Slowly stir table salt into the water until no more salt will dissolve. Let the mixture cool, then fill and cap the bottle. Drying flowers Beautiful flowers are one of the best things about summer. By drying them, you can enjoy their beauty all year long. Native flowers and grasses also dry and preserve easily.
Air drying is the easiest way to preserve flowers.
Harvest the blooms just before they reach full maturity. Remove the leaves, fasten the stems together with string or rubber bands and hang the bunches upside-down in a warm, dry and dark place until they have completely dried. An attic, closet or pantry is a good place for drying. After the flowers have thoroughly dried, they are ready to arrange and display. If any of the stems are weak, push a piece of florist's wire up through the flower head, bending the top of the wire over to anchor it, then run the wire down along the stem and wrap the stem and wire together with florist's tape.