Ken Hixson wrote,
My favorite is Lilium washingtonianum, not always easy to obtain or
>grow, but a lot of gardening gets done in its vicinity in early June. The few
>hybrids I've raised were not particularly notable for fragrance. L.
>rubescens
>is one lily I'd like to have, and expect the fragrance to rival L.
>washingtonianum.
L. washingtonianum is native near my home but I haven't attempted to grow
it (it is notoriously difficult in cultivation, which is not surprising,
given its usual presence on steep, conifer-forested slopes above the snow
line; there is said to be a low-elevation population from the southern
Willamette Valley that was easier to grow, but I don't know anyone who has
it, and the native population is no doubt long eradicated by farming). I do
grow L. rubescens, however, and I think the fragrance is much the same.
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon