Top 20 DRIED FLOWERS on the Farm

[@kimjapinga6550]

I don’t know, Serina, but you are sounding like team flower. Loved seeing all the possibilities.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Lol, guilty

[@dibamoca9885]

It actually surprised me a bit how vibrant and bright most of the colors still are 💐

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I know, they dried so good! And just from hanging

[@zuzanamickova7742]

Yes, the straw flowers do give me flashbacks of my childhood in the 80's! I love poppy seed heads and have a few in my kitchen from what popped up in the garden. Also, reed seed heads (cigars) are attractive when dry.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I love the reeds, but its one thing I really can't forage in my area, because we have so little wet lands and all those types of things are protected

[@mirjanamilosavljevic4261]

In my mother tongue straw flowers are called dried flower,I used to grow them with my grandma ❤️ I was spending half of the summer holidays in the nearest mountain and used to collect wonderful flowers to dry As for the basil, we are drying it or can buy it at the green market,brownish and smell fantastic 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@alissaeyre8302]

I am so excited to dry more flowers next summer! I think your overalls are so cute, Serina!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks - they are from Duluth, and I love the fit. Hard to find actual women's work wear

[@meirosetiger]

I used peony, hydrangea,dahlia, anemone, bells of Ireland as dried flowers too!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I've seen the bells of Ireland dried and I'm obsessed - I need those next year

[@rachelgalus]

Dried flowers are way better than fake flowers. I really love the sweet Annie

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I agree! I love natural better

[@yellowbeegreen6599]

The blue echinops and cinnamon basil are really cool ones! Also, the grasses seemed so soft and fluffy! 😃

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I love those fluffy grasses

[@highlandwildernessstablean3831]

Great video! I would love to see you make a bouquet and/or a wreath now! You know what I saw the other day (dried) that would make a great dried flower? Artichoke! The flower blossoms do their very best dried upright, not upside down, and WOW. Love your videos Serina! (And Ian of course) Stay warm! When's the seed order unboxing video! Lol. Better get cracking on that one! Penny🇨🇦

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Don't worry, the seeds are starting to roll in, and I still have more shopping to do. Also, I have to rehash the successes of all my experiments from this last year. There are lots of fun new varieties that I'm loving for next year

[@hannahmckinn]

Your excitement for dried flowers is lovely

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

They make me happy

[@dianaestes2700]

I love Gomphrenas. I bought a small plant from a lady who did not know what they were. Since that day I have fell in love with all colors and grow them here in middle Tennessee from seeds I harvested from them. They were the one plant that flourished during our drought. I have a huge amount harvested from Marigolds, Sweet William and Gomps

[@heathercasper5864]

Beautiful. Loved the larkspur! Will you show how you arrange the dried stems without them all snapping in half and disintegrating? I struggle with that.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I wish I had a solution to that, lol. I try and jiggle them apart, but its a struggle

[@GardenTronics]

Surprised to see such an abundance of color this season. 💐💐💐

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's nice to brighten up the winter

[@kathrynweaver2490]

You are shinning with happiness this while video! Can definitely tell you are really passionate about this!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I'm really happy with how the dried has worked out

[@peggyjk]

My mother cut off her fern tops and put them in a vase, they have very unique look, they are brown but very beautiful. I like them!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

So fun! I love the brown dried stuff too, it doesn't have to be bright to be beautiful

[@feudiable]

Your bouquets always look amazing, and I really like what you do with dried flowers! Also can you please encourage girls to get flowers for their boys? As a guy I love flowers but I never get any! I always have to drink the damn wine:D

[@trinhzphotography350]

I used to buy flowers for my EX...he said it was stupid because men don't like getting flowers. Hense, we are no longer together.

[@trinhzphotography350]

I used to buy beautiful flower bouquets for my EX ... He said it was stupid and a waste of money because men don't like getting flowers. Hense, we are no longer together. I'm enjoying my flowers and wine by myself. It's all good.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I agree, gifting flowers doesn't need to be a gendered thing. We have lots of men who buy themselves flowers from.us

[@isobelmunoffilm5694]

😆

[@LadyofRockmart]

Stuff like this is why I love KZbin. Just came across your channel a week ago, and still binge watching. I really enjoy the videos and I'm learning so much

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks so much, and glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. We have been looking back at the summer ones and missing all the growing stuff, lol

[@renatehaeckler9843]

FYI, people sell dried marigolds, cosmos (yellow/orange and pink), calendula, and black hollyhocks for dyeing silk and wool. Some of the other plants you grow are probably useful, too. It's a great way to use up wilted or damaged flowers.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

That's cool! I've used calendula for salves before, but never any dying. Thanks for the info

[@Happy-tc2jt]

Didn't know one could dry cosmos!!!will try this year!!

