RE: Magnolia grandiflora fragrance

I don't know much about how the smell varies among the different cultivars
of Magnolia grandiflora, but all the specimens here in the Madrid area (both
cultivars and straight species) have flowers with some sort of lemon-like
scent and I have always associated that smell with Magnolia grandiflora
flowers.

Fran de la Mota
Madrid, Spain
Zone 7b



----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:49 PM
Subject: Magnolia grandiflora fragrance


> (posted for Nancy by Diane Whitehead)
>
>
>            Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:00:31 -0400
> From: "nmmueller" <nmmueller@adelphia.net>
>
>
> We want to plant one of the magnolia grandiflora cultivars that will bloom
> at an earlier age, but that smells like a traditional magnolia.  At our
> former residence we planted a "Little Gem" which bloomed as promised, but
> disappointed us with its fragrance.  It smelled too much like a lemon and
> not enough like a magnolia.  Does anyone have any recommendations?  Thank
> you.
>
> Nancy Mueller Townley
> Fallbrook, CA
> Sunset Zone 23
>
>
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