RE: 'Fragrant Rose' Daffodil/fragrance perception

Merri,  thanks for the recommendation.  I saw a good picture of this Iris at
http://home.pacbell.net/kenww/my_iris/other/other_iris.htm
Yes the blooms only last a few days on most Iris - making them all the more
precious.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Merri Morgan
Sent:	Friday, May 09, 2003 11:21 AM
To:	perennials@hort.net
Subject:	Re: 'Fragrant Rose' Daffodil/fragrance perception

Marilyn, I have Iris ruthenica 'Red Form' that I got from Darrell Probst
several years ago.  A lovely, lovely small iris, though the blooms last only
a few days.
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marilyn Dube" <mygarden@easystreet.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: RE: 'Fragrant Rose' Daffodil/fragrance perception


>
> Well thank you all for your honest reports about this daffodil.  It is
> definitely on my list to plant this fall.
> I find flower fragrance, like color & beauty, to be in the "face" of the
> beholder.  To me Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume', blooming now & for
> the past few weeks, to be delightfully fragrant.  Some folks can't smell
it
> at all and in fact look quite puzzled when they come up from a big sniff.
I
> say more's the pity.
> Likewise, I think fragrance is very temperature dependent.  I grow a sweet
> little pacific coast native - Iris graminae that is described as the "plum
> Iris".  Not only is it plum color, but it's fragrance is very reminiscent
of
> ripe plums on a summer's day.  But on cool, cloudy days like we have had
> lately, there is no fragrance at all.  Of course, the other factor is the
> Iris is so short you have to lay on your belly to smell it anyway!
> I have another new-to-me species Iris in bloom for the first time - Iris
> bracteata.  No fragrance (at least that I can detect so far), but even
> daintier than graminae with a butterscotch ground color and root markings
on
> the falls.  Sounds good enough to eat.  It would be wonderful in a trough
> which is where it will end up when I get my hypertufa trough made.
> I have become enamored of the our native Irids and am in my collecting
> mode.  Anyone else growing species Iris?
>
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Blee811@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 7:25 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: 'Fragrant Rose' Daffodil
>
> In a message dated 5/7/2003 8:12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> garrideb@well.com writes:
>
> > I got independent reports from two
> > persons of the female persuasion, who both say it has a fresh,
> > citrusy aroma, but nothing like a rose. What can I say...
> > Also, time of day seems not to matter; morning, noon or
> > night the fragrance is there. All in all, a nice thing.
>
> I've tested Fragrant Rose at public meetings, foisting a stem into
people's
> faces for a sniff. Quite often women do not detect the rose fragrance,
while
> men usually do. A female friend says that's because women are honest and
men
> lie so as not to appear unable to smell it.  I find the fragrance stronger
> when the bloom is fresh--it tends to weaken after the flower has been open
> for several days, although the flower itself stays fresh looking for along
> time.
> Bill Lee
>
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