I have waited a very long time to write this post on decorating with hydrangeas. Finally, after what seems like years of trying, I have abundant blooms. I almost hate to say that for fear of jinxing myself! Although there are still a few bushes that could use some improvement, most of them have come through.
Of course the first place I thought about using them was in my living room. {Hope you aren’t tired of seeing this dresser!} I shined up my silver urns, soaked some Oasis, and made these arrangements.
Just to show you how bizarre my luck with hydrangeas has been…I have two identical bushes by my shed. They are lovely Annabelles, my all time favorite. One is full of blooms (where I got these) and the other one has just a couple of buds. These bushes were planted on the same day and got the exact same care. Totally baffles me.
I’m not complaining though…it’s my “little bush that could” and I’m not giving up!
I have Endless Summer bushes in the front of my house. I’m a bit worried about them because we had to remove a tree and now they are getting too much sun. Hopefully they will be fine if I keep them watered. The blooms aren’t big but they are the prettiest color of pink.
I used a silver pitcher here in my entry. It adds a little shine and I love the vintage look. All my silver is heirloom. I can’t remember ever actually buying any but I know it’s in thrift stores and antique places. Don’t be afraid to buy a piece that’s tarnished. It will clean up and shine like it’s brand new. I just tweaked my silver cleaning method and will be back tomorrow to share that.
Wishing everyone a beautiful day, wherever you are. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to stop by. There are no words to express how grateful I am for your friendship.
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Leigh Powell Hines @Hinessightblog says
Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 11:18 amI love these flowers. So beautiful. Probably one of my favorites.
shirley@housepitality designs says
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 2:12 pmThe hydrangeas are so gorgeous and they are so stunning and elegant in the beautiful silver pieces!!!…Just love the photography Ann!!..fantastic!
Heather says
Monday, July 1, 2013 at 9:11 amGorgeous Ann! I want to plant some hygrangeas at our new house! Especially now after seeing your beautiful blooms on display! Pinned!
Carolina says
Friday, June 28, 2013 at 2:54 amCongrats on the hydrangeas! I feel the same way about tomatoes. I try every year, but have yet to get more than a single tomato. Hopefully this will be my year, too!
Nana Diana says
Friday, June 28, 2013 at 12:07 amI love the way you have displayed them, Ann. I really love hydrangeas and love them dried as well as fresh. I wish we could grow some of the blue and purplish ones here but no such luck. I do love the green ones-though-they always look so fresh. xo Diana
Carole says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 11:52 pmAnn,
The blooms are lovely, especially in those silver urns. Certainly not tired of your beautiful dresser. The whole look is charming. You have a lovely home.
Amy says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:52 pmI absolutely love hydrangeas. We have one bush in the backyard that I bought years ago (at a supermarket) and it has gotten huge! We put in some Endless Summer last year. This year, one is blooming like crazy, and has gotten huge; the other is still puny. I think the silver vases give the hydrangeas a very fancy look! So pretty.
Yvonne @ StoneGable says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:23 pmAnn, just stunning! I never realized how beautiful hydrangeas and silver work together!
Anne Boykin says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 9:57 pmHi Ann, Your hydrangeas are so beautiful, especially Annabelle. I have a Limelight hydrangea that isn’t blooming so that’s disappointing. I love hydrangeas but don’t find them easy to grow.
Lynn says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 9:44 pmI love hydrangeas and decorating with them…they just add so much fill. Yours are beautiful. I also like to dry them at the end of the year to use through the winter. We will planting some of them when we get to that part of the landscaping in our yard work!
Lynne says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 9:24 pmYour photo of your dresser, plates, urns and hydrangeas is gorgeous! I feel like I need to sit and study that and find a place in my house to replicate it! Beautiful! I love hydrangeas but haven’t had much luck with them. I do have an endless summer type, but it has no blooms yet! We’ve had a weird spring/summer this year so who knows. I had to make a screen ( wood supports and a window screen top) because mine was getting too much hot afternoon sun and the leaves were burning!
