Specialty Gardening: Botanicals...Cut and dried!, 1 by BLOSSOMBUDDY

BLOSSOMBUDDY wrote:
LOL!! Well least I dint say older than dirt!! See, I am trying to behave! I can play nice with the other children I can I can I can!! LOL!

I had success with Queen Ann's but I cant remember what I did.. I think I hung them upsidedown....or maybe it was silica sand. The derned stems are so scrawny on them makes them hard to dry, that I remember!

Oh no no no on white peonies...never had success on them, hung upsidedown, they dried but turned lizard brown! The pinks on the other hand dry great! Maybe silica sand on the whites would be a better choice.

Here is one of my end of summer "pick it and plunk it in a vase" drieds...there is yarrow, miscanthus, gaillardias, ruds, asters, qwaking oats, golden rods... it held its colors great for a few months

I have hung asters, gaillardias, ruds and daisys up and had some success. gotta watch the humidity though on someof those summer days with them.. just as you think they are dry and flip them to use they can get bent necks.

The best for drying in a vase are daffs! I will just put the fresh cuts in water and let the water evaporate and these lovelys always make great paperflowers! Hold their color faily well too.