Re: favorite fragrant plants
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: favorite fragrant plants
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:56:12 -0500 (EST)
At 02:19 PM 2/14/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Great new thread; I'm following with interest!
>
>Last fall I planted a new (to me)honeysuckle; Lonicera confusa 'Kate
>Sessions'. It carried its sweet smelling clusters of pale yellow and
>white blooms well into December. I've only seen it once before in a very
>special Santa Barbara garden where it conformed well to the west facing
>corners of the one story house. It looked as if it had been kept tight
>by shearing, but was blooming abundantly. Talk about a wafting scent; I
>just had to follow my nose to find it! I'd describe the fragrance as
>light, sweet and fruity.
Back to Salvias with S. mellissodora of the Tarahumara Indians, with mature
flowers that have a scent like grape Kool Aid (or Concord grapes). The
scent is strongest at dawn, dusk, and after rains.
It is the only sage I know of that has scented flowers.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
336-674-3105
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