Re: Scents/Lilacs/Cimicifuga
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- Subject: Re: Scents/Lilacs/Cimicifuga
- From: G*
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 09:32:15 -0500
Hello Peggy,
Glad I was of some assistance to you. Do not give up too soon on seed
germination for the Cimicifuga. If it is sown fresh (before drying out) it
is possible to come up after the first season for warm, cold, warm. If
dried out it may take another season. Just place the pots in a cold frame
in the shade and give them another year for germination. Add two more years
for first blooms.
Have fun, Gene
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Peggy Enes <peggy@unicom.net>
>
> Subject: Re: Scents/Lilacs/Cimicifuga
> Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 3:29 PM
>
> Gene,
>
> Thanks. Your article was very helpful. It's possible that what I have
> is not C. racemosa 'Atropurpea' at all. I bought the plant mid-October
> and it was just finishing. This seems late for a bloom period that
> starts in July.
>
> Whatever it is I have has a honey scent as you describe for C. simplex
> 'White Pearl'. I will make a point to try to properly identify what I
> have this season.
>
> The Cimicifuga germination info you had in your article is great. I
> sowed some seed in January with high hopes but low expectations. :)
>
>
> At 9:32 AM -0500 3/5/99, you wrote:
>
> > ----------
> > > From: Peggy Enes <peggy@unicom.net>
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: Scents/Lilacs/Cimicifuga
> > > Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:34 AM
> > Hello Peggy & others,
> > The smell of the blooms on Fairy Candles (Cimicifugas) depends upon
the
> > species or hybrid. You may want to take a look at the article on my web
> > site covering Cimicifuga.
> > One of my favorites is the C. simplex "White Pearl". To me a lot like
> > honey. I also have the C. racemosa Atropurpea, but can not remember the
> > smell of the blossoms just now. I do not remember it being offensive.
The
> > nursery beds were full last year, so if it had of been throwing off an
> > offensive smell I would think I would remember it.
> > Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> > around the woods - around the world
> > genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> >
> > snip, snip......
> > > 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.
>
> ---
> Peggy Enes (peggy@unicom.net) Zone 5/6 NE KS AHS Heat Zone 7
>
>
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