Specialty Gardening: Part Deux: Breathe deep & tell us what smells wonderful..., 1 by astcgirl

astcgirl wrote:
I love my back garden corner right now, the fragrance is a myriad of perfume from the Pakalana Vine, Musky melon from the Rangoon Creeper and a Citrus undertone from the Lemon Verbena plant I have poking around. It's peak is in the afternoon around dusk, with the humidity drawing out all the different scents and mingling them together. YUM!

It's hard to get a picture of all of it together, but here's the Pakalana Vine in full swing....it really emits a strong perfume that is wafting too. Only downside is that ants are always on the blooms, although they seem to be just sniffing, I haven't seen any aphids or problems arising from them. I had to take the picture from beneath so you can see how many blooms there are....they hide very well under the leaves.