[@chucknorrisbarbie3043]

The grasses and cinnamon basil are amazing!! All of your dried flowers look really nice. Well done.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I love the fluffy grasses just on their own

[@alissaeyre8302]

My favorites were the ranunculus, larkspur, and snapdragons! Way to go!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We were super happy with the ranunculus. I'll have to do better about storing them next year, because they originally dried so bright

[@45jessiemad]

Wow!! The larkspur is hands down the most vibrant out of all the ones you showed. Can't wait to see how they sell for you.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It really shocked me. I'm growing lots of the blue next year, but even the white is such a nice clean dried colour

[@kelleyspiller5330]

Thanks for encouraging me to think outside the box and experimenting!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

You'd be amazed what work once you try it out

[@aaniaurooj5136]

Oh, dear u are such a hardworking lady, love you

[@tinaholbrook9719]

I adore the grasses and greenery! Cinnamon basil turned out great too! Would have never thought of that one. Great job, Serina!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I'm always surprised by how useful the dried cinnamon basil is

[@ChezGra]

Thank you so much for including the list in the description box. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding the names (english =my second language). Beautiful flowers!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

KZbin does a decent job on the closed captions for our videos. I like to watch with them in when I have the volume low

[@NicolesGardenNS]

Nigella seed pods are great for interest! I haven’t tried drying the actual flowers, maybe next year ☺️

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I have those for next year! I can't wait for fresh and dried

[@NicolesGardenNS]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass they are amazing, you’ll love them! I found that the stems got twisty/tangled together easily so I plan to net them next year.

[@Momcat6]

LOVED seeing this! I used to dry a lot back in the 70's, but dried flowers seemed to go out of style for decades. I'm so happy to see a resurgence. Thanks 'a bunch' for sharing!

[@ytubechannel997]

Really appreciate all the varieties you showed us. Could not believe how bright some of the colors were. Very informative.

[@agitakurcisa3280]

Thank you guys for inspiration on dried flowers. Last spring I planted straw flowers for drying, to bring back childhood memories. The biggest surprise was dried Verbena Bonariensis. It dried fantastically, with the hint of bluish glaze on top and aded a great backbone for my straw flower arrangement in the vase.

[@patty8991]

You should try growing craspedia/drumstick flower next year! They make beautiful, unique dried flowers!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I have some to try next year

[@PrairieJournals]

Inspired now to see what to plant for a dye garden, so THANK YOU. Love that wall, lovely. My favs would be the mints.🇨🇦💖❄️

[@outback8045]

Amazing Love the dried flowers always always look forward to your informative videos! Thanks so much for inspiring me !

[@hajni78]

Hi Serina, have you tried safflower/ carthamus tinctorius? You can use it fresh or dried, with flowers or without. You can use it as green in bouquets. Better if you find a variety with less thorn, but I don’t think it is worse than sea holly. Also frosted explosion grass is a very good dried filler. When we were selling dried flowers 20 years ago, everyone was Wow! What is this? Mind you I am in Central Europe. Also achillea filipendulina is a great dried flower. For interesting bits you could use nigella and scabiosa pods. Limonium tataricum is a good dried flower too.

[@hajni78]

Also linum can be used as dried flower with its seed pods, although they don’t stay green.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks for all the ideas! I'll have to look into the safflower one, I'm not familiar with it. I have lots of new stuff coming for next year though, including the frosted explosion grass

[@hajni78]

Your welcome. Johnny has it - Zanzibar variety. I think the Grenade series is thornless too.

[@ChristinaKatz]

Your color retention is amazing! Way to go. Explosion grass is pretty. Also allium heads are beautiful dried out.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We are very dry here, so things dry very easily. You need to bring humidity down if you are in a humid place to get the bright colours

[@brianawhatley7119]

Thank you for listing all your plants! I am dreaming of my future garden. I want to have things with multiple uses.

[@TocTocTrax]

I really enjoyed watching your upload!! Keep up the excellent work! I'm looking forward to another awesome video!! Take care and stay in touch!! 🌻🙏🌻

[@patz780]

Such a fun video. You have shown that the possibilities are endless. One of my favorites is hydrangea, especially after they turn into their fall colors.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I love dried hydrangeas. I really need to plant a patch of them.

