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- The real trick is to pick the blooms at the right time!
- It may be tempting to pick those beauties
as soon as they start blooming, but this if you want to dry them, this is NOT the best time to pick them, fresh, recently
opened blooms, rarely dry well in the open air.
- Hydrangeas do best when allowed to dry on the plant before picking them. Experiment with harvesting
from August through October.
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best thing to do is to leave blooms on the shrub until late summer. Toward the end of the summer the petals will begin to
age and take on a vintage look. If left on the shrub a while longer, many blooms will pick up interesting shades of burgundy
and pink.
- Unlike most dried flowers it is not necessary to hang Hydrangea blooms upside
down for drying unless the stem is week or floppy. Do remove leaves. You can at this point place your booms in vases with
or without water to dry.
- Lace-cap Hydrangeas don’t work as well for drying.
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