Re: Scents
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Scents
- From: m* l*
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:18:57 -0700
At 10:28 PM 3/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
>What a wonderful thread! I agree that nothing evokes long-buried
>memories like a particular scent. My summertime favorites include:
>roses (Comte de Chambord, a Portland, wafts its scent 10 or more feet
>away); the Regale lily, the first scented lily to bloom here (followed
>by the lucscious Orientals and Trumpets); lavender (love it mingled with
>the roses); thyme & many of the herbs (basil! dill! fennel!); &
>agastache, a perennial; some daylilies with their wonderful lemony
>scent; some bearded irises; some narcissus (esp the poeticus types) and
>tulips; many of the scented geraniums (yum). And of course, the
>alyssum, lilacs, viburnums & all you've variously noted.
>
>But how about this? New-mown grass; the charged air just before a
>summer thunderstorm; ... the whole garden just after the rain has
>stopped; warm summer air blowing through the open windows late at
>night; the smell of the fresh turned soil warmed by the sun; tomato
>foliage; the warm skin of a young child after playing on a hot day; the
>sun-warmed fur of your cat (smells like hay to me). Summer brings its
>blessings in many guises, doncha think?
>
>Anne - Chicago
>
Those indeed are wonderful aromas. I'd add Philadelphus, lilac and
Berlandiera (chocolate flower). Margaret L
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