Fragrances that Surprise--TOW
Rodger Whitlock (Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:34:30 PDT)
On 11 Apr 04 at 20:46, Mary Sue Ittner wrote:
...Please share with the group any bulbs that fit any of these
possibilities or even just surprise you even if you read they had
an unusual fragrance.
Although in doing so it lives up to its billing in the press, Arum
dioscorides is always a surprise -- but not a pleasant one. It reeks
of a compost heap that's been over-watered and gone to the dark side.
The first few years it flowered, I wasn't clueful and kept wondering
just what my neighbors were putting in their compost!
Add in its dire coloring of dirty yellow-green with blackish
purple-maroon spots and you have a sure winner!
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island