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Cyanara cardunculus


Cyanara cardunculus

Some of the flowers which I picked while they were still in the bud stage. I kept them in a vase of water until they all opened then I let it dry up and the flowers dried off and lasted for several years till I got bored with them and donated them to a charity shop.



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i wish i knew which shop and where :-)

31 Jan, 2014

 

It will not be long before you can harvest a bouquet from your own plant Marybells.

31 Jan, 2014

 

:-D

31 Jan, 2014

 

Beautiful

31 Jan, 2014

 

Knowing my luck, I'd dunt them and they'd crumble all over the carpet. ;-)

1 Feb, 2014

 

They still have a vivid colour aswell!

2 Feb, 2014

 

They make a lovely arrangement and non of the hassle that goes into houseplants ;)

2 Feb, 2014

 

Mouldy they really do seem to stay all of a piece. The vivid colour did not fade either. This was the first arrangement i altered them later, I cut them down and put them in a basket arrangement with some dried lavendar.

2 Feb, 2014

 

Pot pouri on a grand scale.
Clever lady!

3 Feb, 2014

 

+I meant dried sprigs of lavendar Mouldy. You can pick and dry whole stems which do keep for maybe 3 years. My daughter was bothered by flies in her kitchen and I read an article which said lavendar was a deterrant. I filled a straight sided basket with lavendar. I kept poking it in till It was full and that did seem to work.

3 Feb, 2014

 

My mum and sisters always put lavender in their 'smalls' drawers or made satchets for under their pillows.
I'd heard it was an effective fly deterent, so you've verified what I wanted to know. Lol.
Thanks, Scotsgran.

4 Feb, 2014

 

You are welcome. I'm equally pleased to know someone else has heard of it as a fly deterrent.

4 Feb, 2014



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