Drying and preserving flowers for decorative use

摘要

Fresh cut flowers are beautiful. Most people do not know of how to preserve their flowers. The best way to preserve flowers depends on the decision to either keep them fresh a week or so longer or to preserve them for life. Because of senescence phenomenon in cut flowers, which colour fading is prominent. Several attempts to preserve the colours of nature have been made but in vain. As an alternative, some success is achieved by drying of flowers which preserve the colours and is in practice for quite some time. This is done with a view to the sparse winter months, when flowers are scarce and expensive. Drying flowers is an age-old technique used to preserve flowers fresh from the garden. There are several different ways to dry and preserve flowersand no one way is the best, but the goal is simply to remove moisture from the flowers while maintaining the beauty. So, no matter which method you choose for drying and preserving those garden fresh flowers, you will be able to enjoy flowers for a longtime.