How to Revive Wilted Cut Hydrangeas?

How to hydrate cut Hydrangeas?

Hydrangeas are everyone’s favorite pompom flower (not for Madonna). With over 70 species, this beautiful pompom is quite the thirsty one. They are the first to look agonizing in a floral arrangement. Why? It is due to their thick woody stem that stores that sticky sap.

This sticky sap adds a flavor of adventure that gives moisture a hard time to reach the entire flower. To keep the pompom from witling too fast, they are usually let to sit in the water for an hour or so to recharge. Hydrangeas are also known to take moisture through their florets.

This trick in trying to revive these lovely hydrangeas may not be functional at all times. It is worth the try if you still do not have the stomach to go all the way (maybe a couple of stems will do the trick). Our wholesale flower team shares that certain factors can contribute to the effectiveness of this trick.

These include the cold storage duration of how long these cut flowers have been stored in the box. There might be a little luck left in reviving less wilted cut hydrangeas, while those that were stored or packed a little longer are already a wasted cause. We did this with sensible success but they are never coming fully from our experience.

If you are trying to do this trick with other lovely flowers in the likes of the peony, rose, and a tulip, you better stop. These flowers cannot attract water through their blooms like their friend hydrangeas. Submerging them is a bad idea. It will only make them decay faster.

Reviving Cut Hydrangeas

To those who are having attachment issues with their bouquet made from hydrangeas and wish to extend its life, just follow these steps:

• Fill a bowl, a bucket, or a sink with water (whichever you prefer). Trim the stem ends about an inch and soak them in water.
• For numerous stems, load down the stems in the water with something like a light platter. This will keep your hydrangeas entirely soaked.
• How effective are the soaking and the reviving process? Well, it depends. For slightly deteriorated blooms, it usually takes about an hour or so. You also have to check them from time to time so that you will be able to tell if it is a go or no go.
• If they still look tired after a few hours leave them overnight and see if it works.

If your hydrangeas remain the same, it is then beyond saving and you might need miracle for that. It is also no longer advisable to rehydrate them from time to time. There was an instance when someone soaked her hydrangeas for the second time, the flower eventually wilted. Soaking them in water is, after all, a one-time wonder. Maybe it could work during the first signs of the flower being stressed but not when it is stressed for far too long.