Cyanara cardunculus
By Scotsgran
- 31 Jan, 2014
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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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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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i wish i knew which shop and where :-)
31 Jan, 2014