Drying Flowers

Drying is even better than pressing for preserving wild flowers. It keeps their shape as well as
their color, and in some cases dried flowers are hard to tell from fresh ones.

Members of the daisy family, like daisies, thistles, and dandelions all dry well. Thistles, Field Scabious,
and roses are good too. Always pick the flowers just before they are in full bloom.

Don't pick any flowers that are beginning to fade or wither, unless of course you wait until they go
to seed. Poppies, Teasel, and many other seed heads look very attractive dried. So do grasses.

Continue on to see how to air dry your own flowers!