"Known for their showy flowers and long blooming season, hydrangeas make great tree filler for some of the same reasons they're great filler plants in gardens and landscape design. As trees and shrubs, hydrangeas are dense and produce large blooms in a variety of colors - many of which work well with a traditional holiday palette (white, light green, pink, and even red). The conical and round shapes of these flowers make them easy to tuck into the gaps that Christmas tree branches have."
"If you're lucky enough to have hydrangeas growing in your yard, they might be perfect for this purpose - especially if you like a little bit of a faded, softer palette for the holidays. Turns out panicle and smooth hydrangea varieties actually benefit from dead heading in the late summer, fall, or winter. Dead heading simply refers to removing flowers past their prime, cutting the stem back to the closest set of healthy leaves or a bud."
Hydrangeas provide dense, large, conical and round blooms in colors like white, light green, pink, and red that complement traditional holiday palettes. The flower shapes and size allow easy tucking into gaps between Christmas tree branches to create a fuller, naturalistic look. Panicle and smooth hydrangea varieties benefit from dead-heading in late summer, fall, or winter, allowing stems with faded blooms to be repurposed. Drying hydrangea stems produces long-lasting filler; fresh cut hydrangeas will dry out after a few days but can still be used initially. Hydrangea stems are available from yards, garden centers, and grocery stores.
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