Everlasting Mixture - Strawflowers- European Variety - Mix of plants that produce flowers that are easily dried and maintain their various shapes and colors. Half hardy annual needs full sun and shelter from wind. HELICHRYSUM, STRAWFL
Annual. Strawflowers are the most brilliantly colored dried flowers, retaining their bright pink, red, orange, yellow and white coloring. Fully double flowers, up to 2 inches across, attract butterflies. Plants thrive in dry sites. Blooms summer to frost. Days to Sprout 7 - 14.
Start seeds, 2 per pot or cell, indoors 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost. Do not cover seeds. Transplant to the garden 10 inches apart after the last frost. Before planting, enrich the soil with compost.
Stake tall plants.
DRYING
Cut main stem when flowers are half open. Wrap a rubber band around small bundle of stems and hang heads down in a dark, airy place until dry. Cut individual flowers from stem and thread onto florists' wire to display.
(FF101-SS) Everlasting Mixture "Great for Drying" Large Packet $2.50
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