Dried flowers don’t have to be complicated, and there are so many options to pick from. I’m sharing everything that I dried on the flower farm this year, so you can decide what looks best, and what you might choose to dry yourself. I also share some helpful growing and drying tips too.
All of the flowers shown are just hung to dry, with no chemicals or extra steps, so these are very simple dried flowers, you could grow for yourself.
Here’s the entire list!
Statis
Strawflowers
Larkspur
Ranunculus
Yarrow
Feverfew
Snapdragons
Sea Holly/Echinops
Zinnias
Sunflowers
Rudbeckia
Marigolds
Gomphrena
Celosia
Amaranth
Sweet Annie
Eucalyptus
Mint
Oregano
Basil
Anise Hyssop
Grass – Millet
Miscanthus grass
Seed Heads (Poppy)
Let me know what your favorite dried flowers are!
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Those look amazing! I don't really care for the zinnias, Sunflowers or ranunculus dried, but I think it's because their shape is lost & that's one of my favorite things about them! But everything else is stunning! You inspired me to try my hand at drying some flowers. I didn't get around to planting a ton of things to dry, but I did dry some starflower, Nigella, ammobium, & a couple other things & they turned out amazing!
Would love to see you do a dry flower Christmas tree!
I love watching your videos I learn so mach from you and I love flawers tank you for great videos take care.
Great video. We all need something bright during the dreary winter.
I loved the cinnamon basil and statice!!!
Do the zinnias know you told other flowers they were your favorite?
Make wreaths! Dry flower-wreaths are beautiful!
I would love to buy a dried flower wreath. It would be stunning
Happy Thanksgiving
Great ideas!
I also love the Statice. they sure do keep their original color. I never thought about some of the orangie flowers before but, I'll look closer next year.
Oh, by the way love seeing your hair down.
That is so impressive! Apart from growing stuff you guys are brilliant organisers. Thanks for the inspiration. By the way, love the new hair.
The colors surprised me – vibrant. The cinnamon basil had outstanding color and would be lovely in fresh bouquets too. I especially like the blue flowers and strawflowers. Thank you for leading the way. I hope you will l be growing many more rows of flowers next year. The flowers seemed to sell more than vegetables. Check your metrics on which products were most profitable. It's a cliche, but work smarter, not harder.
Beautiful, Love the larkspur.
Really appreciate all the varieties you showed us. Could not believe how bright some of the colors were. Very informative.
I'm just learning to infuse oils with dried calendula and lavender to make salves and balms. I bet you could do that with a lot of dried herbs too. Love the hair by the way
Can you share what did not work out for you in the dried flowers?
I have a type of colour blindness. I can see all the colours, kind off, but I don't see them the same way other people do, most especially green, which has caused major issues for me, as an artist. I've wasted huge amounts of paint trying to get greens right. However, Blue is a colour I don't have issues with, so it's a colour spectrum I tend to stick to in my garden, and to that end, I loved the Sea Holly.
They also remind me of the allotment I had. When I first got it, and the paddock next door, they were covered in Teasel. The Butterflies loves them, as did the birds, but when dried they are often sprayed to put in winter/holiday arrangements here. They do have a tendency to self seed though, or be spread by birds!
Loved the larkspur!
I discovered that if I let mint go through a couple of frosts or so, that when hung to dry, they stay much greener. The way pole lima bean pods curve after the beans are harvested is beyond cool. I cut the vines and brought them inside to harvest the beans, they could certainly go in a bouquet. My MIL's radishes went to seed and the dried pods are very different, definitely could add something unusual to an arrangement. Ivy dries pretty green and does not shrink. The cornflowers I dried are pretty small but still very blue. I agree on trying nigella pods.
Larkspur is by far my favorite, but of course I love all the others too. Beautiful job preserving all your gorgeous blooms. You should do decoupage with some pressed ones, it's cheap and easy to do and would preserve them for even longer. I use mod podge and a paint brush, but good old Elmer's glue does just as well. I put them on dried gourds but you can put them on anything, gift boxes, pieces of natural wood to hang on wall etc., But you're very creative so whatever you do with them they'll be beautiful.
Oh, dear u are such a hardworking lady, love you
Beautiful
Dried flowers are way better than fake flowers. I really love the sweet Annie
That larkspur is awesome! This year I had no leftovers at all, but if I have in the future I certainly will try drying them!
Do you sell them in the bunches as they are or create new bouquets? Do they fall apart then?
I adore the grasses and greenery! Cinnamon basil turned out great too! Would have never thought of that one. Great job, Serina!
This is a great video. I really love your wall painting. The colors are great.