Monday, March 15, 2010

Drying flowers

If you have ever considered raising flowers for your own designing needs the following are perennial and very easy to do.
Achillea-coronation gold or the pearl, aconitum, alchemilla, artemesia, astilbe, tansy, delphinium, echinops, gypsophila, hydrangea, lavender, lunaria, liatris, german statice, sea lavender, peonies, poppy pods, roses, solidago, stachys, centaurea, catananche.
All can be dried successfully by hanging upside down in a hot, dry, dark environment.

2 comments:

NomadicMom said...

Flower Drying Crystals are also a great way to quickly dry flowers with great results! http://www.silicagelpackets.com/flower-drying-crystals/

Mary Q Contrarie said...

If you don't have a dark space I hang my on a clothes drying rack with sheet with slits cut into it for ventilation. I learned about this on a website by googling tips for drying flowers.