I grew and had suppliers that furnished me with dried flowers and grasses. Its unique bc the remaining leaves add a lovely texture. Ive been drying flowers for 30+ years, One thing that causes them to seem dated, in my opinion, is when they are dyed in the hideous, lurid colors that dont exist in nature. I look forward to seeing more of this reimagined craft! I am adding strawflowers and more globe aramanth in spring garden. I divided the rest among the team, and the ladies had fun crafting with them. One year I had a request for a dried flower wedding. There is an old bank in our town an last November I asked them if I could cut the dried hydrangeas back for them they were huge bushes and different varieties. We direct sow it every 2 to 3 weeks from our last spring frost through early summer for a steady supply. I was disappointed there was not more content on this subject during the online workshop coursework, notebooks, etc. I love drying Hydrageas. Or whats your secret to keep them from falling apart? Ive been reading your newsletter for years and wondered why you never mentioned drying flowers. Flower heads get bigger over time, so pick when they are the size that you want, but before they go to seed. You can also hang and dry for arrangement filler but can be brittle and messy if overly dry. BUT this addition to the blog helps. My years of experience growing for drying has taught me well. This year I purchased silica & tried to have something drying in it on a constant rotation all summer long. I dry lavender every year, cut from my one Grosso cultivar. Should I pluck the flower top off and save it to dry out and replant next spring or should I let them stay in raised bed and let them come back on their own next summer? I fell in love with dried flowers last growing season too. Ive never really been a fan of dried flowers either, but, of course, you and the gal who made the wreaths, make them look gorgeous! Flowers Galore Flower Farm In the Larkspur photo, what is the white bloom? I often use a combination of fresh and dried in my wedding design! I grow and dry bread seed poppies on the stalk. I divided the rest among the team, and the ladies had fun crafting with them. Im responding to Anitas comment. As soon as the sun comes up, Im heading out to pick flowers for drying. I kept the wreath on our front door and the storm door created an extra warm protected environment where it dried nicely. It doesnt look fresh like the hydrangeas of course but I love all the warm colors and textures. Im from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and absolutely loved the Linum I grew last year. Lets bring them back in new ways! I am going to grow more broom corn this year for market and for drying. Shirley Poppies (pictured above) yield a bumper crop of miniature silver pods with darker tops that are excellent for handwork, bridal bouquets, and dried crafts. Delightful little blue flower that moved in the breeze, but stunning wee round seedpod that dried very well and remains good as we enter spring again. Since it was a popular craft at the time they were available at stores especially unique things like pods. I have been saving/drying stuff for the last 2 years after someone complimented a bouquet I had that was honestly a vase in a room we dont use often that had dried itself from neglect. Yes I have been drying Flowers for years. I havent done any flower drying in a while but this has inspired me to start up again. I even managed to save some yellow roses from my mother-in-laws funeral and have made some small wreath arrangements with those that Ive gifted to the granddaughters. Im glad to see them coming back. And of course bittersweet. I love dried flowers and try to dry at least some nigella pods, strawflowers, poppy pods and statice every year. Wholesale florists around here, in the late 880s and early 90s, carried dried materials. Now all of a sudden they are cool again! I have been growing and drying statice, globes and strawflowers for over 15 years in northeast Ohio. Flowers have always had a place in my heart. The do not need glyserin or silica gel . Siris everlastings are gorgeous! Im also a huge dried flower fan. To dry, wait until the pollen sheds, pick and hang upside down in a warm, dark place. 