Fragrances that Surprise--TOW
Rodger Whitlock (Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:46:01 PDT)
On 12 Apr 04 at 17:04, Boyce Tankersley wrote:
I've never thought of Narcissus as being all that fragrant. Earlier
in my horticulture career I am sure I must have stuck my nose in a
few Daffodils and I know in my part-time high school job as a
florist deliveryman they didn't seem to have a fragrance at all.
So imagine my surprise when my questing nose for the most wonderful
fragrance late one spring brought me to a small flowered Narcissus
with grasslike foliage - Narcissus jonquilla, or one of its hybrids.
I've added to the 'must have's' of my garden and have enjoyed this
fragrant delight ever since.
I have large pots of several of the big triandrus hybrids -- Liberty
Bells for example -- on my front porch. At night when it's cool,
there's a delicious scent from them. Not strong, but definitely
there.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
"To co-work is human,
to cow-ork, bovine."