Below is a list of everlasting flowers and the optimum time to harvest the flowers. For more information on everlasting flowers see Pm-1298, Growing and drying everlasting flowers . Harvest plumed celosia when the blooms are bright and nearly fully opened. Harvest crested celosia when the seeds begin to form just below the comb. Pick when only a row or two of outside bracts are opened and before the center opens.
Annual statice is the most used of all everlastings.
Pick as buds begin to open because they open further while drying. Tie stems together and hang upside down. Blue Salvia - Pick the spikes when the florets are fully open and the calyx is bright blue. Tie stems together and hang upside down to dry. Scabosia - The ornamental part of the plant is the pod that remains after the flowers fade.