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.