Roses are often a popular flower to dry, but this is because many romantics which to preserve their first bouquet of this flower which symbolizes love. The trick is to use roses that have just begun to open. Then hang them upside down to dry.ĭrying your favorite garden flowers isn’t difficult.
Then just hang wands in small bunches secured with twine upside down to dry in a dark, warm place with good air circulation. Pick younger buds and harvest in early morning after the morning dew has dried. Cut lavender just above a junction or side branch. You can start harvesting lavender in early spring because the more that you prune your lavender, the more flowers will grow! Harvesting lavender encourages a nice bushy plant. Lavenderhas the most lovely scent as well as healing properties. Hang them upside down in a dry, dark spot that gets good air circulation. Cut the stems 12 to 15 inches long, and remove the leaves. Harvest strawflowers before the centers of the flowers open, so there’s enough moisture in the blooms to make them easy to handle. Strawflowers are another easy dried flower. Hang upside down in a cool, dark location to dry for a month. Otherwise, the blue fades with time to almost a gray.Ī classic dried flower is Celosia ‘Dragon’s Breath’, sometimes called plumed cockscomb, which dazzles with its feathery plumes and bright sunset inspired colors like reds, oranges and yellows, and sometimes violet, cream, and pink. Harvest the stems of celosia when the flowers are almost completely open. Tie the stems together and air dry them, upside down, in a dark, dry spot. The trick to retaining that color is to flash-dry them, too, in a hot car. They’ll usually continue to open after cutting. Cut the stems from your plants after the morning dew evaporates, just before the buds are completely open, or the flowers are fully mature. Leave to mature on the shrubs, then stand them upright in an empty vase to dry.Īnother favorite is ‘ Big Blue’ sea holly, which glows as the Sun sets. Its electric blue stems and flowers are gorgeous dried. My absolute favorite flower to dry is ‘ Limelight’ hydrangea, a lime green cone-shaped, mop-head type hydrangea.
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