Flowers to Grow - Perfect for Drying Extra

Achillea Marshmallow

Soft, fluffy, double white pompom flowers in clouds — the florist's favourite white achillea, vigorous and reliable, and one of the best perennials for cutting and drying.

Achillea Rubra Red

Velvety ruby-red flower plates that age to terracotta and dusty antique pink — the achillea that warms up a cottage border and delivers months of cut and dried flowers.

Briza Maxima - Quaking Grass

Heart-shaped quaking-grass seed heads on fine wiry stems that tremble in the breeze — silvery green to gold, perfect for cutting, drying and cottage borders.

Bunny Tails - Lagurus Ovatus

Soft, fluffy, irresistibly tactile cream flower heads like baby rabbit tails — the most pettable plant in the cottage garden, and one of the finest ornamental grasses for drying.

Bupleurum Griffithii

Zesty lime-green starburst flower heads above wraparound blue-grey leaves — the cottage garden's secret weapon for lifting any bouquet, fresh or dried.

Craspedia Drumstick

Perfect geometric spheres of golden florets on straight wiry stems — the sculptural, architectural Billy Buttons flower, exceptional fresh and one of the finest dried flowers.

Eryngium (Sea Holly)

Steel-blue spiky thistle-like flowers above architectural silvery-blue stems — the dramatic Sea Holly that thrives on poor dry ground. Outstanding cut and dried.

Gomphrena Strawberry Fields

Dozens of clover-like strawberry-red globe flowers that preserve their vivid colour for years — the RHS AGM everlasting that breaks the muted-pastel mould.

Nigella hispanica

Larger, dramatic Spanish Love-in-a-Mist with intense royal violet-blue star flowers and burgundy stamens — followed by magnificent "jester's hat" architectural seed pods.

Scabiosa 'Drumstick'

Modest pale-blue pincushion flowers that transform into perfect spherical papery seed heads — the geometric "Paper Moon" everlasting flower of the cottage cutting garden.

Statice Hipster Mixed

Sturdy winged stems with large flat clusters of papery flowers in violet, rose, apricot, yellow, blue and white — the absolutely essential dried-flower filler that holds its colour for years.

Strawflower Helichrysum Swiss Giant Mix

Massive fully-double bracts in vibrant sunset shades of red, orange, yellow, pink and white on 90–100cm stems — the gold-standard everlasting flower that retains colour for years.

Strawflower Helipterum Roseum Mixed

Refined small daisy-like blooms in soft blush-pink, rose-pink and white with golden centres — the delicate Victorian paper daisy filler for everlasting arrangements.

Echinops ritro Metallic Blue

Perfect steel-blue geometric spheres on rigid silvery stems — the architectural globe thistle that thrives on poor dry ground. Outstanding cut, dried and bee plant.

Honesty Mixed

Spring purple-and-white flowers transform into silvery translucent "moonlight" seed pods — the magical two-act cottage biennial and the most prized everlasting dried stem.

Larkspur Giant Imperial Mix

Tall sturdy spires packed with double ruffled flowers in violet, blue, pink, carmine and white — the basal-branching Larkspur giving multiple cutting stems per plant.

Poppy Laurens Grape

Deep velvet plum-purple single poppies — the moodiest cottage poppy with saturated grape-coloured cups above silver-blue foliage. Magnificent architectural seed pods.

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Blue (Love-in-a-mist)

Clear sky-blue semi-double flowers nestled in a "mist" of fine ferny foliage — the classic cottage Nigella named after Gertrude Jekyll. RHS AGM. Decorative dried pods.