Re: daphne scents
- Subject: Re: daphne scents
- From: C* R* <c*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:46:38 -0800
My "banana shrub", Michelia figo, releases its fragrance only on very warm
days. Cathy
> From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
> Reply-To: voltaire@islandnet.com
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:48:44 -0700
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: daphne scents
>
> David Feix said he thought the Daphne tangutica scent might be
> temperature-related, and I think he is right. The couple of days
> when the scent filled the entire house were record-breaking days with
> temperatures we normally get only in the summer (24 C!) (about 75 F).
> Now we are back to our usual spring temperatures - well, actually, it
> is often our winter temperature too - 11 C. (around 50 F). The
> daphne scent can be smelled only in the two rooms closest to the
> plant, which is what normally happens every year.
> --
> Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> maritime zone 8
> cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
> sandy soil
>
