Well Im not in Texas but its close enough.
For me fall and winter are not too fun as far as gardening gos because not much is smelling good in my garden. I am working on a year round fragrant garden. Since there there is no forum for fragrant gardening I thought I would start here. My guestion to you is what smells good in your garden over fall and winter. Outdoors indoors no matter!
What smells good in you garden ?
Night Blooming Jasmine & Angel's Trumpet....
also my rose bush called Our Lady of Guadalupe...pink roses cover it rarely gets any of the more common rose bugs and blooms here almost year round in huge flushes.
MsC
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Carolina Phlox, day fragrnce, Datura wrightii, Jimsonweed, night fragrance, and Four O'clocks, Mirabilis jalapa, night fragrance.
Josephine,
Thank you Ms C
I will have to look into that rose bush. Im not normaly a rose person for the bugs and black spot but I will have to check into it if it is not bothered by them. I do love a good rose!
Josephine, My Four O'clocks are also blooming now I don't know what kind they are but they are bright pink and smell wonderful! As most of my plants they were given to me with a "you have to try these" labol. I have never seen Jimsonweed before I will have to look it up.
Thank you both
Caren
Frostweed, I looked up jimsonweed and I wondering If I found the correct plant. While the plant I found had sweet smelling flowers the plant it self oh my gosh toxic! Are we on the same page?
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/depts/addl/toxic/plant36.htm
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Heavinscent,
I could be wrong but,jimsome weed is toxic but only if you eat it, make a tea from it or try to smoke it like some silly kids were doing...it is not any more toxic than foxgloves, dumbcane,oleanders or several of our other gardening plants.
I think it got a bad rap form indiscriminating grazing animals that eat everything... it makes them hallucinate and act pretty crazy so a lot of the farmers & ranchers exterminate it from their land here in Texas.
You do need to watch small children & of course you pets. I have it & I make sure to rake up leaves etc from the yard where the dogs are. Kinda the same routine with the Angel Trumpets /Brugs.
Here's a pic of my rose bush...
Enjoy
MsC
Dear Heavinsent. Miscritterkeeper is right, it is not any more poisonous than tomato, potato, pepper, carrot, and so many other plants that we don't think of as poisonous, but of course, we do have to be careful with all of them.
I must tell you that the picture on that link is just about the sorriest example of a Jimsonweed that I have ever seen. If you saw that plant well taken care of and covered with fragrant blooms, you would love it too.
If those people were trying to discourage people from growing it they did a grat job.
But don't let them discourage you, if you have a chance to grow it.
Josephine.
How about this one? =D
My first one!
maybe this time....
Keep trying, we're eagerly waiting....
:-)
Im glad to hear the other side of the story about Jimson weed I may have to give it a try. The picture of the rose is just beautiful! I can almost smell it.
I have also been thinking of getting some Brugs, are they easy to grow? Ive been lurking in the Brug forum but so far I like this forum better.
Heavin,
I just got my first brug yesterday, thought I'd give it try, since so many people here have said they grow them easily. I was at Flowerjunkie's (Daisy's) house picking up some plants for dstartz (Donna). She has many of them, all over the place, so I was inspired. I'm looking forward to next year, when I have some blooms!
Heavin,
In our climate they pretty much grow themselves.
I've had them for years.You might what to start out with some old tried and true Brugs as they don't seem to be bothered by as many pest in our climate..at least that's my experience. Frosty Pink is a common one and easy.It has beautiful pink flowers and they smell wonderful at night. There's also White and Yellow.
The rose is wonderful and I found mine at Home Depot so it's not rare so you could look in your area for it. It propagates easy too.:)
MsC
I posted the same question in the Burg Forum and Frosty pink came up as well.
I guess It will be Frosty pink then.
Thanx
Caren
The one I got yesterday is Isabella, a little darker pink than the Frosty Pink (which was also beautiful.) I decided on the Isabella because my neice's baby's name is Isabella. :-)
Maggie you will love Isabella, too.
My favorites are Frosty, Sauvenola White , Charles Grimaldi, Ecuador Pink, Milk Honey they all seem to take my abuse pretty well and survive our heat.
MsC
I am enjoying my new greenhouse. I just love opening the door and smelling dirt.......
Dear Heavinscent, I found one of my pictures of
Jimsonweed, Dature wrightii, and thought you might like to see it.
It is too bad you can't smell it, you would love it.
Josephine.
I had forgotten to mention this beauty, Madonna Llily.
The scent is heavenly.
Thank you Josephine for the for those the Jimson weed is much better looking in your photo!
I just love to ask this question! I always learn about new plants and am reminded of older ones I havnt thought about in a while.
jimson weed or Datura in full splendor
and more
Here it is! I couldn't find the pic that had been reduced! I can still remember the sweet scent now! I had my last blooms just 2 weeks ago, too. This was my very first plant... and won't be my last!
melanie
Oooooooo they are beautiful melanie........another datura addict? have you tried the triple yellows and the blackcurrent purple?....They are soooooo fine, and start great in the spring from seed.......but alas, not as fragrant
Girls, you put me to shame, those plants are amazing, and you did make my point very well. Maybe now we will have another Datura lover.
What do you say?
So, Josephine, these are natives? Or not?
Yes, the Jimsonweed, Datura wrightii, is native and grows wild.
The others I don't think so, they are probably cultivars, but I am not sure, I have never seen the colored ones listed in native plant books.
Josephine.
OH. MY. GOSH!!!
Jackie you are my hero! If my garden could look even half as good. Where do I sign up?
Zone 8b: Lake Sam Rayburn southeast TX
My Black Current Swirl is blooming today, Nov. 10-05. I have collected seeds in case potted Datura does not make it overwinter in greenhouse.
Had lovely Angel Trumpet last year but it did not reseed; did not save cutting or seeds so no Angel Trumpet this year.
I like these beautiful plants which are trouble free.
Thanks, ladies for those splendid pics.
Happy Fall Gardeing
Just when I had discounted datura!! I had a purple and white upright kind of double blooming this year. Bugs got the leaves, and not many blooms, so I got mad and yanked it!! Gotta try the white after seeing those fabulous pix!! jackie
I have raw sandy alkaline soil....the flower beds are amended with some peat moss and composted manure. This year's datura came from scattered seed last fall. This is a first year growth. I take no credit at all other than the placement and the photos, they and nature grew themselves. I was told by a datura grower that they don't tolerate insecticide well...I don't use any..I do try to encourage benificial insects..the bees loved them so in the early morning hours that I would work other areas til they stopped foraging......I fertilize my gardens with rabbit poop or dried molasses, only. I think actually the molasses may have attracted the bees........
heavenscent..
(and i just love your handle)
I have lots of seed from the whites this year if you'd like some.......
jackie
Hi Jackie I got it from a plant (common Name)
I think someone else here must have it too I had to change the spelling.
Also Jackie I would love to have some seeds! I will dmail you with the address
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They are on the way tomorrow
Thanks again jackie! I count the days