dry daffodils — How To — Made Just For U

Dry Daffodils

Don’t toss out those dried up daffodils in your flower vases, you can dry them out further and add them to dried flower arrangements and wreaths. Or start your own with a basic wreath form and have fun adding flowers with special memories.

And if you just want something interested to add to a book case, just leave those dried daffodils in a flower vase, they will retain their color.

I use dried daffodils to update my dried flowers wreath. The wreath was a gift several decades ago so it an use periodic refreshing. One of the unexpected flowers I now like to add is daffodils.

Daffodils are long-lived in gardens and flower vases. After enjoying them in a vase, I will set them aside to dry. Once the daffodils are dry, I place them in a jar without water to allow the stems to dry out. Depending on your room conditions, this can take a few days to a couple of weeks.

You can also tie the stems together and hang them upside down in a garage to allow the whole flower to dry. Just remember to periodically check them because the stems will shrink and easily slip through whatever you used to tie them. Rubber bands work well if they aren’t applied too tightly.

This dry wreath holds other dried flowers with special memories. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Once the flower head is dry, you can add them to a wreath or flower arrangement.

If you wait for the stem to dry, it may be a little brittle so I like to add the dry daffodils before the stems dry out. The still green stems make it easier to weave the stem through the wreath.

Take a look at what adding just solid yellow daffodils does to a dried flower wreath.

Dried yellow daffodils add a nice dash of brightness. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Dried daffodils hold their color and add a nice pop of spring colors to dry wreaths and flower arrangements. Our native wildflowers don’t dry as well as more domesticated and hybrid flowers so try drying the flowers you like and see what happens.

I was happy to discover the daffodils hold their color and dry so well. And what a nice way to preserve spring colors you can enjoy the rest of the year!

Charlotte