Hi Nicole, I have used hydrangeas in almost all my wedding customer’s bouquets. Fresh cut, set in quick dip then cold water/room temp bucket to hydrate overnight. I mist water on the blooms too. When I am designing, fresh cut, dip in alum. (It is a pickling spice found in any grocery store.) Then place in a vase or bucket. They do not droop at the church!
I could watch you for hours just making bouquets from all the gorgeous flowers you have harvested. More of these 45 minute videos please. Makes my day brighter.
You are an absolute JOY to watch. You are a beautiful, positive and kind person. I watch your videos for hours. Thank you for all your magnificent videos!!!!!
I don’t know what is more delightful, your stunning bouquets or you. Either way, what a blast and a treat to get to “hang” with you while you work. I learn a ton and get totally inspired by you. Rock on! ❤️
I choose your video this morning over my usual gardenanswer. That says a lot about how much I enjoy your videos. I hope you can get more subscribers so you can make lots of money to spend on your new nursery!!!!!!
Nicole - you are an amazing woman! Love your energy and humor. Life is not perfect but you sure add some good vibes into this world! Thank you for that and thank you for the Beautiful FLOWERS you grow.
I use hydrangeas often in my arrangements and have learned that it’s important to cut blooms when all of the little flowers are completely opened. If the bloom is slightly immature at the time it is cut, it can have a tendency to wilt. I also cut the stems on an angle and then another cut up the stem, use quick dip and then hydrate for at least several hours. I hope you find success with them, yours are gorgeous!
You are one of my favorite youtubers! I know you have very busy days with your nursery and farm and all your other plans, but your bouquet making videos are a highlight in my week and i love seeing what you come up with!
We hydrate Hydrangeas by submerging the whole head in cool water and letting them sit for about an hour. It is the only flower that we do this with and it works great.
This method also works to re-hydrate wilted hydrangea.... I have been a florist for more than 35 years, I have friends who have rehydrated hydrangea from the Rose Parade, tried and true! Happy hydrangea, happy customers. Also, NEVER place hydrangea into floral foam, vase of water, with floral preservative is best. Also can dip stems into powdered alum before placing stem into vase.
You have the most amazing personality and your porch looks fabulous, I would sleep out there, surrounded by flowers. You are a joy to watch flower 🌼 lady! We can't get enough of watching your videos, your enthusiasm is incredible ❤
I usually watch flower youtube blogs and it's not my husband's cup of tea. However this time he made a comment "that lady is very talented!" So your colour combinations look great Nicole!
It‘s a great day if Nicole drops 2 Videos within 24 h. You safe my soul, craving for garden work , since I am still most of the day in bed, 12 days after being tested positive.
This video is why I'm on year three as a CSA member!! There is an incredible vase full of happiness in my house right now...so much so...its coming on the drive to vacation (5hrs) with me on Saturday. #sorrynotsorry #dirtylily #csa #coralsforlife💐💜💐💜
I watched you put together flower bouquets for 40 minutes and I enjoyed it so much. Beautiful flowers and you are tons of fun. Your customers will love them.! 🌺🌻🌸🌼
Please don't ever change your intro/background music... it has become such a comfort to hear with your cheery "hi flower friends". Love your videos so much, thanks for all you do
Wow, they are all beautiful! So nice to see close ups of the flowers and all the amazing transformations a bouquet can have by adding just one more flower.
Hi Nicole, your flowers are super amazing!! I was a wedding florist working out of my home for 20 years. In Southern California I would go to Los Angeles flower mart for my fresh flowers. My hydrangeas came from Holland and were very expensive. What I would do was soak the whole flower head onto a big tub of water overnight. The flower heads actually hydrate through the blooms. Try it, it really makes them crunchy fresh. Love ❤️ your Vlog!!!
WOW! A smorgasbord of form & color! Your gardens sure are producing! And the speed with which you're able to produce those beautiful & interesting bouquets for your CSA members left me breathless. Lovely singing voice too!
