Nigella growing in my garden is gorgeous – their seed heads will make lovely dried flowers too The nigella (Love-in-a-mist) is another flower in my garden that grows without me having to plant it. My flowers come in a range of blues from indigo to sky. The formation of the flowers looks so exotic, you…
Category: How to dry flowers
Growing my own dried flowers – Poppy seed heads
Poppy seed heads growing in my garden will make lovely dried flowers I love the Oriental poppies in my June garden. I never planted them, they must have seeded themselves in from somewhere. Sometimes I pull them up if they germinate somewhere inconvenient – but usually I don’t have the heart. I love the way…
Pressed dried flowers at home
Pressing dried flowers isn’t something I’d tried for many years I remember pressing flowers as a child, using a sizeable press Dad made me. I was quite successful (and Mum had plenty of flowers to choose from), but the funny thing is that I can’t remember what I did with them! I don’t remember doing…
Drying flowers – lavender
Try drying flowers at home – lavender is easy! Cut your lavender stems just before they reach full flower and hang upside down in small bunches tied with an elastic band somewhere warm and dry such as an airing cupboard, garage or shed. Use small bunches (half a handful or less), because if the…
Choosing lavender for making dried flower bunches at home
Choosing which lavender plants will make the best dried flower bunches Many gardens have at least one lavender bush, so why not dry your own flowers? They will then last months indoors rather than a few weeks outside, and lavender has so many uses. Observing the growing lavender flowers To get the most out of…