[@barbarafegley5566]

Thank you for covering this topic. Love your dried flowers.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@tarnr5713]

Ooooo good timing! We are in late spring here in NZ so I still have time to sow larkspur and cinnamon basil to try drying - thanks guys :)

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Totally try the larkspur - it needs to be seeded in the cool, and does best direct seeded, but if it's still early enough, it's super easy and prolific

[@observer4292]

This has been so, so helpful for me! Thank you so much! I will be watching this video at least once more to take thorough notes! I am getting married next spring (2024) and I am planning to grow my own flowers! 💐 My bridal bouquet will consist of mostly, if not all fresh flowers, but I decided that my bridesmaids bouquets will almost exclusively use dried flowers. (A bit different, I know!) I believe they’ll be really beautiful and unique once I narrow down my options and make the right selections! I’m growing flowers throughout this entire season to save and store for it! Please wish me well everyone! 🥰🙏 Happy Growing! 🌱

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good luck! I love that idea!

[@observer4292]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass Thank you so much! 🥹🫶

[@BrimwoodFarm]

I am loving that larkspur. I agree - prefer it dried than fresh.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's a little fussy fresh, and I have a hard time blending it with other flowers. But dried, I think it really stands on its own

[@BrimwoodFarm]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass yeah, and I also think the colour seems more washed out in the fresh petals. Looking at it here, the colours seem more vibrant. Going to try it next year!

[@pippenf.5111]

I absolutely love this video . A wealth of information. Thank you so much!

[@fraukeg.facchini2691]

I love your enthusiasm! You are so talented.

[@sharoncalatayud8658]

Larkspur and the oregano! Great surprises! Thank you🙏🏼

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Happy surprises for sure!

[@melissastokes5885]

Each of my two kids teachers got a dried bundle of gomphrena flowers for Christmas. I think I must have had the QIS color blend because there are white, pink and purple colored blooms. I wrapped each bundle in tissue paper to help ensure they made it to the classroom safely. Watching your video made me realize I probably need to think about saving some greenery next year to help fill out the bouquet. :)

[@recusa6519]

Same as you I love them all. Great job. Can’t wait to see a bouquet or two.

[@melissastokes5885]

Oh my unexpected favorite is the millet and grass seed head arrangement. I just love the movement and green color! So modern and fresh for the winter months. I wish I could go pick one up! :)

[@lindajarvis4919]

I think you should make dried flower wall hanging wracks. Just like you are drying them now. Upside down hang them from a tiny branch. You can just also box them up and ship boxes of the fried flowers to crafters. I’m sure people would love to use them for their projects. Maybe you can sell them to florists Enjoy your videos.

[@nicolebracewell]

Beautiful, Love the larkspur.

[@jenylanuza3908]

Lavender is my favourite!

[@halinawiecek2297]

I love watching your videos I learn so mach from you and I love flawers tank you for great videos take care.

[@sandrajohnson9926]

I love the strawflowers. Blue larkspur for color. Seaholly. I can't choose favorite.

[@katyb2793]

Honestly I think the lime millet was my favourite! It's so cute and bouncy and fluffy. I loved this video so much. It was really helpful, but your passion made it interesting :) thank you!!

[@a.p.5429]

Great video. We all need something bright during the dreary winter.

[@isobelmunoffilm5694]

These are astounding!!! Always enjoy your creations and creativity!!

[@joanpeterson542]

I found your video very helpful! I/m just getting started with growing and drying flowers and you gave me a lot of ideas for next year!

[@TomSmithluthier]

Awesome!

[@Citystead]

Those look amazing!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@Mlv2123]

I’ve never tried to dry flowers. I shall try in 2022!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Do it! It's so fun. Even if it's just a few things

[@pamt2446]

Loved this video! I am so surprised how vibrant many of the colours are

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I'm very happy with how well they turned out

[@MeganSherow]

Excited to see all the projects with these amazing dried flowers! the statice is my favorite, so crinkly and such saturated color 🥰

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I live the static!

[@mudokongrl9463]

Thank you for such a great video! Have you considered making the dried flowers into wreaths vs just bouquets? I thought I remember seeing some hanging on the wall in your workshop before but I don't think I've seen you selling them (at least on video!) All the straw flowers were beautiful!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I have plans for this winter. First I'm going to start with Christmas greenery ones, because they are easier, before easing into the fussy dried stuff

[@saminairfan45]

My daughter dried gomphrena flower and I love it

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

They are so bright dried

[@wordvendor1]

I loved the cinnamon basil and statice!!!

