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LIST OF DRIED FLOWERS
LIST OF DRIED FLOWERS
Dried Flowers are indeed numerous. Dried Flowers are a great craze for flower lovers. Dried flowers!!! A wonderful world altogether. Whether it be home decoration or any special event like weddings or birthdays... dried flowers form a part and parcel.
Following is a list of dried flowers (which can be used in used in bouquets, pressed flower pictures, or potpourri, or on hats, wreaths, kissing balls, shadow boxes, hearth brooms, shaker boxes, window ornaments, door swags, etc.) with reference to their common and scientific names as along with a brief description about them-
List of Dried Flowers
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Achilia | Achillea filipendulina | Widely used as a dried flower accent |
| Acroclinium | Helipterum roseum | Suitable for air-drying |
| African Daisy | Lonas inodora | Suitable for pressing and burying |
| Ageratum | Lonas inodora | Suitable for pressing |
| Amaranth | Amaranthus caudatus | This is an excellent flower because the pendant plumes are a rich red when dried it keep their natural colour. The long drooping flower with the green leaves adds a nice whispy touch to a bouquet |
| Ammobium | Ammobium elatum | A very nice dried flower accent used in clusters or single point of pure white daisies |
| Anaphalis | Anaphalis margaritacea | Enhances the beauty of a dried flowers arrangement |
| Annual Statice | Limonium sinuatum | The collection of blue flowers is brilliant with their evergreen leaves, a stunning combination |
| Anthemis | Anthemis kelwayi | |
| Armerias | Armeria maritima | |
| Artemisia | Artemisia albula | Also popular as ´Silver King´. Wreaths made with artemesia are simply great |
| Baby's Breath | Gypsophila paniculata | It has stiff woody stems with dried flower blossoms |
| Blue Globe Thistle | Echinops ritro | Beautiful, dense, blue, spiny globe-shaped dried flower heads on sturdy stems |
| Blue Hydrangea | Hydrangea paniculata | The name is derived from a Greek description of the shape of the seed heads that were thought to resemble Greek water vessels |
| Blue Salvia | Salvia farincea | Suitable for pressing and burying |
| Boxwood | Buxus sempervirens | |
| Brome Grass | Bromus madritensis | |
| Broom Bloom | Cytisus scoparius | Excellent for dried flower filler offering an array of colour |
| Bunny Tail | Lagurus ovatus | |
| Canary Grass | Phalaris canariensis | Enhances the beauty of a dried flowers arrangement |
| Chili Peppers | Capsicum spp. | Again this item can be put on beautiful display and them whenever you need that extra lift in a dish just pluck to taste |
| Everlasting | Helichrysum petiolatum | |
| Everlastings | Helichrysum bracteatum | |
| Feverfew | Chrysanthemum parthenium | A beautiful white flower that looks very similar to the daisy and chamomiles, having a yellow center disk with white rays |
| Flax | Linum usitatissimum | |
| Gyp | Gypsophila paniculata | |
| Golden Ageratum | Lonas inodora | |
| Hare's Tail | Lagurus ovatus | Grass variety, suitable for drying |
| Honesty | Lunaria annua | Popularly known as ´Money Plant´, suitable for drying |
| Lamb's Ear | Stachys byzantina | A dried product of the silver-gray, velvety foliage that is soft and fuzzy, like a lambs ear |
| Larkspur | Delphinium consolida | Light pink, true blue or white shaded dried flower blooms densely set along tall, tapering spikes |
| Lavender | Lavandula adentata | Lavender´s sweet scent and pretty little blue flowers are very enchanting |
| Lemon Leaf | Gaultheria shallon | Enhances the beauty of a dried flowers arrangement |
| Lepto | Leptospermum laevigatum | In the spring they are most attractive with a profusion of white or pinkish flowers which retain their colours even as dried flowers |
| Linium | Linum usitatissimum | |
| Lona | Lonas inodora | |
| Love-in-the-Mist | Nigella damascena | It has a delicate and lacy covering from where the beautiful name. These soft, pastel green pods also have vertical lavender stripes |
| Love-lies-bleeding | Amaranthus caudatus | |
| Marguerite Daisy | Anthemis kelwayi | |
| Matricaria | Chrysanthemum parthenium | |
| Millet | Setaria macrochaeta | Mixed with grasses for a stunning ´textured´ dried flowers arrangement |
| Monkshood | Aconitum napellus | Enhances the beauty of a dried flowers arrangement |
| Mugwort | Artemisia albula | |
| Nigella | Nigella damascena | Also known as ´Love in the Mist´ because of its delicate and lacy covering |
| Oats | Avena sativa | The oats add texture to any dried flowers arrangement |
| Penny | Thlapsi arvense | It is a strongly scented herb that has light blue to light lilac colored flowers that fork whorls along the main stem |
| Pearl (The) | Anaphalis margaritacea | |
| Pearly Everlasting | Anaphalis margaritacea | The flower heads are very small but several occur on each stem. Each one consists of many pearly white papery bracts surrounding the tiny yellow flowering part in the center |
| Phalaris | Phalaris canariensis | |
| Poppy Pods | Papaver somniferum | |
| Quaking Grass | Briza maxima | |
| Rodanthe | Helipterum manglesii | Loose white to soft pink dried flowers 1-2 inches across. Rodanthe is a nice bright dried flower accent |
| Salal | Gaultheria shallon | The leaves are perfect for wreaths or floral swags |
| Sea Oats | Uniola paniculata | |
| Sea Thrift | Armeria maritima | |
| Sea Pinks | Armeria maritima | |
| Silver Dollars | Lunaria annua | |
| Snow Ball | Hydrangea paniculata | |
| Strawflowers | Helichrysum bracteatum | Combining these dried flowers with wild apple and pomegranate,an excellent arrangement can be generated |
| Sunflower | Helianthus spp. | |
| Sweet Annie | Artemisia annua | |
| Tassel Flower | Amaranthus caudatus | |
| Tea-tree | Leptospermum laevigatum | Tea tree is not only great to have as an oil to enhance your skins life, it also looks charming. It adds height to a foyer display or a large public display |
| Transformer | Nigella orientalis | |
| Wheat | Tritacum spelta cv. | |
| Winged Everlasting | Ammobium elatum | |
| Wormwood | Artemisia albula | |
| Yarrow | Achillea filipendulina | It has flat umbels of small white dried flowers with a more open appearance. Yarrow is a nice large dried flower head used as a dried flower accent |
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