Re: Fragrance!
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- Subject: Re: Fragrance!
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 21:54:43 -0600 (MDT)
Cynthia Kermode writes:
> Hello all!
> one of the attributes that I think
> really make a "lovely" iris "fabulous" is the fragrance! I'd LOVE
> to hear of other cultivars (old and new) thatYOU find especially
fragrant.
> Could you describe the fragrance too? ( I know from experience that's a
> hard thing to do unless you have the flower at hand!)
>
I have a rather insensitive nose, but the one iris I grow that always
attracts my attention with its fragrance is LEMON MIST (Rudolph, 72). I
would label the scent as "sweet".
There was some discussion on the list a little while ago about iris with
unpleasant scents. The worst stinker I have encountered is WEDDING VOW
(Ghio, 72), and I can name its scent, too - "skunk".
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
"This is the Place" - where the Iris-of-the-day is CHAMPAGNE ELEGANCE
(Niswonger, 87) with 17 stalks on two clumps and only 2 of them stunted by
the frost last month that has affected so many cultivars here this year.
