Prepping the Hydrangea Blossoms for Drying
The water drying method helps hydrangeas retain their color while drying,
and stay attractive for months.
It sounds counter-intuitive to dry flowers with water,
but allowing the hydrangea flowers to desiccate slowly
helps them hold both their color and their shape.
Even the stems seem sturdier when dried this way.
The first step is to cut each flower with a 12 to 18-inch stem attached.
The length is for ease of handling, it's not a science.
Then, remove all the leaves from the stems.
準備繡球花
水式乾燥法可以讓繡球花在乾燥過程中保持顏色,並且能維持數月迷人的風采.
或許用水去乾燥繡球花聽起來很矛盾,但如此一來可以讓繡球花緩慢乾燥,
藉此維持顏色和花形,即便花莖看起來比較堅硬.
第一步就是將每枝繡球花留有12-18英寸的莖並剪下,這不是在做實驗喔!
只是方便拿每枝花.然後莖上所有的葉子.
counter-intuitive 和預期相反的 矛盾的 不如預期的
desiccate 乾燥 弄乾