Re: scent, boxwood, privet, Brussels sprouts
- Subject: Re: scent, boxwood, privet, Brussels sprouts
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:35:18 EDT
In a message dated 8/19/02 9:46:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
karen.tiede@eds.com writes:
<< If I had one smell left to smell, it would be boxwood--one of the greatest
aromas on the planet. I hate the little holly look-alike (to the uneducated
eye) because it doesn't have the smell. I too, hate privet and its cousins.
Paperwhites are initially nice but turn rancid to me pretty quickly. >>
This is a surprise. I don't know that I ever noticed that boxwood had any
aroma, must be too cold here for it to perform. I should know, I have over
twenty of them growing around here and there including one we are not
clipping just to see how large it will grow. Privet is so maligned, poor
ole' plant, nobody really likes privet. There are evergreen forms that are
not so bad but only one grows here. Nobody plants it anymore because nobody
grows hedges anymore.
BTW, boxwood is dead easy from cuttings so you can use the trimmings to make
dozens more plants.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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