This time of year, as leaves change color and three major holidays quickly approach, many people want to know how to dry flowers. Microwaving is a quick, easy way to dry many flowers and foliage.
Foliage can also add color.
At this time you can collect beech, black locust, cherry, laurel, eucalyptus, honey locust, maple and oak leaves. These dry well in the microwave if you use the following directions for flowers, but microwave them for a shorter time. For microwave drying, select flowers just before they are fully opened. Fully opened flowers will often lose their petals after this type of drying. During drying, the flowers must be supported so that they dry in their normal form.