Re: Hardy snapdragons
Rand B. Lee wrote:
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> But the most amazing snaps I EVER saw in my LIFE were growing in the
> greenhouses of a wealthy retiree on Long Island. Theyd been reared from
> European florist snap seed of some kind -- I never found out the
> cultivar name -- and they were 5 feet tall, white to pale pink, with a
> strong, sweet fragrance like that of the catalpa tree. I would KILL
> (well, maybe not kill -- MAIM) for some snaps like that...
Mnay years go when I had the space for a greenhouse I grew some of those
double open flowered antirrhinums "Madame Butterfly" and they had a
lovely scent like cream soda.
Do all antirrhinums have a scent? Perhaps its more noticeable when
grown in confined place like a greenhouse.
Is it just me, but I find that I can detect the scent of petunias more
towards the end of the summer and early autumn. The yellow sort seem to
have the strongest scent.
Colette Dunkley Upton,Wirral,Merseyside,England.
Approximates USDA Zone 8/9
