You get this huge,beautiful flower garland and its to nice to trash?,
here’s how to preserve it:
in general,and with any technique for drying flowers, the drying action
should be made in a stage before the climax of petals opening,
and that’s in order to avoid having petals fall off the flowers when
you dry the garland.
like so, there are certain species of flowers
that are more, or less easy to dry with certain techniques.
drying in open air for example is an effective technique for flowers of
relatively strong character, like lavender for example, and less
effective for more gentle flowers,like roses, which may and should
be dried in diffrent means.
so how should one dry flowers by hanging them in open air?.
the first step is to remove all leaves from the flower’s stem. and trim
to your length of choice.
the second step is to find a dry,ventilated spot that is also hidden from
the sun (in order to preserve the original color of the flowers),
and conjoin using a rubber band flowers that we want to dry as a garland.
the third step is to hang every flower upside down (if it’s a garland,
hang all of them conjoined), with the petals facing down , hanging off a hook/hanger/rack. leave those flowers hanging for a period of time between a few weeks and a month. make sure not to remove the flowers before they have completly dried up, in order to preserve the correct process. at the end of the drying process it is best to spray with hair spray and place somewhere in the shade, in order to retain the flowers natural colors.
Shanon Field,
Flowers in Design
Here are some great links:
FlowerTotal.com – The Online Florist Web Directory and Flower Web Directory
LastingFlower.com – Flower directory and information on the web.
FlowerGreat.com – Online Florist, Flower Shop, Florist Directory
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