I really miss these videos 🥲 so sad that there isn’t videos from your flower farm this year! I know you have a lot to do with the nursery, and now in top, the los of a dear family member ( R.I.P grandpa ❤) my hope is, that you get staff to the nursery and you return to your beautiful farm and the videos starts again ❤🙏😍
One more great tip, if your lilies get pollen dropped on the petals, use a bent pipe cleaner to dust the pollen off....also if you get lily pollen on your clothes, don't brush it away with your hand, it will just grind it into the fabric.... instead use scotch tape to lift it off the surface of the material....mucho better!
Gooorjuss 😍 hydrangeas make great focal bases to a bouquet where you thread other flowers down thru the hydrangea. Some customers may just love to buy a bunch of hydrangeas without other flowers, I love them on their own. Love love love 🌸🌹🌻🌼
Such beautiful singing,as I said earlier I could live on ur songs whole day ,and ur hyedrangeas are out of this world,anybody would be glad to have them ,do share when u make bouquets for mkt and next sat🤗🤗🌟
I’m not much of a gardener (yet) but I cut my hydrangeas all summer and they stay fresh looking for over a week if I add an aspirin and a tsp or so of sugar to my water. Something in the aspirin allows the sugar to be absorbed better. 😊
Hey Nichole love your videos I haven't been able to get in social media migraines 3 weeks but by the Grace of GOD I'm doing way better love your videos you really lift my spirit I absolutely love getting my ideas from you but for you to respond to us guys really means a lot super excited about your nursery can't express enough GOD is Amazing everything is in HIS Timing thank you so much love your flowers can't wait to get back to my gardening you inspirer me so much thank you prayers going on for you & yours on your new journey it's going to be awesome I know you have amazing plans keep up the good work!!!
Just wanted to say a huge Congratulations on 50k + subscribers to your channel! You've done so well, keep up the great work and vids 👌🏻 P. S You can also soak hydys flower down in cool water to bring them back to life 😊
Your bouquets are so pretty! I loved all of mine from your spring CSA! Soooo happy for you and the family with your new business adventures!! Congrats and best wishes from another 🌸 flower lover.💐🌻🌼
Everything is so lovely! Random, but I was listening to a back episode (episode 164) of the Flower Podcast with guest Felicia Alvarez who is a rose grower. She also talked about pest management including various thrip tips😜 and I thought of you.
Oh my word! Your CSA Members are all going to be Happy Campers! Not one of those bouquets as a last choice would be sad. I kept saying "Oh that's my favourite!" with each and every one you put together! LOL Girl you need a Personal Asst. A "Go-Fer."It is amazing how you switch gears for all of the different tasks at hand. That is a gift -and a curse. It can lead to anxiety. Always take time to decompress!! Much Love. Peace.
Hey Nicole, I love your hydrangeas such a beautiful colour. I use Alum when I pick my stems and they stay plump and hydrated. I believe it is a pickling powder and found widely. Lindsey X
Dip the fresh cut stems in the dry alum powder.... don't mix it in the water...use fresh flower food in your water, you can purchase packets of flower food from your local flower growers or florist
Love!! My favorite is watching you make bouquets in real time like this... I know it might seem long and drawn out to you, but I think a lot of us would agree we love it! The thought process is a big part of creating and I learn so much every time I watch you! You should take a poll and see what the people prefer, time lapse vs. real time!! 😘 Also I checked out the hydrangea tips from Farmgirlflowers IG like you suggested and they're awesome! I will try the crushed tip for sure. The things that have worked well so far for me for at least a 10 day vase life is 1. Daily water change 2. Slice one inch up the stem and 3. Using a mature bloom is key! I think she left that tip out. Brand new fresh blooms are very prone to wilt. Try to find one with a brown-ish stem vs. green! I can't believe how well it works, I used to think hydrangeas were the worst!! 😅
Yay! Thanks for sharing these beautiful bouquets! I have only been able to do a couple short vases so far this year. Went on vacation last week, so did some pinching so not much would bloom when I was gone. Next week I think my gardens will be bursting with Zinnias! My grow along seedlings did not do well..I have just a few snap dragons, jealous of yours, no Rubeckia, jealous! the cinnamon basil is great! About to do my next year order..may be renting some community garden space..so planning for that!!
