it can be used both as a dried or cut flower and i just wondered if anyone apart from myself still grew helichrysum
I've grown helichrysum every year for at least 20 years, but I'm sure I've not noticed them around so much recently in shop/garden centre seed stands, although that doesn't particularly bother me as I save seed from mine every year.
I grow them for drying and as cut flowers, the latter mainly when the others I grow are coming to an end (and I have sufficient for drying), and mix them in with all sorts of odds & ends. Apart from the traditional hang them upside down to dry in bunches method, I also put them still slightly soft in our1920/30's wall pockets to finish drying so the blooms at the front will hang down slightly over the lip.
And yes they are a rather good dust trap, doing a magnificent job of keeping that nasty dust safely away from my furniture and furnishings.