Making a Dry Flower Potpourri
The recipe for making potpourri is pretty much the same, no matter what ingredients you use. Choose the fixative carefully, and make sure you season the potpourri well before placing it in your room. For an easy potpourri recipe, choose from the following:
· Purple Haze
Ingredients:
1 cup dried Lavender (Lavandula officinalis) (purple)
7-8 drops Lavender essential/fragrance oil
2 tablespoons dried Orris Root
1/2 cup pink Carnation flower heads (Dianthus caryophyllus)
1/2 cup (bright yellow) Lemon Marigold flower heads (Tagetes tenifolia)
1/4 cup (pale green) Lamb’s Ears leaves (Stachys byzantina)
· American Dream
Ingredients:
1/2 cup (blue) Delphinium blossoms (Delphinium x cultorum)
1 cup dried (red) Rose buds (red)
1/2 cup (white) Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
1/2 cup (blue) Statice (Limonium sinuatum)
4-6 drops Rose essential/fragrance oil
2 tablespoons dried Orris Root
· Citrus Delights
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons dried orris root
5 tablespoons Bearberry leaves (Arctostaphylos uva ursi)
6-8 drops lemon essential/fragrance oil
1/2 cup dried Yarrow blossoms (Achillea millefolium)
1/2 cup Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla)
1/4 cup dried Safflower flowers (Carthamus tinctorius L)
1/4 cup orange peels finely sliced & dried
· Wildflowers
Ingredients:
1/4 cup dried Elder Flowers (Sambucus nigra)
2 tablespoons dried Orris Root
1/4 cup Chamomile flower heads (Anthemis nobilis L. or Matricaria chamomilla)
1/4 cup Bearberry leaves (Arctostaphylos uva ursi)
1/2 cup Calendula (Marigold) flower heads (Calendula Officinalis)
2 drops Lavender essential/fragrance oil
