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Dried Flowers
Fresh and dried cut flowers bring the beauty of the garden into your home. They will last for weeks when cut for fresh arrangements and for months when dried. To dry, simply cut material, remove foliage, and hang heads down in an airy location.
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Flower Name Colors |
Physical Description |
Suggested Uses |
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Setaria Macrocheata |
Easily grown, it reaches a height of 2 to 2 1/2 feet. Bloom spikes are 3 to 4 inches on erect stems. |
Annual ornamental grass, used in dried and fresh cutflower bouquets to give linear accent. |
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Statice Apricol, Rose, Purple, Deep Blue, Light Blue, White, Yellow |
Clusters of colorful little flowers bloom all summer. Easy to grow in ful sun. |
Annual, excellent for cutting and unsurpassed for dried arrangements. |
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Acroclinium Salmon, Apricot, Pink, Rose, with White and Creamy tones. |
Large semi-double 2 1/2 inch blooms, are showy. |
Annual, used primarily for dried arrangements. |
Alchemilla |
An excellent, showy flower, easily grown and good for cutting. Fan-shaped evergreen silvery leaves set off the clusters of chartreuse flowers. |
Perennial, can be used as cut or dried flowers. 18 inches tall, it grows in sun or partial shade. |
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Eucalyptus |
Small trees with attractive, often silvery foliage |
Perennial, prune to desired height. Zones 7-10 |
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Globe Thistle |
5 foot everlasting with globular violet-blue heads of flowers and finely cut leaves. |
Perennials, zones 3-8 |
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Gypsophila - Baby's Breath |
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Last Updated July 10, 1998