Are hydrangeas delicate flowers to work with for bridal bouquets?

I am wanting to use hydrangeas for my bouquet and the florist told me that they were hard to work with because they are so delicate. Odd since I have seen them all over the bride books recently. Any comments or suggestions?

Are hydrangeas delicate flowers to work with for bridal bouquets?
I know, my grandmothers bouquet from the 30s was a gorgeous mass of hydrangea. Unfortunately, hydrangeas blooms have a tendency to snap off at their base. I head to a local cemetery to cut blooms for decoration, and have to get more than I need just to make up for the ones that will inevitably break in transport (and no worry, cutting blooms at this place is fine with the cemetery owners - the bushes are huge and 100 years old; they don't mind the free pruning).





If the stems were well reinforced with florist tape, it might work.
Reply:You could try using dried hydrangea flowers. They dry beautifully, and can be sprayed to make them more durable. And if you would like to preserve your bouquet as a souvenir of the day--well, using dried ones, it's already preserved!
Reply:yes