The Gardener Magazine

Dried Seedheads & Pods

It makes sense to use what you can from your garden in your home like we cut fresh flowers for a vase. Seedheads can be very architectural and dried out for use in arrangements when fresh flowers are limited in the garden. Many iconic shapes are well known and sought after by flower arrangers that we can grow in our gardens and reap the benefits of their winter look. Some can even be dyed or painted for an extra modern look. These are my favourite dozen:

Poppies

Poppies of the oriental

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