Picking up a fresh bouquet is the easiest way to spruce up your home (and boost your mood!)—but no matter the time of year, your beloved flowers and foliage will start to wither eventually. Instead of ...

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To dry flowers, first cut the stems and remove any unwanted leaves or wilted petals. Air-drying and pressing are the simplest methods, but they can take several weeks. Silica gel is the quickest ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- "The delicate, ephemeral nature of flowers adds to our appreciation of them," said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. "Many literally are 'here today, ...

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Enjoy and share the beauty of your flower garden all year long. Pick and dry a few flowers to use in flower arrangements, craft projects or as gifts for friends and family. Pick the flowers when they ...

I love always having a jar full of fresh flowers in my space, from fluffy hydrangeas to delicate peonies to fiery birds of paradise—especially when they’re snipped from my family’s garden. Alas, these ...

Hydrangeas are enduringly popular and a surefire hit in any garden, with their statement flowers adding impact from summer all the way to autumn. But the fun doesn't stop once you've perfected how to ...

Fresh flowers—whether picked directly from your yard or garden, or coming via a professional bouquet or arrangement—have a relatively short shelf life. No matter how clean you keep the water, or how ...

We love the garden colors at this time of year; those perfectly shaped pink roses, that huge Joe Pye Weed, the colors in the ornamental grass heads, even the seed pods of our Love in A Mist. But of ...

Just as we can our tomatoes, pickle our cucumbers and freeze our green beans to savor later, we can also save our flowers for a dark winter day. Drying flowers is an ancient practice. Who hasn’t ...