About this box
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.
Strawflower 'Silvery Rose' and Statice give papery flowers that keep their colour, and golden Craspedia drumsticks add a pop of yellow. Echinops brings steel-blue globes and Achillea 'Cloth of Gold' broad mustard plates. For texture there is Briza, the nodding quaking grass, and strokeable Bunny Tails, and for seed heads, Honesty's silvery moons, the pods of Nigella hispanica and the papery drumsticks of Scabiosa. Everything needed to grow your own winter wreaths, everlasting bouquets and buttonholes from scratch.
Seven annuals flower the first summer, Honesty follows the next spring, and the Echinops and Achillea are perennials that come back year after year.
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. For the full eighteen-variety range, see Flowers to Grow – Perfect for Drying Extra.
