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Which flowers are best for drying?

Here is a list of the different types of flowers we grow to dry…

Annuals

  • Straw flowers or Helichrysum bracteatum

  • Cornflowers

  • Hares Tail/Bunny tail grass

  • Briza Maxima and Media

  • Larkspur

  • Stattice

  • Russian Limonium

  • Amaranthus

Perennials

  • Lavender

  • Echinacea

  • Miscanthus grass

  • Stipa Tennuisima

  • Pennisetum Grass

  • Eryingiums

  • Echinops

For seed heads

  • Scabious Stellata

  • Teasel

  • Opium Poppies

  • Lunaria or Honesty

  • Nigella

  • Daucus

  • Iris Sibirica

Tubers and Bulbs

  • Alliums, pick when they have lost petals, still green but not yet formed open seed heads.

  • Dahlias, pom pom dahlias work really well.