Trialled many ways to make the Hydrangeas last and the most effective way for me was to smash the ends with a hammer to create a larger drinking area. Works a treat!
Nicole, check out last video Serina (You Can’t Eat The Grass) did with her bouquets. She showed Ian how to make a large paper wrap for her $40 bouquets. She uses two folded sheets, staples them together and wraps the bouquets. The flowers show up beautifully in a huge display of color. You don’t have to buy larger sheets. 😊💕
So I just went to the Ball appreciation day and got to meet Dave Dowling. Anyway specifically asked him the question about picking hydrangeas. He said to wait until the petals feel like paper. If they still feel wet at all they will wilt. I just picked some of my own 4 days ago and they look great
Welp... after watching some Michael Gaffney, it made me think of this video and I came to tell you about alum. Buuuutt I see you've been told about it. Hope you give it a shot next year and have great luck with them!!!!
Love love love all the Flowers 🌻🌼🌸 Danielle from Northland Flower Farm splits her stems in half which hydrates the hydrangeas, I tried it and worked for me. Hope this helps, those hydrangeas are gorgeous.
Hi Nicole, I have used hydrangeas in almost all my wedding customer’s bouquets. Fresh cut, set in quick dip then cold water/room temp bucket to hydrate overnight. I mist water on the blooms too.
When I am designing, fresh cut, dip in alum. (It is a pickling spice found in any grocery store.) Then place in a vase or bucket. They do not droop at the church!
Thanks for this great tip, Michele!
I also use alum after I cut the stems vertically. Always works!
I could watch you for hours just making bouquets from all the gorgeous flowers you have harvested. More of these 45 minute videos please. Makes my day brighter.
You are an absolute JOY to watch. You are a beautiful, positive and kind person. I watch your videos for hours. Thank you for all your magnificent videos!!!!!
I don’t know what is more delightful, your stunning bouquets or you. Either way, what a blast and a treat to get to “hang” with you while you work. I learn a ton and get totally inspired by you. Rock on! ❤️
I choose your video this morning over my usual gardenanswer. That says a lot about how much I enjoy your videos. I hope you can get more subscribers so you can make lots of money to spend on your new nursery!!!!!!
Are you also watching Jenny at Gardening With Creekside?
She's so real, just like Nicole.
Nicole - you are an amazing woman! Love your energy and humor. Life is not perfect but you sure add some good vibes into this world! Thank you for that and thank you for the Beautiful FLOWERS you grow.
Yes!!!❤
I use hydrangeas often in my arrangements and have learned that it’s important to cut blooms when all of the little flowers are completely opened. If the bloom is slightly immature at the time it is cut, it can have a tendency to wilt. I also cut the stems on an angle and then another cut up the stem, use quick dip and then hydrate for at least several hours. I hope you find success with them, yours are gorgeous!
I don't think even the last customer will be disappointed. They're all heavenly. 😇
Sooo pretty. I worked as a florist for years. We used to say we were “picking the lilies’ noses” when we pulled off the anthers. 😁
All those looked like $40 bouquets. At the minimum $75 here in Southern California. Was a joy watching you make these Nicole.
You are one of my favorite youtubers! I know you have very busy days with your nursery and farm and all your other plans, but your bouquet making videos are a highlight in my week and i love seeing what you come up with!
Oh my gosh. 45 minutes of Nicole making bouquets? IS IT CHRISTMAS?🥳💐
We hydrate Hydrangeas by submerging the whole head in cool water and letting them sit for about an hour. It is the only flower that we do this with and it works great.
Love your channel, your gardens and you infectious energy! Thanks for being so wonderful!
Every time I think I love that bouquet the next one is my favourite... all of your bouq's are so beautiful Nicole. xx
Every time you make a bouquet I say that’s my favorite. So they are all my favorite. Lol!!