3 years ago my daughter got married and we decided to put dried flowers and petals in a paper cone with a rolled paper flower on the cone to throw instead of birdseed. Im excited to learn more from you! I have had excellent luck drying dahlias this year! Theyre one of my favorites. I am going to grow and dry some of these flowers next summer in an attempt to use for my daughters wedding next October! I kind of feel the same as the opinion that dried flower crafts in the 80s werent appealing. Great info! Thank you, Dear Erin Have fun! Do you find if you use silica etc. Hi Erin and staff, Here is a question on your dried flower blog :in the photo on the blog page about dried flowers, can you tell me what the airy brown plants are with the pink flowers, they are at the back of the photo, hanging all in a line, upside down. Such a timely post! We use them for bookmarks/arrangements/fillers/weeaths. Its wonderful to have a little bit of summer in the house now that winter is here! I think there will always be room for adding dried elements to a fresh arrangement, but I dont see a resurgence of the dried flower movement like 35 years ago. Probably my favorites are lavender and gomphrena. I collected the majority of the flowers and petals from my summer flower pots, garden etc. I adore the concept of keeping flowers available throughout the winter months. I only grew the peach colored strawflower this year, so next year I will grow one of every color! Dried flowers are especially needed to extend our very short season in Maine. Hi Erin have dried a few things over the years of playing with dried flowers. I wonder what Im doing wrong or am I just anther impatient gardener! So happy to have statis, globe amaranth, and strawflower hanging at home this winter! I am particular to all colors of gomphrena, they are the perfect flower to dry, but certainly celosia, larkspur, hydrangea, stock, delphiniums, zinnias, lambs ear, sweet annie, several varieties of wheats, ruby silk grass, russian sage, roses, peonies, eucalyptus, craspedia, etc etc, there are just so many that dry successfully! I cant wait for your blog on keeping seeds from your own flower beds & the best way to store them over winter. I do this for vines as well. I detest fake flowers so Ive always dried flowers for winter decorating. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am so excited about this! Shes hinted at teaching a few workshops, and Im planning to be the first person to sign up.. Id love to hear what you think about dried flowers. I never believed in coincidences. back in the day my favorites were peonies, bundled and hanging in my barn, I would come thru with a blow dryer and give each one a shot when 2/3 dried. We stopped when we got older because it was a two person operation and there was no local help available. She makes the most stunning works of art from dried flowers that she grows on her familys farm and ships nationwide around the holidays. Hanging bunches of lots of herbs like mint, oregano, lavender,dusty miller, lambs ears, etc. Even if you did nothing but leave them hanging in the shop it would be amazing. Lambs ear stays pretty. Hop on over to the Floret Shop to see our seed selection: https://shop.floretflowers.com/collections/seeds. I volunteer with Weed Ladies in Naperville, IL, who are celebrating 50 yrs of what started as drying weeds from their gardens. My Daughter puts it in her shower. If you arent going to use them right away, you can wrap them in tissue or kraft paper and store them away until needed. Would love a guest blog post from your friend or your own ideas on how to use your dried blooms! Informative post! I was smiling to myself reading about drying flowers. Compact plants produce graceful gray-green blades with elongated heads that turn a delicate cream color and soften as they age. have tried this with roses too for great effect What do you think? Now I always take time to dry flowers at there peak in the summer to make wreaths and arrangements for the fall market. I like to mix live flowers and dried ones in arrangements, particularly around Thanksgiving. Theyre gorgeous even dried! I had never done one before but felt challenged and excited to give it a try. I have dried flowers since I was a little girl. Did you run floral wire up the stems of strawflowers before bunching them to dry? I apologize , my post on October 29th there was a misspelling of one of my favorite flowers for drying. They are easy to grow and make a wonderful addition to any garden. Any thoughts? You are going to have some fun ahead! . It gave us an opportunity to create dried wreaths that became very popular over winter. I picked my favorites to grow this year, strawflower, statice, babys breath, globe amaranth, eucalyptus, lavender and sweet annie. Any thoughts on this product and its use? Thank you for sharing your expertise. I wrap them on a wire base in small bunches much like you might wrap evergreen for holiday wreaths. It was fun then. Tina in Montana. I have sprayed the blooms now to help prevent moisture affecting them. ever since and sell to crafters. This late summer darling thrives in the heat and is hard-working in both the garden and in the