Becca says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 9:07 pmGorgeous hydrangeas, Ann! And, they look stunning showcased in your beautiful silver urns! Your plate wall is amazing … it all makes for a “fantabulous” vignette that I, of course, had to pin. :)
Jenna says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 9:02 pmI have never thought to put hydrangeas in silver, and of course they look stunning and timeless. I am struggling with mine this year too, some years the blooms are abundant and some years not so much. This year I have had exactly 2 Perfect blue blooms and am still waiting while my neighbors sag with blossoms :( One year they bloomed in October! A gardener I am not~But I will put them in silver next time I get some!
Jenna
Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 8:38 pmAnn, if only those hydrangea bushes knew how happy those blooms made you and the rest of us! I only have one bush which was planted by my late mother-in-law. No telling how long it’s been here, but it always produces the biggest dark purple blossoms I’ve ever seen. But now you have me wanting to plant Annabelles and Endless Summers! My favorite photo is the 2nd to the last one, so I’m pinning it!!!
Jill Flory says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 8:13 pmI LOVE hydrangeas! Mine are looking wonderful – I have the new variety of Annabelles – the Incrediball.
I cut one yesterday to use with my Sweet Tea photoshoot. I hate to cut them too early or they don’t stay full and dry pretty. I love how they look in decor!
Grace @ sense and simplicity says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:50 pmThey are gorgeous – no I really should say GORGEOUS!!! You make me want to go out and buy a silver urn and start polishing. I planted a hydrangea bush last year and would love for it to come into bloom. I can’t decide which I like better the soft pink or the white – they both are so pretty.
Martina says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:13 pmGORGEOUS Ann…your shots are stunning!!
Katie @ Wildwood Creek says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:11 pmBeautiful vignettes! Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers in the garden and for decorating.
Donnamae says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:37 pmYour hydrangeas are beautiful…especially in your silver urns! I think my hydrangeas are getting too much sun…I need to move them…but they are still beautiful! ;)
Connie Lenden says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:30 pmAnn- I have one lone bush, and I love it ! It is also Pink and solo pretty! Your home is decorated so nicely!!
Have a nice weekend ! Connie
keri @ shaken together says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:17 pmHydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers and I absolutely adore them in your gorgeous silver containers!!
Pamela Gordon says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:16 pmJust beautiful! I love your creamy hydrangeas but those pink endless summer ones are just delicious looking. So pretty in the silver urns and pitcher too! I have a blue (or at least is was last year when I bought it) endless summer one but the bud are just forming this year. I hope it will be okay. I also have a huge tree that doesn’t bloom until later in summer and dries beautifully. I alway enjoy visiting your blog Ann. Hugs. Pam
Karen On Bainbridge Island says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:15 pmWe too had a lovely hydrangea that became exposed after we had to take down a tree that had provided lots of cool shade. The plant struggled the first season, but seem more acclimated the second season, so don’t give up hope.
Ricki Jill Treleaven says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:04 pm:D I love hydrangeas, and mine are looking pretty good, too! I love the pink ones. I just put some white ones on my dining table. I think I might add some blue ones to them….the arrangement looks a little skimpy compared to yours!
Lovely post, Ann, and your silver urns are so pretty!
Congrats, and I hope you continue to have a bumper-crop of hydrangeas this summer!
xo,
RJ
Angela says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:52 pmYour dresser is gorgeous…. and with the urns and hydrangeas….stunning! I love to find silver at the thrift stores!! Usually their dirty and ugly and it’s fun to watch them come to life when they are polished!! Lovely home, Ann, always!!~~Angela
Cynthia says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:40 pmAnn, these look so stunning! I love those urns and that table and never tire of seeing them. I can’t wait to plant a bush or two at the new hous.
Cynthia
debbiedoos says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:17 pmSo so pretty Ann….looks straight out of a magazine!
Dee says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:14 pmYour hydrangeas are beautiful Ann! Just wait every year they will get bigger and better than last year.
I love how you displayed them. Beautiful!
Keeping It Cozy says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 4:28 pmOh, one other thing… the photo of the hydrangeas on your dresser is absolute perfection!
