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Posted: Jul/26/2008 7:45 AM PST
What are your favorite flowers or plants to dry to use for arrangements? I have tried roses, gomphrena, sage, hydrangea. I lose color - any tricks for better preservation? |
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Posted: Jul/26/2008 10:21 AM PST
I have never had any luck drying flowers. 
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Posted: Jul/27/2008 4:47 AM PST
Drying in a dessicant works great to preserve the shape and color. I've even dried in sand. I like to press flowers as well. I'll try about anything. I haven't done any lately, but I used to try everything that I could grow. |
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Posted: Jul/27/2008 8:38 AM PST
I have that dessicant stuff- never really worked for me and made a huge mess! |
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Posted: Jul/27/2008 4:12 PM PST
Pussy Willows!!!! Before the leaf... |
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Posted: Aug/17/2008 10:28 AM PST
I've dried my carrion plant's flowers with Boraxo in a box lid in my attic. I've also tried marigolds. I don't advise doing those. They retain their color perfectly, but they fall apart! Violas, rosebuds that haven't opened, lavender, Queen Anne's Lace all seem to dry well. I dusted the QAL with glitter and put it on my Christmas tree one year. Beautiful and I didn't feel guilty tossing it out after the holiday. It takes various times for it to dry depending on the flower. It's dry and undisturbed in the attic and my animals won't get into it up there. I've reused the same stuff for years, too. I've also dried roses by letting the water in the vase evaporate from the vase and letting them dry out of direct sunlight or, before the buds open too far, hang them bundled upside down out of light. The lighter colors fare better than the darker ones which brown a bit. Wild white yarrow dries well right on the plant and that can be sprayed for color with paint easily. Pretty gold or silver. I've done the QAL like that, too. |
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Posted: Sep/13/2008 11:04 PM PST
I'd have to say: asters (due to the color, but they really need some help, like dessicant), then Silver dollar plants (aka money plant), and of course, the classic hydrangeas. My neighbor has one across the street that's ALMOST ripe for the picking. I've got to get to it before the local florist does! 
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Posted: Oct/06/2008 11:25 PM PST
I have hydrangea and seedum, does anyone know how long after u pick them that they should be sprayed to preserve them? Judy |
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Posted: Apr/19/2009 6:51 PM PST
My -favorite- dried flower is the Strawflower flower. It's already a -dry- flower and I don't have to pick them to get the dried effect. They feel like straw! |
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Posted: Apr/19/2009 6:51 PM PST
My -favorite- dried flower is the Strawflower flower. It's already a -dry- flower and I don't have to pick them to get the dried effect. They feel like straw! |
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