My guest table centerpieces were supposed to be hydrangea + cork screw willow branches. Similar to the attached. However, I suddenly wondered if the branches would hold up in a water vase with the fresh flowers. The branches are dried I guess. Anyway so I did a test run with a small piece in water and it got completely saturated with water and mushy. Then I tried super glue on the bottom it case it was drawing up the center that way- everything below the waterline was saturated. Then I went to home depot, got wood sealer spray, and follows the directions to put 3 coats on a test piece. Again, completely saturated to water line. I don't know what to do. I have searched the web 100000 hours trying to figure it out but no matter the search terms I just get images and nonspecific info. What can I do? I'm willing to consider other branches or other ways to deal with the current branches. Would spray painting them silver or something effectively seal them? What kind of branches do people successfully put in water without this problem? I think the picture is curly willow, if I order that vs the corkscrew I have is curly willow always fresh/okay in/maybe even prefer water? HELP!
hydrangea centerpiece
