Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters For Physically Challanged Gardeners#4, 1 by Amargia

Amargia wrote:
Bonnie, my exclusively fragrant garden is a bit of a sampler so just something to get me started. 1-3 fans should be fine. Your enthusiasm for daylilies, Debra’s photos and Vickie’s determination to keep her collection safe from the weeds in containers has convinced Jim he is missing out on something. We only have the native orange and an unknown pink that was mixed in with the wild ones I “rescued” from an abandoned farmstead. He is talking about collecting the scented ones. We all know how this will end up, don’t we? LOL.
Susan, I have Confederate jasmine, night-blooming jasmine and one given to me as a gift that I haven’t positively identified yet. Also, there is what locals call Carolina jasmine or just wild jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) it has to be my absolute favorite fragrant flower, but it blooms very early in Spring. Lavenders, basils and the sages are the major players in the scent-scape here at the moment. One of my jas has just finished and the other hasn’t started blooming yet. Do you have jasmine blooming now? BTW, what do you do with all those tomatoes after you’ve burnt out on eating them fresh? Or, do you burn out?
Sheri, I love the scent of gardenias. I know people who think the scent of magnolias and gardenias are too heavy. Personally, I think those scents are around for such a brief time so what if they are a bit over the top. It is like a fragrance party! Parties are suppose to be a bit over the top.
Carrie, Jim says “Thanks”. He’s using DG’s tools and resources more. We are talking about dropping Amargia’s Google blog, and just using DG. The Google Ads don’t create enough extra funds to bother with and it is hard for me to use their set-upwith the assistive tech I have.
Vickie, has it started cooling off in your area by September? We are thinking about delaying our trip until then. Bowie, Texas is on our agenda and I just realized exactly where in TX that is. I thought it was a little farther north than it is. It is considered part of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. As I recall, August is a killer there Jim doesn’t handle any kind of heat well. And, dry heat gets to me. I know that is the opposite of what most people say. I suppose it depends on what your accustom to. I ALWAYS feel parched in the arid heat. Those young men who operate the juice stands you find on almost every corner in places like Old Laredo make a small fortune off me when I am there. It is like I can never get enough to drink. Sept. would probably make for a more comfortable trip. That would still be in a lull here. It doesn’t start cooling off here until mid-Oct. Kay*
Photo: Passionflower a.k.a. Maypop flower (Passiflora incarnata)