an internet search on that. Would be nice to preserve the colour for a while.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Try in a shoe box with silica gel crystals.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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