Strawflower seeds — papery everlastings
Strawflowers are the best-loved of all everlastings — stiff, papery, daisy-like blooms in glowing reds, oranges, golds, pinks and whites that look and feel dried even while growing, and last for months once cut. They are a cornerstone of our dried flower seed range, also listed botanically as helichrysum. New to flowers? Our flower growing guide gets you started.
No flower rewards a cutting patch like the strawflower — the calendar shows when to sow.
The cut-and-dry favourite
Equally good fresh in the vase or hung to dry, strawflowers bridge our cut flowers and dried flowers, holding colour all winter. For the botany behind them, see Helichrysum bracteatum.
Growing strawflowers from seed
Sow under cover in spring, barely covering the seed, and keep it warm to germinate. Plant out after frost into full sun and free-draining soil. Pick the blooms just as they open for the best drying colour — the more you cut, the more buds the plants produce, right up to autumn.
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Cos'è il fiore di carta?È il popolare semprevivo (botanicamente elicriso), con fiori rigidi, cartacei e simili alla margherita, che risultano secchi al tatto già sulla pianta.
Come si essiccano i fiori di carta?Taglia i fiori non appena si aprono e appendili a testa in giù in un luogo asciutto e arieggiato per preservarne il colore.
Quando devo seminare i semi di fiore di carta?Semina al coperto in primavera e metti le piante a dimora dopo l'ultima gelata. Consulta il nostro
calendario di semina dei fiori per i tempi precisi.
I fiori di carta continuano a fiorire se li taglio?Sì — più tagli, più boccioli producono le piante, fino all'autunno.