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Christmas dried flower bouquet

Posted on by Ruth

Red and green hand-tied bouquet

I wanted to make an informal bouquet with a Christmas colour palette so settled on the soft greens of natural dried oats and wheat, and some dark but beautiful natural dried red roses. I brightened these up with some dyed green and red lagurus grass and some bleached stems of ruscus foliage and ivory phalaris grass.

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Christmas flowers for bouquet making L-R: oats, ruscus, roses, phalaris, lagurus, wheat.
(The central bleached poppy seed pod was found lurking in the phalaris bunch!)

Tying the bouquet

I chose a length of understated nutscene twine to finish the arrangement but a big blousy tartan ribbon would add a more luxurious effect.

merry christmas bouquet
Merry Christmas bouquet of dried flowers and grasses
red green dried flowers

Tips for bouquet making

  • Strip the unsightly leaves from the roses before use.
  • Strip the leaves off the lower portion of the stems of the ruscus and oats. This will make them easier to tie and be neater around the bow.
  • When you’re putting the bouquet together, use a few stems of each type at a time – if you do one stem of each it will take longer and give a busier overall effect.
  • Don’t be too picky about stem length – variation will add interest.
  • Make sure the eye-catching items (the brightest reds, greens and whites) are evenly distributed across the bouquet.
  • Keep going around the bouquet adding more until you can’t hold any more blooms and grasses in your hand.
  • Hold the bouquet together with an elastic band temporarily while you tie the bow with jute twine.
christmas rose bouquet dried
Dried Christmas rose bouquet detail

Merry Christmas everyone :)

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Hi I’m Ruth – I love writing about plants, nature, dried flowers, wildflowers and crafts. You can find out more about me here.

I have run a dried flower and lavender business in the UK since 2002. This means I am experienced in dried flower craft, but also am biased towards my own products – I can’t help but be proud of what I do! Find out more about Daisy Gifts Ltd® at our sister site daisyshop.co.uk

Thanks very much to all the lovely people who ask about buying custom handmade arrangements and bouquets – I’m afraid I don’t offer this service anymore, but we do sell the flowers you need to make your own.

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