This method also works to re-hydrate wilted hydrangea.... I have been a florist for more than 35 years, I have friends who have rehydrated hydrangea from the Rose Parade, tried and true! Happy hydrangea, happy customers. Also, NEVER place hydrangea into floral foam, vase of water, with floral preservative is best. Also can dip stems into powdered alum before placing stem into vase.
The alum works wonderfully!
Thank you for this great information! How much you put alum to water or how does it work?
@@MaMari68 you can put in water or dip ( sugar coat the stems ) my preference 💗
You have the most amazing personality and your porch looks fabulous, I would sleep out there, surrounded by flowers. You are a joy to watch flower 🌼 lady! We can't get enough of watching your videos, your enthusiasm is incredible ❤
I usually watch flower youtube blogs and it's not my husband's cup of tea. However this time he made a comment "that lady is very talented!" So your colour combinations look great Nicole!
You make the most beautiful bouquets I’ve ever seen!!! I love how you build them so intuitively!!
It‘s a great day if Nicole drops 2 Videos within 24 h. You safe my soul, craving for garden work , since I am still most of the day in bed, 12 days after being tested positive.
This video is why I'm on year three as a CSA member!! There is an incredible vase full of happiness in my house right now...so much so...its coming on the drive to vacation (5hrs) with me on Saturday. #sorrynotsorry #dirtylily #csa #coralsforlife💐💜💐💜
Very fortunate CSA customers. All the bouquets are beautiful.
I love how every bouquet is your favorite! It would be mine too. They are so beautiful.
I would be happy with any one of those. I have so many favourites.
I watched you put together flower bouquets for 40 minutes and I enjoyed it so much. Beautiful flowers and you are tons of fun. Your customers will love them.! 🌺🌻🌸🌼
Alum is the magic for Hydrangea ! Mine last at least a week.. staring at some now for over a week 😜💗🕊💪🌺
Please don't ever change your intro/background music... it has become such a comfort to hear with your cheery "hi flower friends". Love your videos so much, thanks for all you do
Holy moly! Those bouquets are gorgeous! Lucky CSA members!
Wow those bouquets are magnificent.
Your bouquets are the best and you are a joy to watch. You have such love for your your flowers and your customers.
Ooooh my gosh ! All of your bouquets are beautiful as always but girl that pink and purple one , ohh 😍😍😍💐 , totally me !
Wow, they are all beautiful! So nice to see close ups of the flowers and all the amazing transformations a bouquet can have by adding just one more flower.
Hi Nicole, your flowers are super amazing!! I was a wedding florist working out of my home for 20 years. In Southern California I would go to Los Angeles flower mart for my fresh flowers. My hydrangeas came from Holland and were very expensive. What I would do was soak the whole flower head onto a big tub of water overnight. The flower heads actually hydrate through the blooms. Try it, it really makes them crunchy fresh. Love ❤️ your
Vlog!!!
I love these bouquet making sessions. So therapeutic 😌
So beautiful, I wish I lived closer to participate in your CSA!!
WOW! A smorgasbord of form & color! Your gardens sure are producing! And the speed with which you're able to produce those beautiful & interesting bouquets for your CSA members left me breathless. Lovely singing voice too!
Don’t be afraid of hydrangeas! I promise, alum works! I can get them to live for 10 days when I cut, dip in alum and change the water ever other day.
I really miss these videos 🥲 so sad that there isn’t videos from your flower farm this year! I know you have a lot to do with the nursery, and now in top, the los of a dear family member ( R.I.P grandpa ❤) my hope is, that you get staff to the nursery and you return to your beautiful farm and the videos starts again ❤🙏😍
A slow paced video, with your gorgeous flowers, and beautiful singing voice. I feel so relaxed now. Thanks.
Nicole, The flowers are stunning!
That was very enjoyable watching you make bouquets
Oh, Nicole, you're sending so much love to your customers with those flowers! The green lizzy is stunning😍!!!! Happy that the camera held out!!!!
Beautiful as always Nicole! I could watch you put bouquets together all day long!!!
