Help for DIY Hydrangea centerpieces

[skgrabarz]

I am looking to do my own hydrangea centerpieces for my grandparent''s 60th wedding anniversary and have a specific questions as to an estimated number of blooms per arrangement I would need. I will either have to order these on-line to be shipped out or call a local florist since I will be flying into town for the event. The containers I have ar 7 inches high and 5.5 inches square. I am planning on only using white hydrangeas with no greens. ANY helpful hints would be SOO appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
Sarah

 

[neatfreak]

I''d probably try and do a dry run at your house first so you can be sure you know what to do on the day of.

Good luck!

 

[So_happy]

I wanted to use Hydrangeas for my wedding centerpieces in the begining so I did a mock up. I had a 5" cube vase and 3 stems looked fantastic. HOWEVER, they wilted completely in a grand total of 10 hours and I did this back, I don''t know, March maybe? So no heat problems as far as I could tell.

There ARE ways to make them take more water and keep more fresh but I just didn''t have the time nor patience for that in light of the fact I''m doing all the flowers myself.

 

[Gypsy]

REFRIGERATE. Add flower food to the water. Cut flowers at a nice angle. And if possible. Use floral oasis (wet foam) to keep the stems properly hydrated. Make sure you soak the foam for a LONG time in water that has the floral food in it.

 

[njc]

I''m not sure how large the container is, but its the standard little vase that you can find anywhere with the "ruffled edge". Estimating, I would say it was something no more than 5" x 5"? I dont know. We used one large bloom per container. They were purchased from a local grocery store and we just snipped the ends at an angle and filled the vases up with water. I did my trail run using blooms from the plant my mom has in her backyard. I experimented with cutting the stems at an angle and smashing the ends... both worked equally well.

I know So Happy didnt have much luck with her trail run, but these were our DIY centerpieces for our August wedding in Virginia (Read: HOT and HUMID), granted we were inside. We set the room up Friday morning (before 11am) and had the reception Saturday night, this picture was taken somewhere towards the middle I believe, so at least 30 hours worth of life and then some. I had hydrangeas everywhere (cake, all our bouquets and bouts) and had no problems.

I would look into a local grocery store... it may be cheaper than a florist. I dont know how I feel about ordering flowers online.

 

[So_happy]

NYC~ I am always so bummed when I see how pretty your centerpieces kept!!!!

I really just love the look of Hydrangeas and wanted them in the wedding but oh well

YOURS look fantastic, tho!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

We had them in our centerpieces (thought they weren''t DYI). My wedding was also in August and they STILL looked good at brunch the next day.