Re: scent lilies
- Subject: Re: scent lilies
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 02:22:49 -0400
I don't know, Claire, because I love the scent of lilies...but, to
some, it is overpowering and unpleasant...different strokes I guess.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: ECPep@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 8/19/02 3:06:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mtalt@hort.net
> writes:
>
> << Sure is, Bill. I figured box smelled like "cat" to you, as it
does
> to many people. Some like the smell of Freesias - they are
noxious
> to me; some hate the scent of lilies and I love it. >>
>
> How can you hate the scent of lilies, especially the Orientals? I
think
> that is why most plant them. I can't have them here because they
follow
> many years of tiger lilies (L. lancifolium) and that finishes off
the
> Orientals. The Asiatics are OK but none are scented. One lily
stem in a
> glass bottle is all you need in the house. Occasionally in the
winter, I buy
> one or two or go to my niece's shop and see what is laying around
outdated.
> Every one has his own idea of what is smashing in the garden but
clumps of
> white Orientals are hard to beat.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
>
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