Christmas hydrangea

Outdoor Christmas Arrangement Dried Hydrangea, Magnolia, Ilex Berries and Giant Sugar cones. Tall Curly Willow for height.

Don't stop with the tree – draping bushels of foliage and winter plants around the house can look wonderful. Floral stylist Willow Crossley explains how to create a display with evergreens and seasonal blooms, and we've added some beautiful decorating ideas of our own.

Mary Ann Beaudry on Instagram: "Are these REAL hydrangeas on your Christmas tree? ⤵️ . 🎄 So many of you have asked… . 💫 YES!! . 🎄 Majority of these blooms I cut from a single Limelight Hydrangea bush. . 💫 It’s hard to believe I only cut 1/4 of the blooms off the bush. . 🎄 I didn’t do anything special to dry them. . 💫 Just waited until they felt like paper on the bush. . 🎄 Cut them and placed them in a small box. . 💫 That’s it - easy peasy! . 🎄 Do you like decorating with…

This past Saturday morning my sister and I headed up to the Holly Jolly Market in Otsego, MN. The market is held in a greenhouse so not only are there really fab vintage holiday goodies (and trust…

A Christmas mantel that is elegant & charming and can be put together in 5 minutes? Does it even exist? Yes, it does. This time of year is filled with busy, busy, busy. From decking the halls to baking to entertaining to shopping to wrapping to the 5 extra cups of coffee it takes to…

This outdoor Christmas planter cost me only $4 to make. That's how much I paid for that holiday sign at Walmart, rest were sourced from my yard.

This tree sprang from a 90% off sale at Joanne's in the fall of 2004. I walked into the store one October day and they had these huge blue hydrangeas that were $5.99 each for 59 cents each. I immediately thought of a Christmas tree and grabbed all they had. There were also three Burgundy colored and I grabbed those along with numerous smaller branches for filler. My cart was overflowing and the checkout person asked me what I was going to make with them. "Oh, really?" she said when I told…

Skye Hamilton • Home & Garden • Hydrangea Queen on Instagram: "Dwarf Alberta Spruce anchors the center of all my porch containers year round. They are the perfect evergreen to plant around, and they are especially fabulous during the holidays. Especially since they are readily available in the nursery section of the big box stores in the Christmas area. They are the same ones they have all year they just put them in a red pot. Follow along as I do up my outdoor containers for the holidays…

Dried Hydrangeas There is nothing prettier than hydrangeas blooming all summer long. This year, it occurred to me to try to keep enjoying my hydrangeas even though they were dead on the bush. So, I snipped some dried hydrangeas and tried my hand at spray painting them. Fall Hydrangeas We decorated my mantel for fall using pumpkins, greenery and dried hydrangeas pained with copper paint. Some of the hydrangeas were left natural. Love the look! ...