Lily fragrances
Jane McGary (Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:43:27 PST)
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