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Hydrangea
As a cut flower, the stylish hydrangea has long been discovered as part of a beautiful bouquet. The flower is widely used in most beautiful floral arrangements. It makes sense, because with hydrangeas it always becomes a showpiece. Every room brightens up with the colorful hydrangea bulbs. We are happy to tell you more about this beautiful flower. But we also give you inspiration about the styling possibilities with this cut flower.
Showpiece
As a cut flower, the stylish hydrangea has long been known to contribute to a beautiful bouquet. The flower is widely used in the most stunning floral arrangements. That’s no surprise, since hydrangeas will always turn it into a showpiece. Every room is brightened by the hydrangea's colourful globes. It also makes a gorgeous gift that delights everyone! And how about a single decorative flower next to the plate at a dinner? Feel free to experiment. It’s a inspiring flower!
Meaning
The hydrangea symbolises grace, beauty and abundance (because of the extravagant number of flowers and the generous rounded shape). The flower also symbolises gratitude and heartfelt feelings.
Colours
Hydrangea cut flowers come in an abundance of colours. You can get them in all shades of red, pink and purple, but also in white, green and blue. There are also combined colours such as green & red and purple & green, and flowers with coloured edges, e.g. pink or blue with a white edge.
There’s also plenty of choice when it comes to shape. You can choose single or double-flowered varieties, globe-shaped hydrangeas, hydrangeas with small flowers in the middle and large petals on the edge (edge bloomers) or hydrangeas with a plume shape.
Colour-changing
What is unique about the hydrangea is how the colour of the flowers continues to develop. The flowers change colour during flowering. The original colour mixes with a shade of green in various tones. When they have completed the colour change, they end up autumnal red.
The cut flowers retain the colour that they have at the moment when they are harvested by the grower. The flower’s colour-changing process stops then.
Fresh
‘Fresh’ refers to the fresh colours such as white, green, pink, blue and purple. Hydrangea cut flowers are available all year round, but supply is greatest during the period from May to November. You particularly see the ‘Fresh’ flowers between March and October.
Classic
If the hydrangea has changed colour, we call it ‘Classic’. The ‘Classics’ are particularly available from June to February. A fully developed colour-changed flower that feels firm and sturdy can look amazing in a vase for 3 weeks.
Did you know
The cultivation of cut hydrangeas is one of the most sustainable crops! For example, it uses very little energy and fertiliser.
Tip: Drying hydrangeas
You can dry classic hydrangeas from October. If the flower is no longer taking up water and the leaves are drooping, remove the leaves from the stems, and when the hydrangeas have finished flowering in the vase hang them upside down in a warm and dry spot until they are completely dried. You can then enjoy your dried hydrangea flowers for months.
If you want to dry the flowers and retain their colour, cut the flowers off the stem and place the flowers upside down in a container with sand (e.g. fine sand that you can buy from a pet shop). Gently cover the flowers with the sand. The sand will draw moisture out of the flowers.
If you’d like to read more about the dried flowers trend, click here.
Hydrangea
Hydrangea grower
HIP-Holland is a fresh young company with employees who have a passion for hydrangeas. They supply high quality uniform cut hydrangeas. Corine talked to owner Rob Spaargaren about how they work. You can read more about it on the blog.
Peeters Hortensia's
In between sweet pepper and strawberry growers is cut hydrangea nursery Peeters Hydrangeas, with Eric Peeters and Suzan Peeters in charge. Five years ago, they made the switch from peppers to hydrangeas. A crop with much more challenge. Eric is a real gardener and mainly runs the greenhouse, Suzan is mainly involved in sales. Together, they passionately grow 13 different types of hydrangea. With their team, they strive for beautiful stable quality. We visited them and are happy to give you an insight.
Inspiration
Create a nonchalant bouquet that looks like you just went out and picked it, but which has a stylish and impressive effect. This will enable your customers to bring nature into their home in fantastic way. For example, combine hydrangea with Viburnum, Bupleurum, Calla and Crocosmia berry to create a remarkable and unexpectedly beautiful effect.
We have created a series of hydrangea bouquets for your inspiration, keeping in mind that it should remain an affordable bouquet. Below you can see some of the bouquets from this series. For more inspiration, please refer to our community forum FlowerFriends.
