I was given a bunch of flowers other day from a friend who came for lunch. Instead of putting them in water, I've hung the whole bunch upside down in a warm dark cupboard, from a hook. Ive never dried flowers before but thinking I could do something with them. I think this may be another thing I'm going to enjoy doing.
If anyone else does this, tips are very welcome and ideas too.
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I used to do it years ago, back in the 1980s! They were very popular back then. I even had books on how to dry flowers! The only ones that I do now are hydrangeas which I put in a vase with a little bit of water. Then leave them to soak it up and they then dry out. Roses are good flowers for drying as you’ve described Bellatrix. I had a lovely bunch that we bought in Amsterdam in 1983! They eventually got rather dusty and faded. Good luck with yours!
Wish I'd known of that sooner LL. Some hydrangeas came up in our garden, didn't know they were there until summer, could have picked a few, shame. Thanks for your reply LL. My aim is to have a wall of dried flowers in my greenhouse eventually. I'm going to buy some strawflower seeds as they seem a popular one and an easy one to start with.
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Strip the leaves off is one thing that I’ve remembered on certain flowers. Which ones though? I like the image of a dried flower wall but don’t forget that the sun will fade your flowers quickly B.
Ok, oh dear, I haven't stripped the leaves off I'll do it now though. I get your thoughts about the sun though. My green house isn't a conventional greenhouse, so "may" be ok, was hoping to do something like this, picture taken from botanical tales..
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Thank you Jazzy, indeed a good idea about grasses.
LL, you mentioned about the 80s and dried flowers, yes it was very popular back then. Thing I am noticing is that it is something that is now being embraced by all age groups and modern twists being put on the craft.
@ SD, Ha, and I bet you thought they were mine too
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I found a lovely website last night with great info for drying flowers but delved deeper into the site and lost it. It’s one of their blogs. I’m adding one which tells you how to make pot pourri which is now the wrong time of year as so few flowers left in the garden but if you follow the link you’ll see some gorgeous flowers and ideas.
Love that LL and the photography and easy explanations on how to do it are fab. I would love to make my own, could be a great addition to homemade hampers or a present in it's own right - thanks for the great link
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This is the old idea to hang a used flowers as a dried one. You can buy a dried flowers whenever you want fron Dried Flowers & Decor at the best price in UK. So cheout the link www.driedflowersdecor.co.uk/
I have managed to dry some flowers and grew some lovely blue thistles this year too, would be nice to dedicate some more time to this - just bought a lovely book called floriography, the language of flowers so you can arrange bouquets with hidden meanings in them
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