New Potpourri

Potpourri is traditionally a mix of dried flowers, leaves, roots and seeds, with floral, citrus, herbal, wood or spice notes. A contemporary-minded potpourri might have basic counterpoints, rendered in fresh new ways—like a lightened, reinvented recipe.

The less likely your ingredients—and your garden is a seasonal trove of commercially unavailable items—the more likely your blends will be one of a kind  | WSJ Online