Dumfries and Galloway

Near Dumfries

~10 miles Lockerbie (0)
~12 miles Dalbeattie (0)
~13 miles Thornhill (0)
~14 miles Annan (0)
~15 miles Castle Douglas (0)
~16 miles Wigton (0)
~19 miles Moffat (0)
~21 miles Gretna (0)
~23 miles Kirkcudbright (0)
~24 miles Sanquhar (0)
~24 miles Langholm (0)
The way to spice bouquets of dried flowers In addition to our own dry bouquets, perfectly prove themselves all kinds of decorative twigs with foliage, fruits or interesting patterns. This type of vegetable preferably maintains an aqueous solution of glycerol. In hot water, dissolve the glycerol in the ratio 1: 1 or 2: 1, the fluid then cool it towards the cold insert, and the depth of branches approx. 5-7 cm. After approx. 3-6 weeks (determined by species), remove the remaining smooth, and the plants put to dry in writing or newspaper. Such a plant gets soft, waxy appearance, it is quite flexible and isn't going to break. It is also much better to clean from dust, using a damp cloth. This method has some sort of drawback, however, glycerin causes the decomposition of chlorophyll, so leaves exposed to sunlight will change color to dirty yellow. In order to retain a good color to the solution we add a certain amount of dye to dye plants (offered by good garden centers) or ink, eg. In green. Glycerine best to maintain a stem with foliage or fruits and grasses: ivy, Barberry, cyprus, boxwood, maple, privet, sea buckthorn, old man. To best use the new plant or basic aniline chemical dyes, which are well assimilated. Staining lasts approx. 15 minutes. A wonderful addition in order to any composition with dried flowers, are twigs with fruit like rowan, Ghostlight or wild went up by (naturally harvested, dried or preserved glycerine). A similar role can be played by seed heads tomatillo, poppies and cumin, as well as colourful twig dogwoods (yellow and red) or interesting shoots of broom. Also, do not forget the cones, which are extremely with dignity, and sometimes they can be utilized together with an olive (larch).