Canadian Gardening: up close and personal, 1 by

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Finally!!! Son of Carnosa* finally opened its first flower of the year this morning. The smell is totally overpowering from this one cluster - the entire upstairs, smells exotic like no chemical air freshener could imitate. DH climbed into bed complaining, but stayed there...sigh...lol.

*I saved a cutting from his mom 4 years ago, a plant I'd had for about 20 years, and which bloomed like a fool every year. My then kittens nearly destroyed Mom, so I left it behind when we moved here. Last year was the first time Sonny had bloomed, but took after his mom and bloomed heavily all season.

Here's Sonny!

Christine