Specialty Gardening: Part Cinco: Breath Deep and Tell Us What Smells Wonderful, 1 by Chantell

Chantell wrote:
Roberta - what is a tazetta? They look like Daffy's to me or is that one in the same? Having a "duh" moment, I think. Hoya's fragrance varies from hoya to hoya. Out of my four - only that one and H. bella have bloomed. The bella has gorgeous blooms (see below - one out of her cluster) but little to no scent. The lacunosa on the other hand - has blooms that aren't much to look at (although the macro shots make them appear more interesting) but the scent....ahhhh. The way you described your Brug - is about the way I'd describe a lacunosa - AND the scent does waft some at night - I've always said it reminds me of an expensive French perfume.....sooooo pretty. I've found her to be a slow grower...she's still in a 4" pot and I've had her since she was 2 leafs old in a little dixie cup years ago. I moved her to a lighter location a few months ago and her growth has picked up so that might have been my bad....LOL.

Opps...forgot...nope that's one of my beautiful granddaughters - not biased at all, am I?

This message was edited Mar 17, 2009 1:40 PM