{"id":59,"date":"2009-06-18T16:08:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2022-10-20T11:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:00:18","slug":"persnickety-hydrangea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/flower-care\/persnickety-hydrangea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Persnickety Hydrangea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_65\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65\" title=\"00049__Hydrangea__Blue_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/00049__Hydrangea__Blue_1.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Hydrangea\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Hydrangea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the BEST selling and most popular flowers for wedding arrangements, the hydrangea has many\u00a0fine characteristics.\u00a0 They are grown in hot houses and are thus available year-round.\u00a0Hydrangea come in three or more sizes from mini to jumbo. They are available in a wide array of single and multi-color varieties.\u00a0 Wholesale Hydrangea\u00a0are also very reasonably priced\u00a0when you consider\u00a0how\u00a0few stems are needed for even a large an arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>So why\u00a0The Persnickety Hydrangea?\u00a0\u00a0 It stems (pun intended) from the flower&#8217;s insatiable need to be hydrated at all times.\u00a0 Most flowers\u00a0sold and transported through the wholesale market\u00a0survive just fine\u00a0without water\u00a0while being keep cool.\u00a0 The hydrangea cannot tolerate being dry and must be shipped with water.\u00a0\u00a0 Once removed from cooling, the hydrangea must be re-hydrated with a fresh stem cut and in some cases additional steps must be taken to get the flower taking water again.\u00a0 Hydrangea only have two states, they are either full fluffy balls of soft petals or completely limp, collapsed and useless for display.\u00a0 Some professionals perform <em><strong>flower CPR<\/strong><\/em> on wilted hydrangea by cutting the stem up the center, or smashing the end of the stem, and some even bath the entire stem and flower in warm water to revive them.<\/p>\n<p>So remember the next time you see a beautiful arrangement of white, blue, green, or pink hydrangea, just how they got their nick name!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One of the BEST selling and most popular flowers for wedding arrangements, the hydrangea has many\u00a0fine characteristics.\u00a0 They are grown in hot houses and are thus available year-round.\u00a0Hydrangea come in three or more sizes from mini to jumbo. 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