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Re: Boronia megastigma

I wonder if you have to have a "good clone" with some of these plants. having 
read Robin Lane Fox's books were he talks about strong men swooning over the 
scent of sarcococco (Chinese box) I actually bought a couple and haven't 
detected any scent on either.Yet I have walked by others in gardens and have 
been drawn to them by the scent. Maybe you should do a sensory evaluation 
before you buy.:-)




> At 12:58 AM 13/04/97 GMT, David Poole wrote:
> 
> >A recently acquired plant of the deliciously scented, brown Boronia -
> >Boronia megastigma has just been placed at the base of a sunny wall.
> >The past few days of warm sunny weather have encouraged its flowers to
> >open and despite the evening chill, the spicily citrus fragrance was
> >especially noticeable as I came indoors from the garden.
> >
> You are a lucky man David. Ever since I got interested in gardening, people
> have raved on about the scent of this Boronia and I have planted them in 
two
> gardens now. The problem is, I cannot smell it at all. I can stuff the
> flowers up my nose, but with all the will in the world cannot smell 
anything
> at all! As far as I know, there are no other scented plants that I am 
unable
> to smell, so I am sorry, I just don't believe Boronia megastigma has any
> scent, in spite of what everyone says :-)
> Tim Dutton		timdut@freemail.co.nz
> "Raindrops", Main Road North, Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
> 





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