I had a go at drying some cornflower stems in my workshop this summer
They were all a lovely intense uniform royal blue when I hung them up to dry, but the results were very mixed! Some of the dried cornflowers colour stayed true, some faded to a pretty pale blue, and some cornflower petals bleached right out. I would guess it might be due to the effect of light as they weren’t in 100% darkness.
If anyone knows the trick to drying cornflowers, please let me know – I tried googling the answer but no luck!
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Shopping link – dried cornflower petals
Don’t worry – these are not the ones we sell in our shop! We buy in expertly grown and dried pure royal blue cornflower petals. They are relatively expensive, and now I understand why!
Buy dried cornflower petals
I put mine in the oven for about 30 to 45 mins on the lowest possible setting the colour looks perfect! Did not fade at all
Thanks I’ll have to try that!