Eucalyptus spp.
Dried and preserved
Cut, dried,
Cut, dried,
and kept
Everything on this table was grown, cut and dried. Eucalyptus for a shower arm, lavender by the bundle, willow for a tall vase, and petals loose in a bag for the ninety seconds outside a church door. Nothing here is silk, and none of it is permanent, which is most of the point.
22Bundles on the table
3Families
4.08Average of 18,708 ratings
Plate IEucalyptus spp.preserved, seventeen inches, tied to the arm
Note
What holds this table together
Three rules hold this catalogue together. Everything is a real plant. Everything is counted, and the count is on the label rather than in an adjective. And nothing is sold on a promise about your sleep, your stress or your air, because the evidence for those promises is thin and we would rather say so than print it over a photograph.
Real plants, not silk
Everything here was grown, cut and dried. Nothing on this site is fabric or plastic.
Sold by the stem
Every bundle is counted, and the count is on the label. A bunch is a number, not an adjective.
No claims we cannot keep
Dried plants look good and smell faintly of themselves. We do not tell you what they will do to your sleep or your air.
Plate II
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus spp.Silver dollar and true blue stems, cut and preserved with the leaf still supple. Sold in bunches from eleven stems to forty one, and the number on the label is the number in the bag.
9 in this family · $9.59 to $23.99
Eucalyptus spp.
Eucalyptus spp.
Dried Eucalyptus Stems Shower Bundle, 30 Pcs,Real Eucalyptus Plant
30 pieces $15.994.2·2,269 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Blue Green Dried Eucalyptus Stems for Shower and Decor
17 pieces · 17 in $16.994.0·2,245 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Real Dried Eucalyptus Stem for Shower & Bathroom Decor
11 pieces $9.594.0·2,245 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Preserved Dried Eucalyptus Stems for Shower Hanging
24 pieces · 17 in $15.994.0·2,245 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Preserved Dried Eucalyptus Stems for Shower Hanging
41 pieces · 17 in $23.994.0·2,245 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Dried Eucalyptus Stems & Lavender Flowers for Shower & Decor
115 pieces · 17 in $16.994.0·1,099 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Dried Eucalyptus Stems & Lavender Flowers for Shower & Decor
80 pieces · 17 in $13.994.0·1,099 Order
Eucalyptus spp.
Dried Eucalyptus Stems & Lavender Flowers for Shower & Decor
68 pieces · 17 in $11.994.0·1,099 Order
Plate III
Dried flowers
Lavandula · Gypsophila · RosaLavender in the bundle, baby’s breath by the armful, and rose and jasmine petals loose in the bag. The petals are sold by the handful because that is how they are thrown.
7 in this family · $11.99 to $29.99
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Dried Purple Lavender Flowers Bundle, Dried Lavender Bouquet
250 pieces $11.994.2·177 Order
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Dried Rose Flower Petals 4oz Confetti for Wedding Decor
20 cups · 4 oz $16.994.6·153 Order
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Real Dried Rose Flower Petals Confetti, Dried Mix Red Rose Begonia
50 packs $27.994.7·147 Order
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Mix Flower Confetti, Dried Flower Petals, Real Rose Petals
52 packs $29.994.7·146 Order
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Large Dried Babys Breath Flowers Bouquet, 7.1 oz Cream White Flowers
9,000 pieces · 7.1 oz $19.994.4·80 Order
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Real Flower Petals, Jasmine & Lavender for Weddings & Decor
50 packs $29.994.4·34 Order
Lavandula · Gypsophila · Rosa
Real Flower Petals Confetti, Natural Wedding Confetti Decor
50 packs $27.99 Order
Plate IV
Branches
Salix spp.Pussy willow and snow willow, sixteen to seventeen inches, sold by the stem for a tall vase. Buds hold better on a preserved stem than on a fresh one, though none of them hold forever.
6 in this family · $14.99 to $21.99
Salix spp.
Real Dried Pussywillow Preserved Greenery Branches for Vase
30 stems $17.994.2·380 Order
Salix spp.
Real Dried Pussywillow Preserved Greenery Branches for Vase
20 stems $14.994.0·279 Order
Salix spp.
Real Dried Pussywillow Preserved Greenery Branches for Vase
40 stems $17.994.0·279 Order
Salix spp.
Real Dried PussyWillow Branches for Vase Snow Willow
60 stems $21.994.4·109 Order
Salix spp.