vase. The tall, sturdy plants are smothered in beautiful silvery seed pods that arent prone to wilting or shattering. Your post is very timely to inspire me to grow some this spring! How too .. New to flower farming and love the drieds! Im growing from seed and finding that helicrysums and the like are not keen to germinate. I even have an ornamental, small glass container with the tiny, delicate, miniature rose buds in it for decor in my office. My absolute favorite though were peonies!!! I think I am moving toward holding workshops. Ive struggled to get them to come up. So very beautiful. Did I not let this group dry enough before storing? My husband and I run a flower preservation business called Wither Without Florals. I must say, they do bring back vivid memories of the 80s and early 90s when everyone was crafting with themBUT SO much all together has changed with design and arrangement. In our minds, we were new and innovative at the time. So any information is appreciated.. https://www.tysonsflorist.com/flower-delivery-vienna-va, https://www.floretflowers.com/discovering-dried-flowers/, https://shop.floretflowers.com/collections/seeds. I absolutely love them! This post was incredibly helpful for trying to figure out what we might plant to pair with dried lavender in bundles. Book a place at seasonal flower workshops, follow the simple DIY tutorial step by steps to making mini wreaths, simple glass jar flower mobiles, and other easy flower craft projects or buy ready made, mini wreaths, place settings and handmade botanical craft. We successfully dried flowers last year trying to preserve a harvest that we were unable to sell. They are very easy to handle when dried. I thought it would be something that is more flexible with time than selling fresh cuts. We had beautiful hostas growing in our yard and I didnt realize that I had created a salad bar for them! So thanks for this information. What I found out is that dried are just so much less beautiful and fun to work with. We wanter to plant flowers on our property but werent sure how to do it (so we settled for pumpkins and gourds lol) After seeing Floret on Magnolia and all of the resources offered on the website, I am completely thrilled at looking into flower-growing again. I have also dried pussy willows for use in tall vases. It has always thrilled me, in the middle of a grey winter day, to go to my collections to create a colorful gift for a friend. They retain their color so amazingly using silica sand as the drying agent. I dried many flowers last year but didnt get the opportunity to use most of them. I love dried flower arranging! I grew herbs and flowers for wreaths and topiaries and taught workshops. I sell my dried flowers and make wreaths, and I agree they are making a comeback. One note: we have heavy due in the mornings in the late summer and fall, and I find that you sacrifice color, especially in the greens, and the subtle colors of hydrangeas, if you hang them in barn or shed open to the air. When your flowers, pods, etc. I really wish I could grow the Eucalyptus. So many new flower types and such talented flower farms and flower artists today make the dried flower arts fresh and new again with their lasting beauty. Thank you, Were going to use them in value-added products like salt scrubs or potpourri for farmers market. Anyway, Im excited to try more varieties and methods and explore all the other dried flower opportunities! This will give me something to play with during the off season. Perfect for a mothers day or valentines gift. http://Www.agilegoatflowerfarm.com Weve made everything from arch decor, table arrangements, jewelry, bridal bouquets, etc. I cant wait to dig in with dried flowers because they look great in wreaths and want to do those in the fall and christmas season. Your topics are always so on pointthanks for another great post! Hi, Ive been working in a creative industry for 40 years and had to make a change after an accident. LOL! We continued to dry whatever was left from fresh sales (cockscomb, silver king artemesia, grasses, hydrangea, etc.) It mixes well with everything and looks fantastic dried. Thanks! They take on a new beauty as they dry. As a dried foliage, its a favorite in autumn wreaths. Breadseed poppies produce large decorative seed pods that can be dried and used indefinitely. Here in Vermont dried flowers, in bunches and wreaths, sell well at the holiday market before Thanksgivingwhen there are no fresh flowers in the landscape and people are looking for things to decorate for the winter season and holidays. I will find a reputable flower delivery service in my area for this. I have a retail floral business, Bokay Studio, Pierre, South Dakota, of both fresh and dried