If you have ever dealt with floristry and bouquets, you know how popular hydrangea is. Its fluffy large flowers with many petals are good both individually and in combination with other flowers in the composition. All of this makes wholesale hydrangea flowers a good buy, so it’s important to know what season hydrangeas are in. Then you will be able to offer fresh flowers to customers on time at the best price.
Hydrangea Flowering Season
Hydrangea is considered a summer flower, at this time cut bulk hydrangeas can be bought at the best price. However, depending on the type, hydrangeas can bloom from mid-spring to mid-autumn. Several factors affect the flowering of hydrangeas:
- Plant variety. In addition to the usual hydrangeas that bloom in summer, there are re-blooming species (for example, panicle types). Climbing hydrangeas bloom earlier than ordinary varieties and oakleaf varieties later.
- Climate. Hydrangeas grown in warmer climates have a longer flowering time than the same varieties planted in more northern areas.
- Pruning. Strong pruning of the plant produces larger flowers, but the appearance of the first buds is delayed.
- Method of cultivation. The flowering of hydrangeas is also affected by excessive or insufficient watering, as well as excessive fertilization of the plant.
Wholesale hydrangea flowers are not available in winter, but you can expect to purchase them from April to November.
How to Keep Hydrangea Fresh?
If you buy hydrangeas in bulk, it will be useful for you to know how to keep them as fresh as possible. FiftyFlowers, a major supplier of fresh flowers, advises:
- Store cut flowers at a temperature not exceeding 8 degrees.
- Immerse the stems in cold water as deep as possible, even with the flowers.
- Avoid direct sunlight and the proximity of the radiator.
- Do not leave your hydrangeas in a draft.
Never place buckets of hydrangea where the fruit is stored. The gas that is used to ripen them destroys the plants.