Bring the outdoors in with Everlasting flowers

EVERLASTING flowers had developed a dusty, fusty, oldfashioned image, but in recent years a new generation of florists and British flower growers have rediscovered these plants and what they have to offer. Brides are choosing dried gypsophila, larkspur and achillea for their wedding bouquets; social media platform Instagram is awash with arrangements made from dried blooms; and the artist Rebecca Louise Law creates installations for international exhibitions using these flowers.

Categorised by their papery, petallike bracts, the joy of everlastings is that, once they’re picked and dried, their beauty continues long beyond their time in the garden. As other flowers