Keeping It Cozy says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 4:27 pmYour hydrangeas are BEAUTIFUL! I love how you have them displayed around the house… in the summertime, I constantly have a jar of hydrangeas sitting somewhere. :-) Love the Annabelle variety… I planted two bushes last year that didn’t do well, so I transplanted them earlier this year and they are thriving now but no blooms this year. I’ll cross my fingers for next summer, especially after seeing your photos! :-) Anxious to read more about your silver cleaning method… my silverware is due for a cleaning. P.S. I could never get tired of your dresser!
Gretchen says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 4:07 pmYour hydrangeas are just gorgeous Ann! There is nothing more elegant than silver. I love it except for the polishing part.
Sandy says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 3:44 pmAnn, the silver pitcher with the pink hydrangeas stole my heart. Each morning I take a glance at my pink hydrangea outside my kitchen window and smile.
Cindy says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 3:32 pmYour vignettes are always beautiful, but the one on the little dresser outshines them all, I think. Your hydrangeas are all gorgeous, it’s my favourite flowering bush. I have two little tiny ones that will be large enough to produce blossoms by the time I’m in an old age home, I think. HAHA!
Hugs, Cindy
Mary Alice Patterson says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 3:28 pmYour hydrangeas are gorgeous in your beautiful silver buckets!!! The pink ones in the silver pitcher are so lovely as well!
Mary Alice
Elizabeth@ Blue Clear Sky says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 3:25 pmHydrangeas are my favourite and you have displayed them so nicely, Ann.
Penny@The Comforts of Home & From Harvest To Table says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 3:01 pmYour arrangements are beautiful. I was lucky to inherit several hydrangea bushes with this new home. Six of them were planted on our front hillside in full afternoon sun several years ago. They seem to be doing ok. The ones in the back that get more shade do better though.
Penny
Kim says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 2:43 pmYour rooms are gorgeous, your silver pieces are gorgeous and your flowers are gorgeous! Everything looks so elegant and fresh! I’m pinning this post for decorating inspiration! As far as my hydrangea bush goes, hmmm, I’m staring at a bloomless bush! Again!
Kelly says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 2:29 pmSo glad to hear that your hydrangeas are doing well finally! I know they are fickle. I have 3 hydrangea bushes in my back yard that are purple. They bloom every year, but not the way I would like. They seem skimpy compared to others I’ve seen where the whole bush is nothing but blooms and you can’t even see the green leaves. Nope! I’ve never had a bush like that. So I feel your pain. LOL! Yours are obviously blooming pretty good by the fact that you were able to cut off such big blossoms and bring them indoors! They look so pretty in their silver containers. I have fake white hydrangeas in my house at the moment. They never let me down. LOL!
Kathy E. says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 1:51 pmI looove that dresser! Don’t apologize! (If you ever get tired of it, give me a jingle.)
I have an Annabelle Hydrangea in my front garden and it’s been a proficient bloomer for a good 20 years. It does have runners that come up around it each spring. I have dug them up and plopped them in other places and they take right off! Some of the blossoms are as big as my head!
Remember that you can dry the hydrangeas too for an all-year arrangement. Each end of summer, when they start to turn green, I pick an armful and just plop them into a vase (no water) and they will turn a lovely ivory/amber shade to last till the next crop.
Jocie@OPC The Better Half says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 1:05 pmwow ann! gorgeous pix! i was just sitting down from taking pix of my hydrangeas and saw your post. You must the style setter! :)
Camille says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 12:53 pmSo pretty! We have purple and blue hydrangeas in our yard. :)
Melissa@TheHappierHomemaker says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 12:32 pmAre the first ones you showed the Limelight kind? I have five endless summer bushes I put in last year and they are doing well this year, still small but 4 of the 5 are giving a ton of blooms ranging from dusky pink to purple. I’ve been thinking of putting in a limelight too though. Do you know if the care is the same?
Michele/Finch Rest says
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:49 amAnn, I could never get tired of seeing you fantastic dresser.
Funny you mention hydrangeas – must be our Ohio weather because MINE are doing the best they have in the 4 years I have had them. I have more blooms than ever, too.
Hope your front ones do ok – any chance you can put another tree where the other one stood? If it was too close can it just be planted further away but still shed some dappled light? Is that an option?
Have a wonderful day. Love your post, the arrangements are lovely.