Your right all of them are gorgeous. Your flowers makes you soooo happy. You are fun to watch 🤩
One more great tip, if your lilies get pollen dropped on the petals, use a bent pipe cleaner to dust the pollen off....also if you get lily pollen on your clothes, don't brush it away with your hand, it will just grind it into the fabric.... instead use scotch tape to lift it off the surface of the material....mucho better!
You are amazing, and so talented, and so fun to watch......
I sooo enjoyed watching this video. Gorgeous bouquets. Loved the singing as well...always do! So much fun to watch, Nicole.
Beautiful flowers, your CSA people will be so happy!! 🌻🌺🍀
You have lucky CSA members. The bouquets were so beautiful. I was saying WOW right with you. I love watching. 😊 AMEN !!
Thanks so much for sharing your bouquet making videos! Can’t ever get enough of your beautiful creations! Loved every bouquet!
Such a perfect way to start the day!
Gooorjuss 😍 hydrangeas make great focal bases to a bouquet where you thread other flowers down thru the hydrangea. Some customers may just love to buy a bunch of hydrangeas without other flowers, I love them on their own. Love love love 🌸🌹🌻🌼
Such beautiful singing,as I said earlier I could live on ur songs whole day ,and ur hyedrangeas are out of this world,anybody would be glad to have them ,do share when u make bouquets for mkt and next sat🤗🤗🌟
It's very very very bouquets so much more too Nicole
I water the flowers. Like a dunk in water!! It’s worked for me.
The Hydrangea to be clearer!
And love your channel and your Sister and your Dad and all families so much more too 🌻🌺🌵
Awesome job! I’m exhausted for you! All beautiful flowers! 💐❤️
They are all beautiful Nicole!! Keep doing what you are doing, so excited for you and the nursery and cannot wait to see what your plans are for it!!!
I’m not much of a gardener (yet) but I cut my hydrangeas all summer and they stay fresh looking for over a week if I add an aspirin and a tsp or so of sugar to my water. Something in the aspirin allows the sugar to be absorbed better. 😊
You have a beautiful singing voice❤️
Hey Nichole love your videos I haven't been able to get in social media migraines 3 weeks but by the Grace of GOD I'm doing way better love your videos you really lift my spirit I absolutely love getting my ideas from you but for you to respond to us guys really means a lot super excited about your nursery can't express enough GOD is Amazing everything is in HIS Timing thank you so much love your flowers can't wait to get back to my gardening you inspirer me so much thank you prayers going on for you & yours on your new journey it's going to be awesome I know you have amazing plans keep up the good work!!!
Wow! What beautiful flowers. Love this.
Wonderful collection of flowers.
OMG, they are all so gorgeous! The last person to pick their bouquet up will not be disappointed. How could they be??
Just wanted to say a huge Congratulations on 50k + subscribers to your channel! You've done so well, keep up the great work and vids 👌🏻
P. S You can also soak hydys flower down in cool water to bring them back to life 😊
You have a really good eye for color
Your bouquets alway look beautiful.
Beautiful flowers, Nicole!
I want ALL the bouquets!!! 😍
Your bouquets are so pretty! I loved all of mine from your spring CSA!
Soooo happy for you and the family with your new business adventures!! Congrats and best wishes from another 🌸 flower lover.💐🌻🌼
Simply gorgeous, Nicole 😍 Well done!💐
Grew Mrs. Burns citrus lemon basil because who doesn't love Fruity Pebbles?! And you're right! People LOVE it. :)
The hydrangeas are so so pretty aren’t they?!?!
Beautiful! So many choices!
I strip all of the leaves off to hydrate the blooms and not the leaves. Also can slightly crush the stem ends to help with water intake
Everything is so lovely! Random, but I was listening to a back episode (episode 164) of the Flower Podcast with guest Felicia Alvarez who is a rose grower. She also talked about pest management including various thrip tips😜 and I thought of you.
Totally recommend cardinal ornamental basil. Adds same smells with nice maroon rosettes.
