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How to dry fresh cut flowers

08/07/08

Have you ever stuck a flower, like a corsage from a wedding or other special occasion that you wanted to keep, in between the pages of a thick book? After awhile, when you open the book again, the flower is dried, brown in color now, and flat. This is called pressing flowers. While being pressed, the flowers dry out too. Over time, the flower will deteriorate and become hardly recognizable. This was once a popular way for people to preserve, so to speak, flowers of every sort.

Nowadays drying flowers has become an art form. Dried flower arrangements can be seen in a lot of homes and businesses: they don't take much care and they stay looking nice for a long time to come.

To dry flowers, you must first choose some fresh ones. (This is the probably the easiest method of drying flowers.) The freshest will be out of your own garden, of course, picked when they are free from wetness from the rain or dew. Cut the flowers when they are still fresh--don't wait until they have bloomed or they won't preserve well. Be sure to cut off at least four or five inches of the stem along with the flower that you want to preserve so you will have a way of hanging each one.

Flowers need a good place to air dry. The best place to hang them will usually be in a closet that is warm, dry, and out of the sunlight.THe clothes rod in a closet,minus the clothes, of course, is an excellant place to hang the flowers from. If you need more space, if you have alot of flowers to dry, then you can hang additional rods from the existing one.

Now, carefully, tie the flower stems together in small bundles. Separate the flowers one from the other as much as possible so each one gets sufficient space to air dry.Hang each bundle of flowers upside down, by their stems,from the rods you have set up in the closet. Hanging them this way keeps the flowers and leaves in an upward position as they dry. This way, they won't look droopy and old. Leave the flowers undisturbed in the closet for about a week or so. You can then check on their progress. How long it will take for your flowers to dry will depend on the humidity in the closet as well as the condition of the flowers, etc. To finish preserving your flowers, you can purchase a special spray at your local craft store.It is much simpler just to mist each dried flower with regular hair spray.Hair spray works just as well, and it costs a lot less too. Be sure to let each flower dry well after spraying them before you place them in an arrangement or use them however you choose. Remember to handle the flowers with care throughout the drying process, and especially now that you have your finished products.

Dried flowers make beautiful arrangements. You can also dry some greenery to put with them in an attractive flower pot or vase. The possibilities are simply endless!

Plastic flowers banned from cemetery for posing a 'health and safety risk' (Daily Mail)
Council bosses are under fire for removing plastic flowers from a graveyard - because they pose a health and safety risk.

1-800-Flowers.com says sales, profits drop (Newsday)
FLWS blames slump on slump in national economy, consumer buying 1-800-Flowers.com, the Carle Place-based floral and gift retailer, said Thursday that sales and profits were lower in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended June 29, compared with the same period last year.

Flowers Foods Announces Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call Webcast (Centre Daily Times)
Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) will review second quarter earnings of fiscal 2008 and take questions from analysts during a live webcast on August 14. Flowers Foods will release second quarter earnings on August 14 prior to the webcast.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) Reports Net Income Growth of 23 Percent to $21.1 Million, or $0.32 per Diluted Share and EBITDA* ... (Centre Daily Times)
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLWS), the world's leading florist and gift shop, today reported net income growth of 23 percent to $21.1 million, or $0.32 per diluted share for its fiscal year ended June 29, 2008, compared with $17.1 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the prior year period. The Company said EBITDA grew 9.3 percent to $57.7 million for fiscal 2008, compared with $52.8 ...

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Rookie cornerback Brandon Flowers, the Chiefs' second-round pick, is expected to start at right cornerback.

1-800-Flowers Needs Some Love (Forbes)
The floral and gift company is hurt in the fourth-quarter by the downturn in consumer spending.

'Deadheading' helps flowers keep blooming (Anchorage Daily News)
Q. Deadheading confuses me. Which flowers need it, and how far down the stem do I cut?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) Reports Net Income Growth of 23 Percent to $21.1 Million, or $0.32 per Diluted Share and EBITDA* ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLE PLACE, N.Y.----1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. , the world's leading florist and gift shop, today reported net income growth of 23 percent to $21.1 million, or $0.32 per diluted share for its fiscal year ended June 29, 2008, compared with $17.1 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the prior year period.

Entering produce, flowers in Oklahoma County Free Fair easy (The Oklahoman)
Q :Can you tell me how I can enter produce and flowers from my garden in the county fair? A :The 94th annual Oklahoma County Free Fair is scheduled for Aug. 14-16. All horticulture exhibits will be shown and judged in the Centennial Building at State Fair Park, NW 10 and May. Entering a horticulture exhibit in the county fair is one of the easiest things you can do. The only requirement is ...

How to Maximize Your Enjoyment of Fresh Flowers (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Warm weather is finally here, and there's nothing more beautiful than or as anticipated as the season's fresh flowers. For lifestyle expert Martha Stewart, one of life's greatest pleasures is living in a flower and plant filled home.