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Gardeners and decorators prize dried flowers for their beauty, which can last year-round indoors. And hydrangeas make especially beautiful home accents.
Follow these simple steps for bodacious dried blooms to use as fall and winter decorations throughout the house:
– Harvest the heads when flowers have matured and developed a papery consistency.
– Remove leaves from stems and hang upside down in a warm, dry, dark, airy room.
– When completely dry (usually a couple of weeks), store in a dry location out of direct sunlight.
– To enhance flower color, spritz dry flowers with diluted Rit dye.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Kris Karnopp (kkarnopp@tribune.com)
