Re: Scents





Betty Moorman@ZEON
03/09/99 09:15 AM






lindsey@mallorn.com on 03/08/99 09:34:47 AM

Please respond to perennials@mallorn.com

To:   perennials@mallorn.com
cc:    (bcc: Betty Moorman/Zeon)
Subject:  Re: Scents




> Two marvelous scents I omitted from my earlier e-mail are from two trees
-
> locusts and fringe trees.  The (black) locust is indigenous to Kentucky
and
> I think the fringe tree is also.  We had a fringe tree in our backyard
(in
> Leitchfield KY , zone 6) and the smell was wonderful.  If anyone on the
> list knows of such a tree, please share what you know with me.  I am not
> trying to acquire one, I just want to satisfy my curiosity, mainly as to
> whether it is a native of KY.

/ Chris,
Thanks for more info on a favorite of mine.

Chionanthus virginicus is a favorite native shrub/small tree with, as
you noted, wonderfully fragrant blooms in May/June...  The males tend
to be showier, although not as fragrant as the females in my experience.
It *is* a native plant, found from the Northeast down through Texas
and Florida.  According to Hightshoe, it was native only to a few
counties in Kentucky (and I can't see any rhyme or reason to the
dispersal on the map).
/ My home county is Grayson county.  Was that one of the counties mentioned
as home to the fringe tree?  (You would find it at a mid-point of south to
north and a bit west of the center of the state.)

This was going to be our plant of the month for May '98, but until I
can get to a decent slide scanner again it'll have to wait.  :)
Chris
P.S.  There is a less commonly available Asiatic version named
      Chionanthus retusus.  Its leaves tend to be glossier, but
      flowering isn't as reliable from year to year...
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