[@kellinigh2398]

Loved this vlog. This is a new flower frontier.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's fun to see what is possible with just hanging them to dry

[@gramalaney]

Amazing job on drying everything shared .. beautiful .. I"m in Revelstoke and it's very different than the valley .. but I did dry bunches of a few things .. and I was impressed .. thank you ... I must say for someone that wasn't much into flowers you rock it!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I like the idea of having locally grown all year long with the dried flowers

[@tammycornett5631]

I think the sunflowers are awesome--great job. But the statis ànd strawflowers were beautiful, too!❤️❤️❤️

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

The double, teddy bear style sunflowers looked good too. I found a couple after filming

[@karenh.7086]

The larkspur is gorgeous

[@debraelliott3485]

I also love the Statice. they sure do keep their original color. I never thought about some of the orangie flowers before but, I'll look closer next year. Oh, by the way love seeing your hair down.

[@annekeweide1141]

That larkspur is awesome! This year I had no leftovers at all, but if I have in the future I certainly will try drying them!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

The larkspur is easy to grow too

[@evelinaas]

Make wreaths! Dry flower-wreaths are beautiful!

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

That is so impressive! Apart from growing stuff you guys are brilliant organisers. Thanks for the inspiration. By the way, love the new hair.

[@samanthaw1419]

❤️ Fab update. I agree about the echinopsis, it dried really well for me to. Those snapdragons looked great. I think the gomphrina was my fav. Crocosmia dried really well for me, it multiplies really fast too, I dried some with flowers and some with seed pods. Chives were a winner. Bee balm seed heads dried nicely. Alliums dried nicely, but I think you'd make more money selling those fresh. I din't dry enough filler🙄 but if I didn't watch you, I wouldn't have dried anything, so thank you. Those dried flowers will give you great content all winter and I'm looking forward to that☺️

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I love crocosmia, but I keep killing it, lol. I love its seed heads almost as much as the flower. For filler - I like browns too, and you could probably find stuff still to forage. Or even some green evergreen stuff

[@lorindav5549]

Loved the larkspur! I discovered that if I let mint go through a couple of frosts or so, that when hung to dry, they stay much greener. The way pole lima bean pods curve after the beans are harvested is beyond cool. I cut the vines and brought them inside to harvest the beans, they could certainly go in a bouquet. My MIL's radishes went to seed and the dried pods are very different, definitely could add something unusual to an arrangement. Ivy dries pretty green and does not shrink. The cornflowers I dried are pretty small but still very blue. I agree on trying nigella pods.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks for the tips! I'll have to try that mint one

[@shanlynwebb]

Cool video

[@thenodiggardener]

I have a type of colour blindness. I can see all the colours, kind off, but I don't see them the same way other people do, most especially green, which has caused major issues for me, as an artist. I've wasted huge amounts of paint trying to get greens right. However, Blue is a colour I don't have issues with, so it's a colour spectrum I tend to stick to in my garden, and to that end, I loved the Sea Holly. They also remind me of the allotment I had. When I first got it, and the paddock next door, they were covered in Teasel. The Butterflies loves them, as did the birds, but when dried they are often sprayed to put in winter/holiday arrangements here. They do have a tendency to self seed though, or be spread by birds!

[@cherigreen4471]

I was amazed at at some of things I never thought to dry. I have dried sedum when turns that burgundy color and had great luck with hydrangeas. I loved the larkspur, so beautiful! By the way your outfit is super cute on you! 😍

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

My sedum is all dry out in the garden, and I love it. It's one of the few things I didn't try drying inside, and noe I wish I did, lol

[@kobedeister5234]

Thank you for the lovely information.

[@loniker916]

You Can’t Eat the Grass drinking game: take a sip ever time Serena says “abundant!” :)

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

That would be dangerous, lol. Its one of my favorite words

[@CaribouOrange]

Team dark filler flowers and leaves!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Yes!

[@acommongardener2262]

Love all the colors! I’m excited to try new stuff next year. I really love the lambs ear for a pop of green. I’d say gomphrena and amaranth are my favorites.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

That's a fun idea with the lambs ear!

[@ramikhirfan7851]

You definitely have a lot of beautiful dried flowers. They should be charged more because they can stay for a long time ⌛. Good job 👏. Can't wait to see the upcoming arrangements.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It is nice that they last all year

[@pokey3010]

Wow thank you for this I learned a lot never new some of the flowers you showed would dry well. Thank you for the list too! Did you write a book? Thank you so much this was fun!