flowers AND foliages. I made a few dried arrangements last fall for a bakery/cafe I sell my flowers to, and I was surprised by the response they got. You cant really vacuum or feather dust faux arrangements without messing them up. Ive always dabbled in flowers always obsessed over flowers and this time last year I decided since I had time to start foraging and eventually making wreaths The foraging became a wonderful addiction and I have tons of things many of which I dont even know what they are, if they are interesting I take them home dry them and sometimes paint them I dont have my own gardens I wish I did and Im glad I came across your website there is some great information. ? The Globe Amaranth also dry well and look lovely in an arrangement with dried eucalyptus. I have been a dried flower fan since the 1990s as I had an Everlasting garden plot to educate the public in the Master Gardener Demonstration garden in my Wa. My mom used to dry flower and put some hairspray on them, but it is not very ecological! Weve been experimenting with drying just our blooms that we cant sell (such as stems too short, crooked or broken). The last bouquet he gave me, I dried as usual and stored in a jar with lid, as usual, but within a short time they molded. Direct sow into the garden after all danger of frost has passed. They made wonderful gifts. How great that you discuss strawflowers and how theyre a traditional standby. And they shed. Yeah to floral zombies :-). Yellow mums really turned out so well!! I thought I was detecting a return of died flowers, a strong part of my business in the 80s. Again, thanks for this. Which was pretty cool. I only grow flowers for drying but I would love to have more success with celosia, maybe its the British climate. Your post brought many precious memories my way Erin! I still have a few bumping around in my studio and they are still in great shape! Ive had a bouquet of dried antique hydrangeas on our dining table forever now and they still look fresh! I have dabbled with dried flowers as a home hobby. Thank you for being with me as I learn a new flower adventure Im watching your shop carefully waiting to purchase seeds for next season! Thank you for the inspiration..always!! Harvest once foliage is mature and tips are no longer droopy. Start seeds indoors 6 weeks before last frost; transplant out when all danger of frost has passed. Sprigs of bright fresh yellow or red yarrow enhance zinnia bouquets in Summer, and then dry nicely retaining color in the vase after the zinnias have faded. I am also growing many herbs for drying to make my own tea. Thank you Erin! Keep them out of direct sunlight and areas of bright light, as this will cause the colors to fade and can make the flowers brittle. The eucalyptus is a lovely addition, and Siris wreaths are way beyond the 80s look. Honestly, I felt like you did at firstoh nonot the tacky 80s thing again! Frankly I found myself wondering when the Precious Moments figurines might start popping up in my Pinterest feed! . There is a craft spray available specifically for dried flowers, its for helping with dust, protecting, and adds just a little bit of strength to the fragility of dried flowers. Thanks for this post. So hoping for success using your method. Im wondering how to dry my flowers well in hot, sticky, Michigan weather, though. Looking forward to seeing new tips and tricks! I would love to plant a cut flower garden but Im afraid the deer in our neighborhood would eat the flowers. Do you dry them the same way like the other flowers? I made a raffia and dried floral arrangement in High School from my step mom and just was in awe at how beautiful something can be when dead. The zinnias are tall now and will be the next. My daughter in law flipped over an adorable wreathe made of all dried carmine gomphrena that she saw in a magazine so Im growing a lot to try selling them around Valentines Day. I have tried silica gel drying this season, had some fails, but some wins! Breadseed poppies do best when direct sown, but slugs love them, so keep an eye out. Does anyone else have this problem? (Sunflowers, zinnias, celosia, pom dahlias, strawflowers, Lisianthus to name some blooms.) Im a new flower farmer from Scandinavia, and I gain much knowledge from following your blog and IG account, so thank you so much. Pods/hydrangea/peperonia/babys breath. We made thousands of wreaths, container arrangements, christmas ornaments, and every imaginable thing you could do with drieds. I used to grow and dry, dried flowers in the 1980s, I had a great little business selling the arrangements, then they sadly went out of fashion, Its really hard to find anything much in the way of dried flowers for sale, now in the