Plant List for Everlastings

The flowers and herbs listed were selected for hardiness, ease in growing and productivity. All air-dry easily and some double as cut flowers or ornamentals in the landscape.

Most herbs dry well and are attractive as well. Those listed were found most useful in design. As your interest grows, you will find others.

In harvesting these flowers, timing is crucial. Most must be picked before fully opened. Never pick when damp with dew or after a rain.

Always find time to enjoy their particular beauty.

Flowers for Drying

Annuals:

Amaranthus caudatus - Love-lies-Bleeding
 
Ammobium alatum - Winged Everlasting
 
Carthamus tinctorius - Safflower
 
Celosia cristata - Crested cockscomb
 
Celosia plumosa - Plumed Cockscomb
 
Delphinium ajacis (Consolida ambigua) - Larkspur
 
Gomphrena globosa - Globe Amaranth
 
Helichrysum roseum bracteatum - Strawflower
 
Helipterum roseum (Acrolinium roseum) - Acrolinium
 
Limonium sinuatum - Annual Statice
 
Limonium Suworowii - Rat-Tail Statice
 
Lonas indora (Lonas annua) - Yellow Ageratum
 
Molluccella laevis - Bells of Ireland
 
Nigella damascera - Love-In-A-Mist
 
Salvia farinacea - Perennial Salvia, Victoria
 
Scabiosa stellata - Starflower
 
Xeranthemum annuum - Immortelle

Perennials:

Anaphalis sp. - Pearly Everlasting
 
Catanache caerulea - Cupid's Dart
 
Ecninops ritro - Globe Thistle
 
Eryngium bourgatii - Blue Sea Holly
 
Gypsophila paniculata - Baby's Breath
 
Hydrangea paniculata cv. 'Grandiflora' - Nikko Blue, Peegee Hydrangea
 
Liatris spicata - Gay Feathers
 
Lunaria biennis (Lunaria annua) - Money Plant (Biennial)
 
Physalis alkekengi - Chinese Lantern

Herbs for Drying:

Achillea sp. - Yarrow
 
Achillea filipendulina - Coronation Gold
 
Achillea millefolium - Cerise Queen
 
Achillea ptarmica - The Pearl, Sneezewort
 
Achillea taygatea - Moonshine
 
Alchemilla mollis (Alchemilla vulgaris) - Lady's Mantle
 
Artemisia absinthium - Common Wormwood
 
Artemisia ludoviciana - Silver King, Silver Queen
 
Hyssouspus offinalis - Hyssop
 
Lavandula angustifolia - English Lavender
 
Origanum vulgare - Wild Marjoram
 
Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy

4/91 Compiled by: Irene Moran, Master Gardener - Suffolk County