[@KimberlyDurrMusic]

🌓Omgggg, when I tell you I love anything about flowers, I appreciate you sharing this video, I live on an military base and the city has given permission to gather as much as I love. All kinds of pampas grass, I’m looking into what the other flowers are, so I can stay away from toxic ones, also I pick up almost 200 palms for free someone cut them and put them out on the side of the road. I’m Alabama now but will be moving to Florida soon and I plan on having my own plant nursery/flower farm. I also one of my businesses are event planning and floral designs and I can’t wait to have a larger collection of flowers so I can make more centerpieces for different events. 🤎🤎

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I wish I had pampas here. It sells for like $10 a single stem here, and is hard to find. Such a great boho look though

[@KimberlyDurrMusic]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass I’m about to Dm you and let’s chat, Maybe we can work something out. 🤎

[@mayfarrah7849]

Ranunculus, oregano, snapdragon 😍😍😍😍😍

[@wendygardener2316]

Great ideas!

[@bohemiangardensandgourdfar8812]

Larkspur is by far my favorite, but of course I love all the others too. Beautiful job preserving all your gorgeous blooms. You should do decoupage with some pressed ones, it's cheap and easy to do and would preserve them for even longer. I use mod podge and a paint brush, but good old Elmer's glue does just as well. I put them on dried gourds but you can put them on anything, gift boxes, pieces of natural wood to hang on wall etc., But you're very creative so whatever you do with them they'll be beautiful.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

That's a fun idea! I should try pressing some next year

[@gardenfunwithjane4897]

I'm just learning to infuse oils with dried calendula and lavender to make salves and balms. I bet you could do that with a lot of dried herbs too. Love the hair by the way

[@gardenfunwithjane4897]

Oh and dried chamomile would work wonderful also

[@wickedsourmainesourdoughsh2781]

Girl, one word for you when it comes to GORGEOUS dried bright green and blue-green fillers: KALE Yes, really. And there are so very many different ones.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I have a few stems that got left and dried, and I totally agree! They dried perfectly! I'm interested in experimenting more next year

[@wickedsourmainesourdoughsh2781]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass, I’d highly recommend trying “Bear Necessities Kale”. It’s like a hairy kale and if you leave it for a hard frost, it gets deeper green with purple. Summer picked is rich green too but after a nice a hard frost it’s just mindblowingly gorgeous.

[@lynhodge8685]

Beautiful

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Those look amazing! I don't really care for the zinnias, Sunflowers or ranunculus dried, but I think it's because their shape is lost & that's one of my favorite things about them! But everything else is stunning! You inspired me to try my hand at drying some flowers. I didn't get around to planting a ton of things to dry, but I did dry some starflower, Nigella, ammobium, & a couple other things & they turned out amazing!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We tried ammobium too this year, and I liked it. But it died from the heat wave and I only got 1 pick off it

[@ElderandOakFarm]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass same here!

[@Fabdanc]

Do you think that with dried flower arrangements there might be a reverse in what flower plays the starring role versus fresh? It seems like some of the fillers for fresh flowers actually look better dried than some of the flowers that were the stars as fresh cut. Be very interesting to see if some of those fillers gain more value as dried than they do fresh.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I can totally see that. I think you need to think about the dried flowers differently then the fresh

[@repurposedart9897]

Statice are my favorite dried flowers

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I love all the colours.

[@paulineewert7492]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@flowertips3752]

Full color ⚘❤🍀🍃🌿 very very beautiful

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@Lea_1113]

Love them all but the Lime Millet looks great. Have to see if that grown in Australia (I know we grow millet so hopefully)

[@pinoygoldandsilverjewelrie9534]

Next video please - dried flowers arranged in bouquets 💐

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We definitely have some planned

[@Happy-tc2jt]

Thank you!!!!great show!!!

[@whitneybrown4670]

I'm going to to try lespadeza (not sure how to spell it). But it already grows on our property and I absolutely love using it as a filler for greenery fresh, so I'm going to experiment on drying it

[@jenna4649]

Echinops I am so jealous!!! Mine were such a flop this year....and I love them too!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Mine didn't produce much, but they were just babies. So I'm hoping they are larger and stronger next year

[@drekfletch]

I'm a fan of Echinops and Eryngium. My grandmother always had them in the summer. Next year, snapdragons have a very interesting seed pod. To me it looks like and elf-head. Three holes on the pod, and with the stamen being the nose. Also of interesting texture are daylily stems.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Those are some fun ideas!