Real Willow Branches Natural White Snow Willow
35 pieces · 16 in $15.994.4·109 Order
Salix spp.
Natural Dried Pussy Willow Branches - 30PCS Willow Twigs for Indoor Decor
30 pieces $15.99 Order
Field notes
Dried, and preserved
Two different processes stand behind the word "dried" on this table, and they behave differently on your shelf.
Air dried means the water left and nothing replaced it. The stem goes light and brittle, the scent stays strong, and a rough hand will shatter a lavender head. Most of the flowers here are dried in that sense, and so are all of the petals.
Preserved means the sap was drawn out and a glycerin solution drawn in while the plant was still taking up liquid. The leaf stays supple instead of going crisp, so a preserved eucalyptus stem bends rather than snaps and survives being tied to a shower arm and moved around. It is also why preserved stems feel faintly cool and are heavier than they look.
Neither process protects anything from light. A preserved stem in a bright window fades exactly as fast as a dried one. And neither wants water: a dried stem in a vase of water rots at the cut end within days, because the stem is no longer alive and the water has nowhere to go.
Plate V
Keeping them
Light · damp · dustThree things end a dried bunch, and they arrive in a fixed order. Light takes the colour, damp takes the structure, and dust makes both look worse than they are. None of the three is reversible, and all three are slow enough that where you put the vase on the first day decides most of the outcome.
| What ends it | How it shows | What to do about it |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Colour goes, purple first, and it does not come back | Off the windowsill and out of the afternoon beam |
| Damp | Stems go soft, then a smell, then grey fuzz | A room that dries out; never a sealed cabinet |
| Dust | Everything looks faded before it is | Cool air from a hairdryer, held well back. Never a damp cloth |
| Water | The cut end rots within days | A dry vase. None of these are alive any more |
Plate VI
Around animals
Toxic · non-toxicTwo of the three plants on this table are listed as toxic to cats, dogs and horses. That is not a footnote we are comfortable leaving to a footnote, so it sits here, in the middle of the catalogue, with the reference beside it.
| Plant | Dogs, cats and horses | Signs given |
|---|---|---|
| Eucalyptus | Toxic. Essential oils, eucalyptol | Salivation, vomiting, diarrhoea, depression, weakness |
| Lavender | Toxic. Linalool, linalyl acetate | Nausea, vomiting (not in horses), loss of appetite |
| Rose | Non-toxic | None listed |
A summary of a published plant reference, not veterinary advice and not a claim about any particular bundle.
Plate VII
The sheet
In rooms, not on whitePhotographs of the same plants in rooms rather than on white. These are the pictures we would want to see before buying something that has to sit in the open and be looked at every day.
Plate VIII
Ratings
As they standRatings are shown as they stand, across the whole table rather than a chosen few, with the count behind each average. A catalogue this small cannot hide a bad score behind a good one, so we do not try.
Weighted average out of five4.08
Ratings behind it18,708
Bundles carrying a rating20
Rated below four, shown anyway0
The figures cover the 22 bundles on this site and are refreshed with the prices: see how we update.
Plate IX
Journal
Three longer piecesThree longer pieces on the parts of this catalogue where the honest answer is not the one printed on the packet: what a shower bundle actually does, why colour goes and how slowly you can make it go, and how much confetti a hundred guests really need.
Eucalyptus in the shower: what it does, and what it does not
The scent is real and the mechanism is simple. The claims printed over the photographs are a different matter, and one of them is a warning rather than a promise.
6 min read
Why dried flowers go beige, and how slowly you can make it happen
Light takes the colour, damp takes the structure, dust makes both look worse. None of it reverses, and where the vase stands on the first day decides most of the outcome.
6 min read
Petal confetti: how much to buy, and what to ask the venue first
The one thing here with a deadline. Two questions before you order, the arithmetic of a handful, and what is actually in a mixed pack.
5 min readWhere to start
Three shelves, counted by the stem: eucalyptus for the shower and the vase, dried flowers by the bunch, and branches for the tall jar in the corner. Every bundle is listed with its stem count, its length and its current price, and the table on this page says which of them are safe around a cat or a dog and which are not.
Start with the room. A shower wants a fresh eucalyptus bundle and nothing else; a table wants something dried that will still look right in a year; a hallway wants height. If you keep animals, read the toxicity table first, then the shelf.