On average how much do hydrangeas cost?

Question

I would like to use them for my wedding.

Answer 1

live plants full sized or half the size in a pot is about 15 dollars

Answer 2

I have no idea where you live, so this may not help.

In the spring I purchased a one gallon sized live plant for $18.00 at Home Depot in central Florida.

Answer 3

Well, bride-to-be, if your wedding is coming up soon, you should be looking for a friend with hydrangeas blooming.  They bloom only once a year.  If you planted a gallon sized plant,  you will get only a few blooms next year.  If you planted a 5 gallon plant, you might get 10 to 20 blossoms.  Those blooms won't get there until blossom time next year.  

An alternative, use silk flowers.  Some of the silk hydrangeas are excellent quality and hard to tell from live flowers.  You can get these in a lot of craft stores, maybe one is near you.  Check them out.

If it is just hydrangeas you crave, seek a friend who has one with a blossom that you like.  In late summer to early fall, ask if you can take some clippings from their plant to start some of your own.  I often take slips 12 - 15 inches long, and I cut them off just above two buds on the branch.  I do this well before the first cold weather in the fall.  Be sure to ask for all of the information you can get from this friend and go back for more information as you need it.  They will be flattered that you asked.

When you get home with the slips, remove leaves from the bottom 6 - 8 inches of each slip.  Take a long screwdriver and plunge it into the soil in a flower bed that gets natural moisture all winter long.  Without the use of any chemicals, stick 2-3 slips down into each hole and tamp the soil around them.   About 18 inches away, do the same thing again and again.  

Next spring, when the weather begins to warm, watch your slips to see if there is any growth on them. I often find that 2 of 3 will begin to grow.  I leave these where they are for the first full year.  Then, either late in that first year or early in spring of the next year, I dig them carefully and transplant them where I want them to grow.  

Hydrangeas love to be in shade in the hot part of the day.  I have good luck with them on the east side of my house.  You can fertilize them with the same stuff you would use on rhodendrons, azaleas, or cameleas.  When the plants get established forget about the fertilizer because you can end up with 6 foot tall  shrubs.  

Late fall, I clip off the spent blossoms to reduce the wind resistance in winter.  Every 3-4 years I thin out the plant clear to the ground leaving about half to two thirds of the existing canes.  At the same time, I reduce the height of the plant to where I want it to be.  

These plants are beautiful in the yard and very easy to care for.  I often start more than I need, to give as gifts to friends.  They are not hard to give away.  I sometimes try to get slips of plants that have a different color or shaped flower to increase interest in the landscape.  For years, the hydrangea was a back fence plant.  Neighbors passed them over the fence to neighbors who wanted to raise them.  

Hope this helps though it may be way more information than you were looking for.  Good Luck... and Congratulations on the Wedding Plans.