Re: Tidal Influx plants suggestion
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Tidal Influx plants suggestion
- From: K* K*
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:35:36 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 fionanola@juno.com wrote:
> re: near creek garden
> The native California Calycanthus Occidentalus..Western Spice Bush.
> Smells like Old Spice/cucumbers (leaves), and red wine (flowers).
> A bit wild and definitely deciduous. My two are an eight-foot tall screen
Just beware; some people (my wife & myself, for example) find the smell of
C.occidentalis flowers positively repugnant. I planted this abomination
hoping for a fragrance resembling Calycantus floridus, and now I am
looking for a good spot somewhere far far away where I can transplant it
(preferably in another galaxy).
KK
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