UK. Lovely, Lovely, Lovely. Everyone who visits the farm loves this grass! I take a bucket with me and shape right in the field. I especially like making dried flower arrangements so its also great to dry eucalyptus (all varieties) to add to the arrangements. I dont think their tacky at all and bring cheer in winter when not much is blooming. Im really feeling into the wonderful world of flower art and would love to hear recommendations for pressing flowers dry. Most turned out lovely and after making my woodland wreaths, I make two products that folks like at market this spring. As I harvest I either loosely tie then into rings or wrap them over old wire wreath forms or just push them into a bucket. I have to say, Erin, I disliked them, too. A couple of years ago I discovered a dated but incredibly helpful book, Flowers: Growing-Drying-Preserving, by Alan Cormack and David Carter, that goes into great detail on all the different varieties that you can dry, plus step-by-step instructions for how to do it, whether youre air drying or using silica gel. . Karen Ackerman, Erin~ I have tried drying it and it just turns limp. I just finished reading your beautiful book, Cut Flower Garden, the illustrations are so beautiful, I just loved it and look forward to getting your other books. I have lavender and Ive done those a little . Dried flowers provide unique indoor decoration. Hi Erin Ive enjoyed drying hydrangea and weaving them into autumn wreaths over the years. Stems dry easily; just hang them upside down in a warm, dry place. Rosemary, basil, lemon grass? I used to grow flowers such as the large amaranths to adorn my xmas tree along with babys breath, hydrangeas, and statice. Ive been loving the beautiful dried flower wreaths and arrangements on IG many Japanese crafters are making and wanted to try my hand at it. Be sure to hang your bunches upside down while they are drying because the flower heads will be fixed in whatever position they were in when they dried. In the nineties I would grown and dry materials, make them into bouquets, posies, wreaths, etc, and sell them at craft fairs. Learn how to grow, harvest & arrange beautiful cut flowers in this free 3-part video series. I have always loved dried flowers and grew them in my first garden when newly married. I was shocked to see that happen. I have read that once dry, the stems are so fragile, they break or crumble. I am wondering if anyone knows of a way to avoid that. Thank you so much for sharing this, I really think that the dried flowers are coming back. It holds rather well, both in terms of color and fragrance. Its worth checking out, as it is stunning. I love how designers are using pampas grasses in wedding photo backdrops and I continue to see dried arrangements/wreaths etcfinding their way into the prettiest of wholesale showrooms at the various markets I attend. Have sold wreaths and dried bunches in shops and at Farmers Market and festivals. I love that you have taken something from the past and updated and upgraded the process, and I am so thankful for your high level of craft and content; you are truly inspirational. Glad to send a picture? Seeds are very slow to germinate and take 45 days to sprout, so be patient. Yes yes yes yes yes!!!! What got me going on the dried flower bandwagon in the first place was my flower friend, Shes hinted at teaching a few workshops, and Im planning to be the first person to sign up.. I bring everything into the house and hang it inside. I recently attended a wreath making class and made a beautiful wreath of dried flowers. It was for Silk flowers, too. You always give good advice and so glad you live in the Skagit Valley which is one of the most marvelous places on Gods green earth.we moved back to this area after years away and knew we wanted to retire here and now we doyeah! I have been drying flowers since the 80s and still enjoy them. Im so glad you posted this! I have mixed results with hydrangeas and will watch this space for advice. Blackberry lily is a favorite. The dried arrangements were also a great solution for this business, which is always hot (thank you, bread-baking ovens) and has lots of south-facing windows. They bring joy and cheer. Please post back if you know of the product Im talking about gotta get my hands on some! Pretty incredible. I agree about storing them. Never too late to join the party! Everything! Maybe the photography had something to do with your remembrance of tacky and dated. Lets see what I can create! I know you are suppose to pick the hydrangeas when the little middle petiole flowers have come out too. I helped send our daughters through expensive colleges from the proceeds from those sales. I tried to convert towards a dying market last