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General Instructions: After Potpourri is made and dried, add 6 drops of your favorite essential oil to every cup of dried potpourri mix. Keep it in a closed container for a few weeks to allow scent to penetrate plant material. Stir the mixture daily.

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 Delight

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

Wild Flower Fields

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

Editor's Note:   Orris root helps to preserve the fragrance of the herbs and flowers, it has little scent of its own so it is a good base to use in your potpourri mix. Orris is made from the dried root of the Florentine Iris. * Use 1-2 tablespoons of the dried orris root per cup of dried potpourri mix.