Jun,1 2024
Dried
Dried stems are the plant for a room that is often empty.
We keep the bunches small so they do not dominate a shelf. One bunch in a narrow vase is the edit. A second bunch belongs in another room, or it starts to look like a store.
The colour is the colour of the dried plant, not a paint. If you want a brighter note, that is a fresh stem for the week, not a dyed grass. We do not sell dyed bunches for that reason.
Dust is the only care, and it is occasional.
A soft brush or a cool hairdryer on the lowest setting, outside, is enough. Water ruins a dried stem. Do not mist it. Do not put it in a bathroom.
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A dried bunch stays when you travel. Keep it out of direct sun.
Sun fades the colour you bought it for.
A north wall or a shelf away from the window keeps the tone for a season. A south sill turns it to straw in a month. That fade is light, not age, and it does not reverse.
Hang a bunch upside down if you are drying your own, in a dark airy room, until the stems snap. The bunches we sell are already at that point. You can put them straight in a dry vase. No water. A vase with a forgotten inch of water moulds the ends.
Handle them once. Dried stems shed when they are moved every day. Choose the shelf and leave them.
When they finally look tired, they have done the season. Replace the bunch. Do not dye it.
Dry, out of the sun, and still. That is the whole note.
A dried bunch is not a fresh flower that failed. It is the version you can leave for a month, including the weeks you are away.