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Identification and selling question

15 years ago

I have a Hydrangea (or a few of them clumped together) that is very large. It stands over 6 feet tall and is about 12 feet across. It blooms white, then turns green and dries brown on the stem. I have thus far been unable to identify the specific name of it.

I have been having a blast over the past two weeks cutting and drying the stems. When they were dried, I dyed them with Rit dye and they dried a very pretty color. They're gorgeous. We have a local home tour and I plan to sell them dried, and I'm going to try to make wreaths out of them. Does anybody have an idea of what I should sell them for? You can buy fresh-cut hydrangeas here at the market for $1 per stem, and I'm not sure whether dried is worth more or less?

I keep picking them, because they're starting to dry out on the bush and I won't be able to do anything with them once they turn brown. So, I have about six buckets full of them drying and I haven't even begun to put a dent in the amount of flowers on the bush. I'm not sure what else I can do with them, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd gladly take them.

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stillwelljill
15 years ago
More than likely your hydrangeas are Annabelle. At least that is what it sounds like from the colors of the flowers. Can we assume that the flowers are snowball or mophead in type?

I would expect the dried flowers to be worth more than live blooms, but perhaps someone else on this forum who dries their blooms could answer this better than I.

So good to hear how happy you are with your hydrangea and the blooms. Enjoy!
krystenleigh
Original Author
15 years ago
I am so excited, I googled Annabelle and it looks like mine! Thanks so much! I am very much enjoying the hydrangeas. :)
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luis_pr
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If it helps you... a friend of mine paid me about $3 per bloom severeal years ago for every bloom I had on the plants. A wreath would obviously cost more than that, maybe in the 40s, depending on size and theme (Xmas, etc). Have you gone to www.wreathsgalore.com to check prices?

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