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Roses from my garden as dried flowers & petals

Posted on by Ruth

Dried flowers from roses and rose petals

Rose season is in full bloom in my garden. This is my favourite time of year when everything looks blousy and verdant, before the untidy phase starts (or is that just my garden?).
rosa mundi roses make fragrant dried roses
These rosa mundi roses must be just about my favourite plant because they are so easy to grow. The blob in the picture above is actually a gorgeous rose chafer beetle.
rose chafer beetle rose petals

Dried roses – Picking the flowers and petals to make dried flowers

I picked a few whole flowers to dry. I cut them right behind the flower head, leaving no stem, and placed them in my airing cupboard in a basket. The basket allows air flow around the petals, speeding the drying process of the flowers.
drying roses
These dried flowers took less than a week, and they have shrunk to about a quarter of their original size. Although they have darkened to a shade of burgundy, the stripes are still well defined and the centres are really pretty. The scent of both the fresh and dried flowers is heavenly – a real old rose fragrance.
dried rosa mundi flowers

Uses for these dried flowers: dried rose potpourri or rose petal wedding confetti

1. Dried rose potpourri

These dried roses have a really good natural fragrance, so I will probably just place them in a bowl and enjoy them as is. When the fragrance fades, I will add a drop or two of high quality fragrance oil to the dried flowers. This is not true potpourri making, but it’s quick and easy.

For hints and tips see my previous posts on rose potpourri and potpourri making.

2. Rose petal wedding confetti

I haven’t got a family wedding to attend this year, but it would be very easy to separate the dried rose petals from the flower and use as a pretty, biodegradable and 100% natural wedding confetti.

For more about weddings see my previous posts: Inspirational wedding shoot | making wedding confetti | making confetti cones | dried lavender as a wedding theme

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