Dried Flower Arranging 1205787786 Okra. A relative of cotton, often called gumbo. Allow pods to mature but pick before frost for gray-and-white-striped effect. Store in box.

Onion (Allium). Spreading umbels of white or purple. Upside-down method.

Pansy. Many colors. Bury in sand or borax.

Peony. Double white, pink, and red varieties are best for drying. Open flower, as well as bud, can be used. To preserve shape, gently place cotton where indentations occur in open flowers. Then hang upside down.

Peppers. Green fruit dries red. Long, slender pods. Gather in early September. Upside-down method.

Pincushion-Flower (Scabiosa africana and amoena). Seed heads. Store in box or put the whole flower upside down in borax.

Poppy (Perennial and Annual types). Seed pods. Establish curves and store in box.

Poppy-Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata). Red or purple flowers. Borax method.

Poker-Plant (Kniphofia). Dense, showy spikes in yellow and scarlet. Good varieties: Coral Sea, Maid of Orleans, Springtime. Borax method.

Queen Palm (Arecastrurq Romanzoffianum). Naturally dried.

Rhododendron. Leaves and pods. Leaves, glycerin; store pods in box.

Rose. For best results, gather when buds are two-thirds open. Take a cloth and run down stems to remove foliage and briars. For drying, pink, yellow, and Talisman roses are my favorites, also dark red roses, which dry almost black. Roses, being fragrant when dried, add spiciness to a bouquet. For double hybrid teas use upside-down method, or bury in sand, or in a mixture of sand and borax; for singles, as Dainty Bess, upside-down in borax. For foliage to use with dried roses, select that of a related plant—apple, pear, quince, plum, peach, cherry. Also spiraea, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and cotoneaster.




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January 7, 2009