Re: Scents Cimicifuga

The local garden club is going to have C. simplex 'Hillside Black
Beauty' available at their spring plant sale. It looks like I can
happily restore it to the top of my "wanna" list. Anyone growing this
one?

It's also a relief to know that whatever it is I have won't smell
horrid through most of its bloom time and simply finish up with a
lovely, sweet scent. It also seems as if my big plans to extend the
"scent" season for this plant into mid-summer with other varieties
isn't going to work out too well. :)

Thanks for the info.

At 2:49 AM -0500 3/7/99, <skid@mail.bway.net> wrote:

> There are several different species of Cimicifuga.  Some, like the
> mid-summer blooming C. racemosa have, indeed, 'carrion' scented flowers (to
> attract flies to pollinate), but the C. ramosa atropurpurea and C. simplex
> which are late (Aug., Sept., Oct.)  blooming, have a sweet grapey type
> fragrance, which attracts bees and wasps.
>
> Bill & Harvey
> SKID Plants  Zone 6  CT  USA


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


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