Aglaia Species, Chinese Perfume Plant, Chinese Rice Flower, Mock Lemon

Hi everyone, I purchased this plant, and its growing nicely in my backyard and showing intermittent little yellow flowers...so far so goo...Read Mored except for one thing, there's no scent, nothing at all. I'm wondering if it needs some extra something to bring out the aroma? I'm new to gardening, :)
thanks!

I adore this this plant and I don't think I could possibly give it a better tribute that Ispahan did above. The fragrance is so pure and ...Read Moreso beautiful. It's very easy to grow down here in full sun, part sun or part shade. It blooms more with at least 6 hours of sun a day and if in full sun all day, it likes plenty of water. It will drop leaves if it dries out. I add lots of peat to the potting mix to help it stay moist. The leaves are a much paler green if you grow in full sun but you can green it up in a week by putting it in the shade for a week or so.

I grow mine in part shade, but I have one on a patio that only gets bright, Southern exposure light in the summer and it still blooms. Once a week I put it in the sun for a day, then back beside the seating arrangements for everyone to enjoy it's heavenly perfume.

One of the most difficult things about this plant is locating one that is a decent size. I finally got a fairly nice one, 30" tall and full, on Ebay but I paid plenty for it with shipping. The shipping was almost as much as the plant.

Recently when I was getting some potting soil at local nursery I happened to ask if they had ever had any. She wasn't sure, but thought she did. I figured for sure she was thinking of something else but she went and got one and then looked up her orders and lo and behold she hah several BIG ones. Bigger than my so called 'big' one from Ebay and no shipping fees and half the price. So I got 3 more.

I put my first and smallest plant from Ebay in a small decorative pot and I bring it inside when company comes of put it on my desk so I can enjoy all of it's loveliness while work. I'm trying to train this one as a Bonsai.

Growing for four years now against a protected south wall in 9b, Lake Wales, FL, Aglaia odorata has been an exemplary plant. Formal and ...Read Morerefined, with no apparent pest or cultural problems, and a heavenly scent which accords with it's common name, it is very amenable to pruning and/or shearing. Like a more elegant boxwood with repeat blooming and scent to die for, why is it so rare in commerce? Tenderness would appear to be it's only demerit; It has suffered some from a hard freeze but bounced back admirably. Definitely needs some shelter or protection in 9b but worth the trouble or careful siting.

im getting a perfume plant zone 7 how well will it do outdoors is it cold tolerant

A quietly beautiful shrub with a sweet, delicate, refined and elusive yet far-reaching fragrance. This plant is very easy to grow, and y...Read Moreet I lost my original specimen (growing in a smallish clay pot) when it was not watered while I was away for more than a month. My bad. Otherwise, it will bloom regularly and grow healthily (albeit slowly) in the poorest light, the driest air and the coldest/warmest indoor temperatures you can throw at it. To my nose, the fragrance is not as heady or spectacular as a gardenia or a jasmine, but it is so pure, clean and lemony-floral-spicy-tea sweet that it seems to refresh and brighten the atmosphere of any room it is placed in. It is truly one of my all-time favorite smells since there are never any “off notes” and it floats lightly yet unobtrusively on the surrounding air. A gardenia might wow you until you learn about its temper tantrums after trying to live with one for a while, but Aglaia odorata is one of those plants that will never fail to please. When it comes to house plants, slow, steady and congenial will win the race every time. And if it happens to have one of the prettiest and most unusually addictive scents in the floral kingdom, so much the better.

I have not grown this plant. Chinese Perfume Plant, Chinese Rice Flower, Mock Lemon (Aglaia odorata) is a native plant in China. It appea...Read Morers to grow well in the Hawaiian Islands.

I have had four Aglaia's for five years. One of the best plants I have. Fertilized or unfertilized, boggy mud or hard clay, shade or su...Read Moren, they always look (and smell) wonderful. No pests either. Added benefit - holds up well to dog urine.

I keep it as an indoor plant so it can fill my house with its lovely scent! Its not much to look at, kind of like a boxwood shrub but oh ...Read Morethe smell! The flowers are small and not very showy but they make up for it in scent.