Re:Colour of Spring Bloom and favorite fragrant plants
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re:Colour of Spring Bloom and favorite fragrant plants
- From: G* W*
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:56:53 +0000
I know that the fragrant plant thread was dropped quite some time ago
but
the winter-early spring performance of Coronilla valentina has impressed
me again this year and I want to stand up for the often downrated
yellow; it all depends on the shade! For those who do not know this
evergreen shrub in
the Leguminosae it is about four or five feet tall with pretty glaucous
leaves and gradually covers itself from the end of January to about the
end of March with lemon yellow, exquisitely perfumed flowers. I believe
it is native to the northern mediterranean part of southern France where
I live. I have seen wild speciments near the Canal du Midi which threads
through this region.
One thing that still astonishes me is its rarity in local gardens where
the standard shrub for providing a masss of yellow in early spring is
the Forsythia which is better suited to northern Europe, is scentless
and is ugly out of flower.
On a completly different tack I have just germinated some seed of
Commelina tuberosa(Coelestis Group) which I got through the RHS
distribution of surplus seed. I have read that is suitable for
mediterranean climates but I have no idea about the necessary
conditions( sun, shade, moisture etc.). Does anyone have experience with
this plant?
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Gordon Walker
France
