2007-02-19 03:45:10 · 6 answers · asked by cjkats_dtc 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Hi- I needed to dry some flowers after my mother died, and it went something like this....you take the flowers (I had roses), and you tie them together with twine. Then you hang them upside dowm in a dark closet for about three weeks or so (maybe shorter). When you take them out of the closet, you can spray them with urethane srpray if you want (I didn't). I got this by going onto Google and typing in How Do I Dry Roses? Try going onto Google like I did...they have good answers for some things, and my dried flowers are still looking wonderful after 2 years, and show no signs of rotting or wear. The roses did turn quite a bit darker, though, but I don't think you can help this. Good luck and go to Google.com! Warm regards.
2007-02-19 03:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Susan B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is a silicone type powder you can use.
my favorite way, this is how i dry herbs, is to hang them upside down. as was mentioned in the previous answer, they can be sprayed for a "tougher " flower. i also preferr not to! if you don't spray them, some flowers will retain some smell! in bunches, you won't be able to seperate them to form sdifferent arrangements after they are dried. if they are dried individiually, you can do more stuff with them.
please remember, not all flowers dry well. trial and error is how i figured out how to get them "just right"!
Have fun!
2007-02-19 04:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by bearfox_traders 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I just love "Dried Flowers!!" I live in the "Desert", and my kids & I used to go out in the fields, and pick "Babies Breath" and different kinds of "Wild Desert Flowers" and bring them back and put them in a vase, and they'd eventually dry out, and I'd just keep them in various vases, anyway!! Because even when they dried out, they were still very "Beautiful !!!" So, just do that!! Get you a bunch of cheap vases from like a "Dollar store" and place them in the vases, and wait it out.....Then, if you want to like get the sprays to make them look shiny, just go to a Walmart, or somewhere that sells crafts, and get the spray's to keep them from cracking, or to make them shiny, or whatever it is that your wanting to do with them, you know. Mine stay just fine, so long as no one in my house bumps them..... And to be honest, I dont think any spray's will work to keep them from breaking off , if bumped..... But, you can check any crafts store, for all of those sorts of needs... Good Luck, to you!! The "Babies Breath" are the prettiest, and they stay the same even when they dry, how cool is that!!! Smile!!!
2007-02-19 04:04:10 · answer #3 · answered by Hmg♥Brd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use silica powder. Put them in a container with silica gel, brush some on them close lid,leave for a day. Open container, turn flower,brush on silica gel,close lid,open next day.Flower should be dry.Then spray with a varathane.
2007-02-19 06:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by Darla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, Id like to know myself
2007-02-19 03:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang them upside down, and they will dry naturally.
2007-02-19 03:52:54 · answer #6 · answered by Bud's Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