As we were planting Cyclamen libanoticum yesterday, my wife and I both thought that the scent was rather strongly of roofing tar and not, as Chris Grey-Wilson says, "...a strange scent, which is best described as 'peppery' (some say 'acetylene') and not particularly pleasant." Neither of us got the peppery but both got roofing tar, and we frequently disagree on scents. He was right, though, about the "not particularly pleasant" part. Ernie O'Byrne Northwest Garden Nursery 86813 Central Road Eugene, ORegon 97402 USA USDA Z. 7B