Grow These For Beautiful Dried Flowers! 🌸 Organizing Dried Flowers From My Garden

[@MarianneHuff]

I watched this twice and I will try to grow more flowers to dry. Just gorgeous!

[@growwithhan]

Your videos are seriously getting me through winter. You are so dang consistent and I thank you!! 👏🏼 🌸

[@ChicagoGardener]

I am so glad to hear that! That makes me so happy.

[@carollewinson1555]

That’s a stunning display! So very beautiful!

[@RomanticizeReality]

The brass item you held up and thought was for pouring looks like a coal scuttle! And I am so jealous! It's gorgeous! I am so jealous of your beautiful rainbow array under the table! How lovely to enjoy all winter long!

[@ChicagoGardener]

It makes getting through the winter here much easier being surrounded by flowers!

[@RomanticizeReality]

@@ChicagoGardener I hear that! I'm not far from you in Iowa (3 hours). We just moved here a year ago, so the garden is slowly coming together, but I am hoping our flowers come in beautifully this Spring and Summer so I can enjoy some next Winter too!

[@sandychristiansen1749]

So glad this video showed up in my feed. Loved the many uses of the same flowers - the tree and then decorating with them and then the wreath idea. I will definitely be checking out more of your videos.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!!!

[@mimi03231]

Love love love how this looks! Ok next year I am drying more flowers….

[@ChicagoGardener]

Definitely try some statice and gomphrena!

[@tmbrye2]

So so pretty! Such a cheery sight!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! They really brighten up the winter months.

[@MartinHouseFlowers]

So beautiful & inspirational Bethany!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!

[@grisespino5342]

Great idea! Looks so pretty. Your tree was stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@yesidtac7863]

Todo muy bien organizado

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@cindyjensen1024]

I have grown the China asters mix and was never impressed. When I saw your varieties, I had to try them this year. They were so beautiful!

[@ChicagoGardener]

That makes me so happy to hear!! I was the exact same way. I didn’t think I liked them when I tried a mix but love them now.

[@melissaford7624]

Your display is beautiful & inspiring. You were able to enjoy your flowers fresh, dried in your tree, & now through the winter in your home. Great job!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! I love that I’m still benefiting from my garden even in the middle of winter.

[@gardentours]

Your Christmas 🎄 tree is beautiful and the way you're storing your dried flowers is very decorative 👍My cats loved to jump into the Christmas tree 🎄🐈 it was always a big mess and all those Christmas balls were destroyed. That would not have happened with dried flowers unless I would have taken catnip 😉 Happy New Year 🎉🎆🎊 and all the best for 2025 🎇

[@ChicagoGardener]

Happy New Year to you too!!!

[@SnappyR]

Drying flowers is my new joy! My successes this year were celosia, gomphrena, statice and russian statice, but the russian statice didn't hold the color very long - and I tried to dry perennial aster but the tiny hot pink flowers literally folded inward, but I was still left with beautifully textured stems with tiny purple dots on the end. Strawberry Fields Gomphrena is my current favorite. I love all your dried flowers - I can never get my Yarrow to dry though.....

[@ChicagoGardener]

I need to add more strawberry fields this year, I really missed having red dried flowers

[@yari2705]

My cats don’t bother plants either! Maybe they know the plants belong to us because we’re always playing with them so the respect the? Your theory made a lot of sense but I did adopt an older cat and she doesn’t bother them either. BTW….that display is so beautiful you gave me some great inspiration! ❤

[@ChicagoGardener]

It’s just so funny bc my cats will literally get into anything else in the house 🤣

[@mycraftroom6872]

It looks so cute!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@BarbaraNeugent]

Beautiful display and organization. I think I will do a dried flower tree next year but outside. I can enjoy the beauty and the birds can enjoy the flowers. I love how creative you get to have a beautiful garden in your limited space

[@ChicagoGardener]

Omg okay now I want to do one outside next year too!!!

[@thefancygarden5099]

I love this so much!!!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!!

[@maryannp8400]

i loved your tree! it inspired me to grow more flowers to dry. i ordered a bunch of statice and strawflower seeds. i also am going to try some bunny tails. i can't wait to see what you do with the dried and pressed flowers now.

[@ChicagoGardener]

You just reminded me I need to get some strawflower seeds!

[@deshgouri]

Absolutely loved your Christmas tree! ❤so gorgeous! ❤ I love statice too. I grew the pastel mix and have harvested an insane amount of stems off of just 11 plants. I agree that statice plants look so bad! 😅 I grew all 11 plants in a single large (15") terracotta container and I think it worked beautifully.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I think I’m going to try that, all in one container, because it looked like a hole in my border when it wasn’t flowering 🤣

[@ilonagardens]

this Christmas tree made of dried flowers was beautiful, it's a pity that Christmas is already over ❤

[@ChicagoGardener]

It always goes by too quickly!

[@flowerpixel]

Hot cool tone makes sense to me. That's so cool you like statice! It's such an elegant shape. I'm obsessed with dwarf hydrangeas too

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m glad you understood what I meant 😆 Dwarf hydrangeas have become an addiction now. I always loved them but didn’t think I could grow them on a deck.

[@itingzailenring1434]

Unique and beautiful ❤❤❤❤

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@courtneycullen6289]

If you find safflower anywhere (i'm seeing it at Trader Joes), it dries really beautifully and maintains a vibrant orange center.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! I’ll be on the lookout for it.

[@newt52864]

That looks so pretty ! where did you get that amazing table ?🤩

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you! It’s actually a kitchen island from Anthropologie! The don’t carry it anymore but I also found a lot I liked on Wayfair. I found searching for “kitchen island” or “work table” got me results closer to what I was looking for than just “table.”

[@newt52864]

@@ChicagoGardener Thank you :)

[@karenneese5820]

I can't figure out my statice this year. It grew but as it started to bloom the flowers immediately turned brown? The vintage bucket you have is called a scuttle bucket. I believe it was used for coal. Love the dried florals in the pots!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you for telling me what the bucket is!! I’ve never had that happen to my statice. What variety was it?

[@karenneese5820]

@ChicagoGardener I think it was called heavenly blue but was actually more purple. Not sure of its botanical name.

[@doowopshopgal]

God bless your creativity. Now that you have a lot of dried flowers are you able to save some of those seeds or are they not viable? Happy new year.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Omg I had so many seeds fall on the floor! I scooped them up into a pouch and hope they’ll germinate 🤞

[@kittybaumont2749]

hi your antique container is a coal bucket ;)

[@ChicagoGardener]

That makes so much sense, thank you!!

[@nickirios8647]

The vase looks like it might have been a urinal. I have no idea really, but that's my best guess. 😂

[@ChicagoGardener]

Omg now I kind of hope I have an antique urinal 🤣