Flowers to Grow - Perfect for Drying
10 hand-picked seed varieties
If you hate throwing away fresh flowers after a week, this collection is the answer. Ten specialist seed varieties chosen specifically for drying and preserving — known as "Everlastings," these plants have papery petals or structural seed heads that hold their shape and colour for years, not days.
From jewel-like Strawflowers to architectural Billy Buttons, this box gives you everything needed to grow your own winter wreaths, everlasting bouquets, and buttonholes from scratch.
How to Dry Your Flowers
Three golden rules for perfect results. Pick Strawflowers and Statice when buds are half-open — they continue opening as they dry, and fully-open flowers can brown or turn inside out. Strip all leaves before hanging — foliage doesn't dry well and can go mouldy. Hang in small bunches upside down in a warm, dark, dry place — darkness is what keeps the colours bright.
Arrives in signature eco-friendly packaging — the perfect gift for anyone who loves to bring the garden indoors.
- 10 full-size seed packets, each with detailed growing notes
- Seasonal varieties chosen to complement each other
- Eco-friendly compostable packaging throughout
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What’s inside your collection
10 seed packetsEvery variety below is included in this collection. Click any packet to read the full growing guide and see more photos.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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