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BY DR. DIANE RELF
Extension Environmental
Horticulturist
In the darker days of winter, I begin to miss my garden in spite of the fact that I have many house plants. I miss the varied textures, tastes, and colors I experienced as I wandered outside in the summer. However, I’ve found that I tuck little bits of summer and fall throughout my house.
Flower heads at
the front door
As you come in the entrance to my home, you will see my collection of old flower pots. Seed heads have accumulated in them. They are from buddleia, lupine, and lunaria (none of these took any special treatment) along with nigella, lychnis, and poppies. These flower heads were first collected for their seed, but were so lovely that I just left them after I harvested and stored the seed.
In my bathroom, I have a large, rustic basket that I made while I was pruning the wild grapevines that manage to encroach on my trees. With their fine vines and masses of tendrils, they are entirely too pretty to throw away, so as I prune, I twist them into wreaths about a foot in diameter. When I have enough, I stack them in a basket held together with twine or more grapevine. A handle fashioned of the vines completes a perfect container for dried flowers. It’s not very mobile, so I set it on a cabinet where it rarely needs attention and add or remove flowers as fits my mood.
Primarily, I use things that can be inserted fresh and dry right in the basket, such as' hydrangeas and grasses. As I am going through flowers that I have hung to dry, the extras are tucked into this basket for fresh color. Because of high humidity in the bathroom, dried flowers don’t keep their color very long, so I change them gradually but continuously.
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