Re: journals, fragrant flowers etc...

lowery@teamzeon.com wrote:
> 
> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 07/09/98 02:02 PM
> 
> Isabelle,
> 
> When did you start your seed?  I started mine with my tomatoes in late
> February.  I put them outside into pots the first week of May.  A month
> later I had blooms.  Next time I grow these phlox I'll start them later
> because they gave out about August.
> 
> I'm thinking of another plant that I had at the same time.  It was an ugly
> little thing, but it smelled like raspberries and had a lime green blossom
> that reminded me of a loose cauliflower head.  Shepherd's Seeds said that
> they were used in Europe at the beginning of the century because people
> believed that the fragrance cleared the air.  The company recommended that
> you grow these in pots and hide them during the day behind something in the
> garden.  At dusk, set the pots around the patio to give a sweet scent to
> the air.
> 
> Anyone know what I'm talking about?
> 
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Reseda.

A customer last year told me of it so I grew a flat of it this year.  I
don't have a great sense of smell and couldn't smell it.  My mother
liked it and took some.  Nobody else showed any interest so I think the
employees split it among themselves and took it home.

I'm growing a wonderful appearing plant that has the most interesting
appearance, however I've heard numerous complaints of it's odor being
like unwashed underarms.  It's Salvia sclerea.  As of today, when I
stuffed my nose in a flower stalk, and then spent 40 minutes trying to
remove the stench, they are compost.  Terrible waste, as the flower was
really quite unique.
-- 
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
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