How to Make Potpourri

Going through a garden, especially when it is in bloom, give a person a chance to smell the flowers. After the walk is done, some would like to remember their trip, and so take a few of the flowers with them states Dennis Sons of Garden Delights Nursery, a leading perennial shipper from Tennessee. Although the flowers will wilt in a few days regardless of what is done to save them, there is a more effective way to keep the scent of the flowers going; one simply need to make them into potpourri. It is not that hard to make, and the smell can last for months.Everyone loves an aroma around the home. Potpourri is a perfect way to enhance your senses with some very nice fragrant flowers. Placing a candle around the potpourri also add a deeper scent. Any type dried flowers will work including perennials, roses, annual plants and blooms from your favorite shrubbery will also work well. After all, you add the desired scent in the making of the potpourri.

Keeping the bouquet fresh is relatively easy; a mix of water and a clear soda will keep it fresh for almost a week under optimal conditions. Assuming a dry potpourri, you must dry the flowers to be used; the idea is to let them dry naturally. Make sure that you combine with some Orrin root powder as a fixative; you can either buy some at a local drug or health store or use Iris Florentina along with your mix. Also, include some sort of essential oil for additional scent; they may be expensive, but you only need a few drops.

Dry the flowers in bunches in a dark place with a breeze, with the exception of rose petals. For rose petals, lay them out in singles on some sort of mesh. When the mixture is finally dry, feel free to combine with spices for additional scent such as cinnamon. Although you can use whole flowers if you decide to crush the petals remember to include the entire flower as the smell does not come from the petals themselves. Keeping the potpourri mix in a jar is a good way to keep the mix fresh for an extra month or so, but keep in mind that the scent will eventually fade away. No matter which mix you decide to go with, this is a wonderful way to remember the smell of the garden.