Fresh cut Cairo flowers all spring and summer are one of the bonuses of having a flower garden in Cairo. Wouldn’t you love to extend that bonus throughout the year? By choosing the right Cairo flowers and learning methods of drying and preserving flowers, you can fill your house with the beauty and fragrance of potpourri all year long.
Growing a Potpourri Garden
Potpourri is a fragrant mix of dried flower petals, leaves, whole flowers and spices. It can be sewn into sachets, simmered in a potpourri burner, or displayed in an open bowl. By choosing herbs and flowers that dry well and maintain their fragrance when dried, you’ll be well on your way to scenting your home with the natural fragrance of last summer’s garden.
Your potpourri mix should include both flowers and herbs from your garden, and be chosen with an eye toward color and a nose for scent. A potpourri garden might include several (or all!) of the following:
Fragrant Herbs and Flowers for a Potpourri Garden
Lilac – this flower is both beautiful and fragrant. To use in potpourri, dry the flowerets separately on a drying screen. For use in dried flower arrangements, use silica gel to dry whole flowers.
Lavender – another fragrant purple flower, lavender dries well. Hang in bunches upside down in a dark, dry room. Both leaves and flowers carry the fragrance of lavender and can be used in potpourri.
Roses – Roses are a beautiful addition to any potpourri. For fragrance, separate the petals and dry on a drying screen. If you want to include whole rosebuds from your potpourri garden, they’re best dried in silica or another desiccant, but small, delicate rosebuds can be dried on screens as well.
Mint – There’s an amazing variety of mints available, and nearly any will add a hint of fresh spice to a potpourri. If you choose to grow mint in a potpourri garden, be sure to ‘cage’ the roots so that it doesn’t take over the entire plot. To dry, either air dry tied bunches, or dry separated leaves on a drying screen.
Lemon Balm – This perennial herb has a light lemony-mint scent that enhances the fragrance of roses and lilacs. The leaves should be picked before the plant flowers and dried quickly – it’s one of the few herbs that benefits from drying in a low oven on a screen.
Violets – Sweetly scented and brightly colored, violets preserve their color well through drying. To dry, nip the flower off just at the base of the head, and lay on drying screens in the sun.
Flowers and Herbs for Color in a Potpourri Garden
Many of the herbs and flowers listed above are brightly colored as well as fragrant. There are some flowers, however, that will add little to the fragrance of potpourri but dry so prettily that it’s a shame not to include them.
Calendula – Bright yellow or blue petals make calendula a pretty addition to a bowl of potpourri. To use, you can either dry the entire flower head, or separate the petals to dry on a flower screen.
Pansies – A relative of violets, pansies retain their bright color when dried in silica gel. They’re a wonderful addition to a potpourri garden – besides their appearance, they’re edible and wonderful in salads or as candied decorations on a cake. In potpourri, the dried petals or whole-dried flowers make a beautiful accent.
About the Author: This article courtesy of http://www.best-florists.org
common items:
Cairo flower Cairo send flower Cairo flower delivery Cairo christmas flower Cairo wedding flower Cairo flower shop Cairo flower girl dress Cairo flower online Cairo floral arrangement Cairo flower picture Cairo flower gift Cairo order flower Cairo wild flower Cairo silk flower Cairo flower tattoo Cairo funeral flower Cairo broken flower Cairo tropical flower Cairo flower seed Cairo sympathy flower Cairo wholesale flower Cairo flower uk Cairo valentine flower Cairo fresh flower Cairo buy flower Cairo flower delivery chicago Cairo flower garden Cairo lotus flower Cairo rose flower Cairo hawaii flower Cairo flower meaning Cairo online flower delivery Cairo flower girl Cairo ftd flower Cairo cheap flower Cairo flower tucci Cairo buy flower online Cairo send flower online Cairo discount flower Cairo type of flower Cairo mother day flower Cairo valentine day flower Cairo anniversary flower Cairo spring flower Cairo flower bouquet Cairo state flower Cairo picture of wedding flower Cairo flower name Cairo florist flower Cairo flower bulb Cairo internet flower Cairo philadelphia flower show Cairo silk flower arrangement Cairo flower clipart Cairo flower photo Cairo flower wallpaper Cairo exotic flower Cairo flower basket Cairo silk wedding flower Cairo wholesale silk flower Cairo flower girl basket Cairo artificial flower Cairo flower vase Cairo brandon flower Cairo wedding flower arrangement Cairo flower pot Cairo pink flower Cairo birthday flower Cairo dried flower Cairo purple flower Cairo origami flower Cairo blue flower Cairo passion flower Cairo hibiscus flower Cairo bridal flower Cairo cheap flower girl dress Cairo pro flower Cairo order flower online Cairo flower for algernon Cairo part of a flower Cairo lotus flower tattoo Cairo flower tattoo design Cairo flower los angeles Cairo international flower delivery Cairo flower picures Cairo iris flower Cairo virtual flower Cairo flower chicago Cairo flower painting Cairo white flower farm Cairo flower delivery uk Cairo flower plant Cairo white flower Cairo flower drawing Cairo cartoon flower Cairo flower delivery los angeles Cairo discount flower girl dress Cairo flower video Cairo flower shop chicago Cairo april flower