summer after the birth of my first baby. I started drying, both just hanging from the rafters and silica gel, and sold my products at craft shows and my own open house. With best appreciation I tried drying in the microwave with silica gel and had ok results, blooms turned a little darker. Love this article and that dried flowers are seeing their day. Please note: If you submit a comment and it doesnt show up right away, sit tight; we have a spam filter that requires we approve most comments before they are published. When I store the dried flower in a clear container, do I put a lid of it? To preserve the color of the flowers that you want to dry, remove them from sunlight immediately after cutting and dry them in a dark room. They were so saturated and added such a nice pop to the arrangement. Thanks for posting this while I am still in the process of choosing and starting seeds to grow. Thanks so much! But now that I see your beautiful pictures, especially the wreaths, I have a renewed sense of gratitude towards flowers for giving so much beauty at all stages!! I try to harvest when they have started to dry on the shrub, but still retain some color. For years I have been growing glass gem corn, which is an amazingly beautiful multicolor variety, and harvested in fall. Our whole flower career actually started with dried flowers. Ive dried a few hydrangeas this year that have held their blue color. To dry, let all but the top three to four blooms open, then pick and hang upside down in a warm, dry place out of bright light for 2 weeks. Hopefully this year I can grow and dry flowers for wreaths, dried arrangements and potpourri! There is something so beautiful about these flowers, especially in the fall. They do need replacing every few years, but they are worth every bit of time it takes to preserve, if for nothing more than a reminder all winter of the beauty that is yet to come. Yellows and berry shades particularly good. Hello! Handle dried flowers with care because they are quite fragile and can break easily. Good luck! I have tried just hanging up to dry but the petals dont stay that same perfect shape. Check out FLORA + LEE (@floraleeart & http://www.floraleeart.com), my company that dries all types of flowers (i.e. I found it interesting that you mentioned strawflowers and hydrangea. Speed up germination by chilling seed in a refrigerator or freezer for a week before sowing. Bottom-water until seedlings emerge, and transplant out after all danger of frost has passed. I happened to stumble on exactly the book you recommend on growing, drying and preserving flowers in a thrift shop in Denmark a couple of months ago and paid two bucks for it. Im also thinking of hydrangea and some seed heads to complement evergreen arrangements. Anita in N.C. It turned out really well and I learned a lot as well. I experimented too, this past year, with dried flowers and found that the straw flowers dry beautifully! A friend of mine dries zinnias and dahlias and they surprisingly keep their color and look great. The Bunnys Tails are especially fun! If overly ripe, they will fall apart during the drying process. Our plant came with the house & is a happy perennial, but I noticed it was for sale in recent years at the Denver Botanic gardens. Do you put any product on the dry flowers to keep them from breaking or resist time better? I like them best when they are hanging from the ceiling of a picturesque barn or garden shed like yours! We like to think of ourselves as professional flower rescuers and though its a small business, I think its meant a lot to the people weve gotten to work with so far. I dries roses,pompom dahlias,zinnias, hydrangea,piony, carnation and a lot of other flowers I tried drying some red spike amaranth last fall, but it faded a lot (and dropped a ton of seed all over the place). I LOVED making wreaths and now am looking forward to doing this again with dried flowers. Hydrangeas are my favorite flower to dry. Ive grown and successfully dried many flowers, grasses and wheats in silica, glycerin, or by air drying. Its a great juxtaposition to the preciousness of cut flowers. I love making my own wreaths. Dont be afraid to dry any flower/leaf. They are nice for swags and garlands. Thanks for this! Pictured are some of Siris everlasting wreaths. Are you drying any flowers from your garden this season, or do you think of them as tacky and dated? You name it and it is possible with dried flowers. Siris wreaths are indeed magnificent. Direct seed in late fall or early spring or start seed indoors in trays 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost, and plant out while weather is still cool. Flower confetti.
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