Tulbaghia fragrance -- is it, or isn't it??

James Waddick jwaddick@kc.rr.com
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:13:49 PST
Dear Dave;
	Ths is a time I approach almost with dread, that one morning 
I'll walk into my small cool greenhouse and be overcome by the 
fragrance of T. simmerli alba and not be found for hours - 
asphyxiated. The fragrance must be the most intense of any bulb 
matching and exceeding hyacinths or paperwhites indoors.

	I have more than a dozen stalks expanding and about to bombard me.

	I have noticed that like many white flowered plants, the 
fragrance seems strongest at night and lingers through morning. I 
have no idea what it might do outdoors and it might waft pleasantly 
on morning breezes. And surely warmth helps.

	I suggest patience and take a sniff late at night or early in 
the am. Cut a stalk and keep it overnight.

	And of course you may own the rarest of T. simmerli "inodora" 
varieties.

	best	Jim W.
-- 
Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
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