Mike - it is not hardy from what I have read - so indoors it'll go :-)
Breathe deep & tell us what smells wonderful in your garden
hi guys
long time lurker...newbie poster
check out my Zaluzianskya capensis (edited to say :ya beat me,victor!)
it smells like baby powder cake!
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What a cute flower. So geometric.
Fauna, now THAT is my kind of fragrance, the one that you can almost taste! ahhhh! I am not familiar with Murrayas, will have to check it out! Beahive: your daylilly is stunning indeed! It wouldn't even metter if it's not fragrant....
BerkeleyAnnie: welcome to our fragrant thread! : )
Where do ya'll get seeds for the Zaluzianskya capensis???
Hey All - go see Annie's sherbert colored beauties over here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/871345/
I love the Zaluzianskya too, one of my favorites! I don't grow from seed though, there's a nursery here Annie's Annuals which sells it every year so I get mine from there (they do mail order and I'm pretty sure they have it in stock right now if anyone wants one!)
Tonight.
Unknown variety of lily, but whoa.
And of course ...
Joe....names? Is that first Gardenia...which one is it? Hard to tell them apart - Kleim's looks just like Shooting Star to me. And what is that last one...a Datura?
Whoops, the first is Kleim's Hardy, such a wonderful fruity fragrance, the second I think is a lily that has the word snow in its name, the third is good ole datura metel (industrial, well, you know.) :)
-Joe
LOL...sad...so very, very sad.... ^_^
Carolina Allspise has a very light fragrance (a friend said as a child it reminded her of fresh cantalope). Its flower is very unique also, looking like a reddish brown paper star with a raised center. I will locate a picture. I have lots of seed if any one is interested. It is a small shrub ??10 x 6 and volunteers easily, not invasive. Birds love it also.
I have heard good things abut that, BB...I've never seen one in "person" though
Oooh I saw the Carolina allspice hybrid in bloom earlier this year. Chantell, it's glorious. I didn't notice a fragrance, but it was a lovely bloom, with beautiful leaves. :)
-Joe
Tomatos..not ready to eat but they smell great every time I go by.
The citrusy-minty scent wafted in through my kitchen window all day today. I normally have to be working around it to smell the aroma of monarda, but not today. It was delicious!
Kayly - such a pretty color!! Silly me didn't even know the monardas had a scent (duh, I know)...till I was trying to plant things behind and between the huge patches (my 2nd year for them) of them in my back yard...kept thinkin' WHAT is that scent and from "who." Ok...so I finally figured it out....LOL
Bea - never thought of mators have a scent...I'll have to go take a sniffer tonight.
carolina allspice is popular in houston. I don't have one, but it's on my want list, somewhere, lol.
Calycanthus floridus! You guys- I think that is the plant my Aunt and Uncle had in their yard. I've been wondering for years what it is. The flowers are so cool and smell great.
Hmmmm....feeling another "need" fast approaching...but where to shove ANOTHER shrub...??? LOL
Chantel Seed savers has them!!
There's actually a gal that has them at our RU's each year...might ask pretty please. Now that I think about it...I think she gave me one...last year but it didn't make it....*sniffle, sniffle*
I'll have to grow some of the Calycanthus flotdis, I do remember them having a pleasant sent, and Will grow from seed.
I didn't know the monarda had a sent, and I have some growing at my dogs grave.I have the coral...something, like in the pic above.I have tried to grow the red, but failed for two years.Mike
Datura Black Currant Swirl, plus other blooms that are smelling nice are a few daylilys that are scented, qn eliz. roses, pesto basil, lavendar, cleome, lantana, a new verbena from work that smells like baby powder first thing in the morning, heliotrope...hmmm I think thats about it right now LOL
Mike the red monarda is what I have... if you tell me how/when to send, I'm more then happy to share.
I guess it is better to plant when the temp is not off the scale, like in Sept. here.I think I have been setting them out too quick, and too hot.I'll try to put a bug in your ear in late Aug. Thanks Chantell. Mike
sweet peas are one of lifes best simple joys.
I like to wow friends and give them a huge vase full.
A.
Annie - how long is their season out there for you? I keep "meaning" to plant those...even got 2 packs of seeds this year...ugh!!
anybody heard of Jamaica allspice? that's another big one around my area. Carolina, Jamaica...could they be that different?
Chantell, i plant them jan -may and i have flowers, may -aug. BUT thats because i dead head like a crazy person and cut and come again as much as i can.
Looks like we will be doing some serous seed trading! :-)
A.
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Annie, we're in the same zone and I only got two sweet pea blooms...I thought it was the heat but I can see it wasn't! Do you have yours in sun or shade?
rob
I think my zone is wrong. San diego is WAY hotter than Berkeley. there is big debate in DG about what zone we are. My mom live is SD and if i lived there i would plant them so they had morning sun and shade the rest of the day.
Anne
Absolutely thrilled to trade fragrant seeds...if I have, I'm happy to trade....!!!
Hmmm:
Nicotiana 'Fragrant Cloud' (later on)
Petunias a larger climbing white rimmed in purple...wonderful spicy scent!(still have some)
Plumies - later on
Hmmmm I should check the gardenias and jasmines...wonder where they hide their seeds?????
Annie, these zones are a mess anyway. It's more useful to know your sunset zone...mine is 24, do you knwo yours?
Huh? sunset zone? Someone educate me - quick! ^_^
as far as i can tell im a sunset 16...24 makes you like florida! I am more like washington state :-)
http://www.backyardgardener.com/zone/index.html#sunset
chantell, hasn't been useful for me because most nurseries don't post sunset zone data in the plant tags. maybe out west they do
click on sunset zone maps
That's what I was going to say was I don't know that I've seen that on vendor sites....hmmm, does plant files list it? Going to check that site, thank you Nery!