{"id":308197,"date":"2010-02-11T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T20:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/greenpicks\/270\/how-to-dry-roses.html"},"modified":"2010-02-11T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T20:37:55","slug":"how-to-dry-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/308197","title":{"rendered":"How to dry roses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 8px\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dried roses\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/a323.yahoofs.com\/ymg\/greenpicks__2\/greenpicks-102963424-1265919349.jpg?ym2lfqCD.HiW7iye\" width=\"146\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/><em>(Photo: Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Want to keep that romantic red <a href=\"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/greenpicks\/110\/how-green-do-those-roses-grow.html\">rose<\/a><br \/>\naround a little longer? Whether they&#8217;re from Valentine&#8217;s Day or another special<br \/>\noccasion, roses can last beyond their first bloom with a bit of extra care. You<br \/>\ncan dry out the flowers and display them or use them in craft projects for<br \/>\nmemories that live on.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Fresh<br \/>\n     roses <\/li>\n<li>Push-pins\n     <\/li>\n<li>Rubber<br \/>\n     bands or string <\/li>\n<li>Aerosol<br \/>\n     hair spray <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The key is to start before the heads of the roses begin to droop and<br \/>\nbefore the flowers have lost any petals. This ensures a strong stem, a firm and full flower, and the most vibrant color once dry. <\/p>\n<p>If the flowers have been<br \/>\nin water, dry the stems, and remove leaves from the stems. Take two or three roses<br \/>\nand gently twist a rubber band or string around the bunch near the bottom of<br \/>\nthe stems to hold them together. <\/p>\n<p>Secure a push-pin into a shelf, wall, door frame, closet, or other<br \/>\narea to hang that is away from people and pets. You want to hang the roses<br \/>\nwhere they will get air circulation but not face a window (so they don&#8217;t<br \/>\nfade or become too brittle). Hook or tie the loose end of the rubber band \/<br \/>\nstring to the push-pin.<\/p>\n<p>It will take about two weeks for the roses to completely<br \/>\ndry. Then you can lightly spray each flower with hair spray to keep them from<br \/>\nfalling apart as quickly (though they will always be fragile).<\/p>\n<p>Blooms will shrink and change color when they dry. Red roses<br \/>\ncan turn very dark burgundy, almost black. White roses become a lovely<br \/>\nparchment color. Pink roses tend to become a deep blush or peach. Yellow roses<br \/>\nmay turn a brown or orange shade. Purple roses can go blush or brown,<br \/>\ndepending on how dark they started.<\/p>\n<p>Long-stem dried roses look elegant in vases and<br \/>\narrangements, or you can hot-glue dried blossoms onto wreaths and seasonal<br \/>\ndecorations. Fill a glass bowl with a mix of dried roses for a romantic<br \/>\ncenterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to dry a fully opened blossom, try<br \/>\nusing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.save-on-crafts.com\/dryingroses.html\">silica<br \/>\ngel<\/a>. This product is available at craft stores and can be dangerous around<br \/>\nchildren and pets. Make sure to follow the manufacturer&#8217;s instructions. You&#8217;ll<br \/>\nalso have to snip the roses sooner.<\/p>\n<p>Have the petals already begun to fall? You can still<br \/>\npreserve the flower by pressing it or at least pressing a few petals. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.preservedgardens.com\/rose.htm\">site has easy instructions<\/a><br \/>\nfor making a flower press out of cardboard, paper towels, and coffee<br \/>\nfilters. You can use pressed roses and petals in scrapbooks and other art projects.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out Yahoo! Green on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooGreen\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yahoogreen\"> Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo: Getty Images) Want to keep that romantic red rose around a little longer? Whether they&#8217;re from Valentine&#8217;s Day or another special occasion, roses can last beyond their first bloom with a bit of extra care. You can dry out the flowers and display them or use them in craft projects for memories that live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5640,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}