Acroclinium

Acroclinium

Acroclinium, Helipterium is a plant of the Asteraceae family, native to and growing wild in Australia. In Poland it is found only in cultivation or decoratively in gardens. The main use of drylin is in floristry and handicrafts - dry bouquets and compositions are created with them. Suchlin does not lose its shape and color during drying, which is its great advantage. Most often we can meet pink Helipterum roseum, Acroclinium roseum and a little less often white acroclinium.

Acroclinium - appearance and characteristics of the plant

Acroclinium grows up to about 50cm. It has very characteristic straight, thin, unbranched stems ending in a white or pink flower. On the stem it has numerous small leaves. Flower baskets are surrounded by delicate almost that paper petals, by which we can meet the term for drylin - paper edelweiss. The flowers usually have a yellow center. Acroclinium has a very long flowering period - it can please our eye in the garden from June even until October with favorable weather conditions.

Acroclinium - cultivation and use

Acroclinium is a very simple plant to grow. We can sow it directly into the ground, without preparing seedlings in advance. It likes strongly sunny places and will grow in practically any soil. It is important that there is no water stagnation - it is better if the drylin is a little dry than overwatered. Because of its charming appearance, we can very often find pink drylin in gardens and flowerbeds. They will look great in beds with such plants as zinnia, lion's maw, bayberry, hollyhock. Interestingly, we will not meet wild acroclinium in Poland - such is found only in Australia, its homeland. It is worth bearing in mind that on cloudy days and at night drylin closes its inflorescences.

If you want to dry a bouquet of drylin, it is important to harvest the flowers before the full bloom stage - this will allow the flowers to retain their form and color. Harvesting too late will cause the paper petals to droop.

How to use dried Acroclinium? A multitude of uses

Acrocliniums are a type of flowers that delight with their delicacy and durability. These charming plants, also known as Helipterium, are popular in both the world of dried floristry and handicrafts. Suchlin is distinguished by its beautiful paper-like petals, which retain their colors even after drying. Their unique texture and structure make them ideal, for creating dried flower bouquets. White drylinium will be great for wedding and communion arrangements, pink drylinium will add delicacy to decorations at a babyshower or birthday party. Acroclinium will be a very good choice if you are looking for dried flowers for a cake. Due to its rather small inflorescences, drylin will be a good resource for making garlands and dried flower decorations for hair.