Re: Hardy snapdragons


In a message dated 9/12/99 5:02:15 PM EST, gb81@dial.pipex.com writes:

<< 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. >>

Every snapdragron I've ever met had a smell, although not all are equally 
pleasant.  Some have overtones of cat urine.  I find that petunias, like many 
other flowers, smell stronger in the evening, and I believe the blue have the 
strongest scent.

Kurt Mize
Stockton, California
USDA Zone 9



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