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I seriously advise you to not use real hydrangeas. Although beautiful, they are such a delicate and moody flower. They can die within an hour of getting them from the florist, and that's even if they are IN water. I can almost promise you they will wilt being out of water. The good news is there are many real looking silk hydrangeas. Go to www.afloral.com. I'm not a fan of silk flowers, but these look so real, you would have to touch them to realize they aren't real. Plus, if your reception room is very dim, it nobody will know.
Yea those hydrangeas in that image have to be fake. The only other way I can think of is a water vial attached to the bottom of the stems. But then again I'm not knowledgable enough on flowers to say...
But its a very pretty arrangement!
I would ditto everyone else... they may have the water vials at the bottom of them although they could be in rosebowls or a small votive to keep them hydrated.
Actually my florist said they can keep in water for awhile. But I'm not sure how far in advance you can make that arrangement without them wilting. The arrangement is gorgeous though!
I just LOVE hydrangea, and the fake flowers are pretty much the same cost of real! Im surprised at how expensive they are. Thanks for all the help ladies! I should keep looking for alternative flowers... 
We had lots of hydrangeas at our wedding and they didn't wilt at all. They were in water, but just saying that ours held up perfectly overnight. I actually saw that picture when I was planning and my florist told me what the others said, that out of water real ones would wilt at some point because they place the arrangements even before guests arrive and everything. Here's a pic of what we went with for the sweetheart table just because I didn't want to give up on the hydrangeas:
I had hydranges at my wedding, and the flowers lasted all evening. Hydrangeas come from different locales, and according to this article, those from South America are cheaper and wilt easily. Looks like you just have to tell your florist to source your hydrangeas from the right places. Hope this helps!
http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/hydrangea/
Maybe i should look for some extremely low vases and bunch the hydrangeas up so you can barely see the vase... i love the billowy effect of the hydrangeas stacked though. hmmmm.... anyone know where to get the little vials?
@bloodgo1: i just realized you only had one hydrangea per vase... those babies are HUGE!! 
Hydrangeas actually do hold up pretty well. They don't, however, hold up well in extreme sun/heat. Indoors they should be fine. Any florist should be able to sell you the water picks - they are fairly inexpensive, we sell them for about $.50 or so?
I asked our wedding designer too for this information - I am a wedding director for a florist.
@Lindsay12.31.2010: Thanks so much for the info, our wedding will be indoors and fairly cool since it will be January, I believe that is the main concern for flowers; being in direct sunlight esp without water.
I dont want to give up this arrangement, its exactly what I had in mind and would compliment all of our centerpieces so well!
@bloodgo1: Do you remember the height of the vases in the picture? We are doing something similar. 5, 6, or 7 inches?
I did a hydragea bouquet for my wedding--despite the the horror posts on the Bee. It held up fine. It was out of water for a bit for pictures and then again for the ceremony. By the time dinner started (hours later) I noticed it was starting to wilt and asked someone to put it in water. I would use vials and keep them in a cool place (the fridge?) until the day of the wedding
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For our sweetheart table we would like (I should clarify...I would like) an arrangement like this, I was wondering though, I wouldnt want to keep them out of water too long, so how would an arrangement like this be made? I love it!!!!
Pic found off google images, I wish it was a full picture too so I could get the full effect
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