Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas. I love 'em. But you can bet your sweet bippy I'll be using silk - less expensive, less trouble, still gorgeous.

There are many ways to create great wedding flower arrangements with hydrangeas. For an elegant bridal bouquet, pick white roses and intertwine them with pink or purple hydrangeas. The soft elegance of roses combined with the fullness and bright colors of hydrangeas creates a beautiful combination and an interesting contrast. This breathtaking combination of flowers will look fabulous in photos and will complement any bridal gown or bridesmaid dress.

Similarly, use flower arrangements with hydrangeas to decorate the wedding canopy, seats, and centerpieces. Tie a handful of hydrangeas together with a festive ribbon and attach these to the chairs that border the wedding aisle. As the bride and groom walk down the aisle, they will glimpse an aisle that offers a colorful, lush effect. Create these bouquets with a single hydrangea color, or mix and match shades of blue, pink and purple hydrangeas.

Flower arrangements with hydrangeas also create beautiful wedding canopies. With their generous composition and full bloom, hydrangeas are beautiful flowers for decorating wedding canopies. Take a collection of dark purple hydrangeas and intermingle them on a wedding canopy with white and yellow roses. This creates a stunning effect to surround the bride and groom with flowers full of life, color, and vibrancy.

Finally, party centerpieces for weddings, anniversaries, and other occasions can be assembled beautifully and easily with the addition of hydrangeas. For a truly original look, place a basket in the middle of each table and fill it with fresh fruit (apples or grapes) and hydrangeas. The combination of flowers and fruits is a refreshing, original sight. For a baby shower or birthday celebration, you can tie a pink or blue balloon to the centerpiece or place a stuffed animal to the side of the basket or vase.

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They're not seasonal. Use them spring and summer, fall and winter — Christmas — all year round. Use them for everything, from a casual country wedding to a sophisticated black-tie event. But for formal arrangements, they'll often break up the blooms and give them a supporting role. Hydrangeas still need their share of TLC. For a while, people were experimenting, trying to use them without water in a garden or a clutch bouquet. The hydrangeas will not hold up for that.

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In general the hydrangea stands for friendship, devotion, and understanding.

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Thank You for Understanding, Frigidity, Heartlessness

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Perseverance

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First discovered in Japan, the name hydrangea comes from the Greek “hydor,” meaning water, and “angos,” meaning jar or vessel. This roughly translates to “water barrel,” referring to the hydrangea’s need for plenty of water and its cup-shaped flower.

There remains some debate over the hydrangea’s symbolism – with some connecting it to vanity and boastfulness (perhaps reflecting its abundance of petals and lavish, rounded shape) and others suggesting that a bouquet of hydrangea expresses the giver’s gratefulness for the recipient’s understanding. Still others suggest it represents anything that’s sincerely heartfelt. Despite this variation in flower meaning, there appears to be an overwhelming consensus that this 4th wedding anniversary flower possesses enduring grace and beauty.

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