What are these flowers called, please?

[AlexaLouder]

Not the dried lavender in the front, the flowers behind them.

I bought them on a whim at Columbia Road on Sunday and the more I look at them the more I like them. I'd like to buy more but haven't a clue what they are!

Possibly Heather.

They look like statice. They're an everlasting flower so you can dry them if you wish.

Statice!
They're great for drying, then they last forever in a vase too.

Statis?

This might be a better image!

Statis looks likely, I think? But now I'm wondering if maybe they're already dried as the flowers are quite hard and dry?! The stems feel pretty alive though!

Sorry - totally forgot to thank everyone for your responses!

@AlexaLouder

This might be a better image!

Statis looks likely, I think? But now I'm wondering if maybe they're already dried as the flowers are quite hard and dry?! The stems feel pretty alive though!

They are already dried! The ones from Columbia road are everlasting ones and they will last forever. No need for water.

Oh really! What a clown I am!

But...they were reduced as at end of the day...surely if they're dried they would just keep for next Sunday? I bought dried lavender at the same time and those were still full price.

Ha! I'm a total novice at this as is glaringly obvious!

Statice flowers are quite dry even when they first come out... If you're not sure wipe the stem dry of water and either scrape the green stem or cover it in kitchen roll and squash the end with a spoon or something. If the tissue stays white they've already been dried, if it goes green they're still fresh and you can dry them yourself. It's quite simple

*quite simple to dry them. Not being condescending, sorry

My grandparents used to grow these - love them. As PP says, even when just picked they’re dry-looking. Cut into a stem and see if it’s green.

If you want to dry then, it’s just like lavender - hang in bunches upside down.

Hmmmm....I am not sure if they"re dried or not still, despite having chopped ends off!

Think I'm going to see if they die without water, and if they do I'll get a fresh bunch on Sunday and dry them myself.

Thanks so much for alll the sage advice - greatly appreciated!

As already mentioned they are Statice. Very easy to grow from seed, next spring.

My DM grew statice from seed one year - they already feel crispy and papery even when they are growing.

If you want to dry them, just put them in a vase without any water in it and they dry themselves. If you tie them in bunches and hang them upside-down to dry, they can droop the wrong way and look weird when you turn them the right way up again.