Drying Flowers?

I have three beautiful red roses from my mum's coffin that I would like to keep. (From Monday) Does any one know how to dry flowers successfully to keep for ever ?

Drying Flowers?
Sorry for your loss.





One of the quickest %26amp; best way to preserve roses is by using Silica Gel.


Put about an inch of desiccating material at the bottom of an air-tight container made of plastic, glass or tin. Cut the flower stem to about a half an inch and stick this into the center of the material at the bottom to hold the flower. Next, pour the desiccating material along the perimeter of the container, away from the flower, building up a continuous mound of about an inch. Then tap lightly on the container and the material will move to the flower, not altering the form of the petals (in other words, the material will not weigh down the petals as it would if it were just poured on top of the flower). Continue adding the material, tapping on the container, etc. until the flower is completely covered. Lastly, add an inch of the material above the top of the flower. Seal the container %26amp; let it dry for 3-7 days. Check your roses after 3 days, because they can become brittle and the petals will break if left in the Silica too long.


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You can use a mixture of borax and white cornmeal (2:1) or borax and sand (2:1) as a drying agent instead of Silica Gel.





Another way to dry your roses is to tie a ribbon around the base of their stems and hang them upside down in a warm, dark %26amp; dry room. Make sure you have good ventilation. Once they are completely dry (in 3-4 weeks) use a craft or flower sealing spray. Display your roses in a decorative vase, or in a shadow box.





Good Luck! Hope this helps.
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Reply:Sorry to hear why you want to dry the flowers - it must be a sad time for you. You can hang them upside down, off the curtain pole or something, just in the house and let them dry out. You will need to be careful with them once dried as they will be fragile.
Reply:Firstly sorry that you have lost your Mum. It is nice idea to keep some of the flowers.





There are a few different methods of drying flowers.


Whichever you use remember that the flower will be very delicate and must be protected afterwards.


I would suggest that you press at least one of them and keep it a photograph album with pictures of your Mum.





These links will take you to pages with advice on drying flowers.





http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/misc/dryflr...





This page gives details of drying with silica gel which may suit the roses depending on how open they are.


http://gardening.about.com/od/craftsandd...

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