The following hardy and non-hardy annuals and biennials all produce flowers that are particularly suitable for drying:

Hardy

• Avena sterilis (Winter wild-oat)
• Briza maxima (Quaking grass)
• Calendula (Marigold)
• Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower)
• Clarkia
• Consolida ambigua (Larkspur)
• Hordeum jubatum (Foxtail barley)
• Lagurus ovatus (Hare's tail grass)
• Nigella damascene (Love-in-a-mist)
• Panicum violaceum (Purple millet)
• Pennisetum villosum (Feathertop grass)
• Salvia horminum (Clary)

Non-Hardy

• Ageratum
• Amaranthus (Love lies bleeding)
• Celosia (Cockscomb)
• Gomphrena globosa (Globe amaranth)
• Helipterum (Strawflowers)
• Limonium sinuatum (Statice)
• Lonas (Yellow Ageratum)
• Moluccella laevis (Bells-of-Ireland)
• Setaria glauca (Foxtail grass)