Or, in polite circles, “preserved.” Ordinary dried flowers lose all their liquid, hence the inevitable browning. When preserving botanicals, however, producers essentially replace their natural sap with conservation liquid (often plant-based), so they keep their appearance and some scent. Since they’re “as dead as dead can be dead,” as New York Botanical Garden associate curator Kenneth Karol put it, you can’t kill them, an oddly life-affirming upshot. Here, five preserved options, with styling advice from pros. Simplest ShrubThe...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 22, 2019 19:41 UTC