Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: rowlandwells on December 15, 2018, 18:03
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does anyone out there grow cut flowers if so do you grow Helichrysum I guess this is an old annual variety also known as strawflower can be used as a cut flower or cut and dried for winter decoration I think it was used for Christmas decorations I believe I've seen it on the Victorian flower garden series [December]
we have grew Helichrysum for a few years now as a cut flower but never seem to get it to dry properly for using for decorations I assume we must be going wrong in the drying process somewhere if anyone could advise on this topic it would be most appreciated
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Just as they fully open their flowers cut them with long stalks and hang upside down in bunches, in the dry - garage or shed.
My allotment shed is too damp, but yours might be dry ;)
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They are a lovely flower for arrangements etc, and I do exactly as Mum says and hang them in the garage.
Good luck, Mrs Bouquet
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thank you both for those replies and I can see where I'm going wrong now because although there picked with long stalks there hung in a damp shed :ohmy: well there's no heating and it does tend to get a bit on the damp side so problem sorted
PS your rite Mrs B they are lovely flower for both fresh and dried I'M growing Helichrysum King sized mixed next year thanks again
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I've been given a seed packet for Christmas - posh Sarah Raven ones called Helichrysum Salmon Rose. They look very pretty so I'm looking forward to trying them now :)