I grew it last year! It smelled lovely but mine was very short
Oh my word! Your CSA Members are all going to be Happy Campers! Not one of those bouquets as a last choice would be sad. I kept saying "Oh that's my favourite!" with each and every one you put together! LOL Girl you need a Personal Asst. A "Go-Fer."It is amazing how you switch gears for all of the different tasks at hand. That is a gift -and a curse. It can lead to anxiety. Always take time to decompress!! Much Love. Peace.
Hey Nicole, I love your hydrangeas such a beautiful colour. I use Alum when I pick my stems and they stay plump and hydrated. I believe it is a pickling powder and found widely. Lindsey X
I do the same!
How much alum do you put in your bucket of water?
Dip the fresh cut stems in the dry alum powder.... don't mix it in the water...use fresh flower food in your water, you can purchase packets of flower food from your local flower growers or florist
@@flowershopdazejennybehling2615 perfect so just dip the stem in the powder and then put in your bucket of water? Thank you for your help!
Completely agree! ALUM is the best for hydrangeas!
Love!! My favorite is watching you make bouquets in real time like this... I know it might seem long and drawn out to you, but I think a lot of us would agree we love it! The thought process is a big part of creating and I learn so much every time I watch you! You should take a poll and see what the people prefer, time lapse vs. real time!! 😘
Also I checked out the hydrangea tips from Farmgirlflowers IG like you suggested and they're awesome! I will try the crushed tip for sure. The things that have worked well so far for me for at least a 10 day vase life is 1. Daily water change 2. Slice one inch up the stem and 3. Using a mature bloom is key! I think she left that tip out. Brand new fresh blooms are very prone to wilt. Try to find one with a brown-ish stem vs. green! I can't believe how well it works, I used to think hydrangeas were the worst!! 😅
Woo hoo! Love your videos Nicole🌸 xx Cathi xx 😘
Yay! Thanks for sharing these beautiful bouquets! I have only been able to do a couple short vases so far this year. Went on vacation last week, so did some pinching so not much would bloom when I was gone. Next week I think my gardens will be bursting with Zinnias! My grow along seedlings did not do well..I have just a few snap dragons, jealous of yours, no Rubeckia, jealous! the cinnamon basil is great! About to do my next year order..may be renting some community garden space..so planning for that!!
Beautiful flowers ❤️ it.
Nicole,you introduced me Floret in one of your videos, I'm so grateful for you both ,you guys are like flower bibles lol
I think just about everyone's garden/plants - nationwide - are 2-4 weeks behind. Most of us had an odd Spring, too! :)
So beautiful!
Trialled many ways to make the Hydrangeas last and the most effective way for me was to smash the ends with a hammer to create a larger drinking area. Works a treat!
Use Alum or quick drip for your hydrangeas.
Nicole, check out last video Serina (You Can’t Eat The Grass) did with her bouquets. She showed Ian how to make a large paper wrap for her $40 bouquets. She uses two folded sheets, staples them together and wraps the bouquets. The flowers show up beautifully in a huge display of color. You don’t have to buy larger sheets. 😊💕
which video?
“It’s just a pastel unicorn 🦄 Lisa Frank picture” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 so good !!!
Well done Nicole!
Alum works!! Don't be afraid to try!!
So I just went to the Ball appreciation day and got to meet Dave Dowling. Anyway specifically asked him the question about picking hydrangeas. He said to wait until the petals feel like paper. If they still feel wet at all they will wilt. I just picked some of my own 4 days ago and they look great
Welp... after watching some Michael Gaffney, it made me think of this video and I came to tell you about alum. Buuuutt I see you've been told about it. Hope you give it a shot next year and have great luck with them!!!!
Beautiful bouquets Nicole lucky CSA,s
Love your flowers! I don't know why but I prefer rudbeckia over sunflowers. Just love the double rudbeckia.
I would love any one of those so beautiful xx
You are just too cute! Thanks for making these!
Thanks for showing the phlox and the hydrangea names!
Love love love all the Flowers 🌻🌼🌸 Danielle from Northland Flower Farm splits her stems in half which hydrates the hydrangeas, I tried it and worked for me. Hope this helps, those hydrangeas are gorgeous.