Re: Scents/Lilacs/Cimicifuga

At 5:47 PM -0500 3/3/99, Janice <Whigmaster@aol.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the great info. Last year we planted two lilac bushes. I
>have never
> had any in my own yard, but growing up we had a huge one in the yard. I used
> to love to pick them on a warm rainy spring day, especially is
>slightly humid.
> They really permeated the air. I can only hope my two will bloom.  A fellow
> coworker has had two bushes that have never bloomed.
>
> I planted ours in full sun. Hopefully, I will get flowers. It is the "old
> fashioned" cultivar of Syringa.

I'm afraid my Syringa expertise at this point is limited to tracking
down some disease-resistant, highly fragrant varieties to buy. I have
S. tribida 'Josee' ordered which is supposed to be a repeat bloomer as
well! Is anyone growing this one or know anything about it?

> I also love the smell of composted cow manure...quite odd :~)

I once drove around with a bag of compost in my car for a week because
the smell reminded me of my grandparents farm and didn't care one whit
that the family was considering reservations in a nice "home". :)

I just thought of another fragrant flower--Cimicifuga racemosa
'Atropurpea' (Red Snakeroot, Bugbane). It was just finishing last
season when I bought it. The scent was a sweet honey type similar to
the tuberose. A couple of catalogs and A-Z commented that the flowers
of C. racemosa have an unpleasant scent.

I thought it smelled perfectly lovely and hubby agreed. Does anyone
growing C. racemosa "Atropurpea' have comments one way or another? Does
the bloom start out smelling awful and fade to something more pleasant?



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Peggy Enes (peggy@unicom.net)   Zone 5/6    NE KS     AHS Heat Zone 7


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