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CD asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 9 years ago

Best way to keep roses with pedals still attached?

I went to my uncles funeral and my family grabbed some roses and we want to keep them but not in watr. Cuz they will eventually die but the pedals will fall off. So what is a good way to keep the roses but with the pedals. Thanks:)

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  • 9 years ago
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    Hang them upside down an let them dry out and keep them somewhere safe. Or some people

    freeze-dry and place them in a glass or plastic display case. There are videos about it online.

  • 9 years ago

    Arrange the roses into a bouquet, holding them at the stem.

    Turn them upside down. The flower part will be toward the floor.

    Put a rubber band around the base of the stems.

    Hang the flowers upside down from the rubber band and they will dry as a bouquet.

    It will take a few weeks for the flowers to fully dry.

    **You cannot arrange the flowers after they are dried because they will crack apart.**

    When they are fully dried, you can display them as a dried arrangement in a vase. They will last for years! I have done this MANY times to preserve a Valentines Day or birthday arrangement. I still have dried roses from my daughters wedding 7 years ago!

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