How do i preserve a flower?

i heard you could hand it upside down a a cold place and spray it with hair spray. ihave two different kinds of flowers i want to save. Ones a rose and the other like different colored daisys but im only picking one. So i have 2 different flowers and how do i keep the safe and fovever. im proboly going to put them in a shadow box. I got the roses today and the daisys thursday. they were from a play. Please help me thank you sooo much|||The best way to preserve flowers is to put them in silica. Most craft stores and garden centers have it.


They will last far longer if the moisture is removed faster and thats what the silica does. Also it can be reused.


Ever see those little packets in the bottom of over counter drugs, it%26#039; s the same stuff. Like in the link below


http://www.silicagelonline.com/index.htm...


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http://www.activaproducts.com/products/f...





Silica Gel 鈥?Flower Drying Art


Michaels.com


http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displ...|||Hang them in a cool dark place for about a week. After they sufficiantly dry out, spray them with a clear coat of aerosol polyurethane (available at most department and hardware stores.) This should keep them for many years.|||If you have to choose one, choose the rose. They will dry much better than a daisy will. Daisies have only ONE row of petals and these petals will deteriorate more easily and quickly because of the petals. Hang the rose upside down in a fairly dry place (laundry room is good or even a bedroom, just not a bathroom or anywhere humid). Keep in mind this will NOT keep %26quot;forever%26quot;. It will keep for a few years but not a lifetime.|||I%26#039;ve heard that if you shout at it and call it a bad boy, it will run away.





Are you a bad boy?