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Lavender Dried Flowers
The dried flowers can be added to pot
pourri, sleep pillows and scented sachets; they can also be added to herbal
tisanes and infusions. Whole flowers can be used to flavour cakes, biscuits,
desserts, and savoury dishes. A decoction of the flowers can be added to
lotions and creams for the skin, and shampoos for the hair. An infusion can be
added to washing water for floors and surfaces; it can also be used as a
fragrant rinse for the hair. Lavender flowers can also be added to bath tea
blends, facial scrubs, soaps, face masks, foot powders and bath salts.
Hibiscus Flower
The dried flowers can be used to add
flavour and natural colour to herbal teas; they can also be turned into syrup,
jam, jelly and alcoholic beverages. The petals can be used to obtain a yellow
dye.
Red Rose Petals
Our Rose Petals can be put to many
different uses but our favourite has to be using them as an eco-friendly
confetto for weddings; associated with love and luck, you'd be showering the
newlyweds with more than just petals. Add our dried rose petals to pot pourri,
sleep pillows and scented sachets for a soft, floral aroma or to herbal tisanes
& infusions, bath tea blends, soaps and face masks. Crush them and blend
with culinary spices to add a Middle Eastern influence to your dishes (just be
sure to cook the blend thoroughly before consumption).
Chamomile Flower
The flowers are used to make a hair
rinse to lighten blonde hair, they can also be added to a facial steam to help
cleanse the skin of impurities. When added to other herbs such as Lavender and
Hops you can make soothing sleep pillows. Chamomile tea is the perfect end to
the day, sweetened with a little honey it can help to aid sleep. A lotion made
from the flowers makes an excellent after sun lotion.
Heather Flowers (Scottish Heather):
The dried heather flowers can be added
to pot pourri to add a bright splash of bright colour and to decorative papers
and to decorate soaps and cosmetics. Use on their own as a natural alternative
to confetti, or mix with rose petals, lavender buds and cornflower petals. A
decoction of the flowers can be added to lotions, creams and salves for the
skin where an antiseptic action is required. Flowers can also be used in a
poultice to ease chilblains.
Elderflower
The flowers of the elder are borne in
clusters approximately 10–25 cm in diameter they are creamy white in colour and
give off a characteristic odour, which some people say smells ‘catty’. The
individual flowers in the cluster are between 5–6 mm in diameter, with five
petals. The dried flowers can be used to make sweet syrups or to flavour
jellies and ice-creams. Cooked with goose berries or rhubarb they add a Muscat
flavour to the finished dish. Add to syrups, cordials and vinegars to be used
as soothing rob and drinks during the winter months.
Jasmine Flower
Known as “The Queen of the Flowers” in
central and east Asia, the Jasmine flower is well renowned as a fashion item.
Yet, the herb has several other uses, the fragrant plant has been used in
perfumes, oils and candles and also boasts health benefits. Many parts of Asia
use this plant as a natural cure for anxiety, stress and insomnia.
Hops Flower
Hops are potent medicinal herb highly
valued for its relaxing effect on the nervous system. It is one of best remedy
for insomnia. It is especially useful for hypertension and eases tension and
anxiety in men, as well decreasing excessive sexual desire. Hops are one of the
most potent bitters and are excellent as a digestive bitter. It's also useful
for indigestion due to nervous energy and anxiety. Pour hot water over 1-2
teaspoons of hops, allow the tea to steep for 10 min and then strain. The
flowers can also be used to make paper and as a dye giving shades of brown.
Marigold Flower
They have been used to colour cheese
and butter. Petals can pinch hit for oh-so-expensive saffron in casseroles and
bread adding a unique, subtle flavour to these dishes, they don’t have the same
flavour characteristic of saffron, but do impart a tangy taste of their own.
Stir-fried alone or with vegetables the petals add zip to any meal. They're
also colourful and tasty in rice, soups, stews or when sprinkled on
salads. They are used in Pot Pourri to skin lotions to soothe the skin and
they can also be used to obtain a yellow dye for wool and fabric.
Sunflower
Sunflower petals were used as herbal
teas in Iranian and Chinese ancient medicine to heal wounds,
accelerate childbirth, lower blood pressure and strengthen the stomach.
They also believed to have potent health benefits on reducing inflammation especially
in the throat, windpipes, and tonsils. In addition, it can be used by people
who experience sleep disorders such as insomnia and improve sleep quality.
Store in dry place away from sunlight.
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Saturdays. They will aim to normally get delivered within 3-5 working days,
however Royal Mail can sometimes take longer for delivery.
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Monday, Boxing Day, etc, this duration can go up to 10 working days. Please be
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