Tulbaghia fragrance -- is it, or isn't it??
James Waddick (Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:13:49 PST)

Dear Dave;
Ths is a time I approach almost with dread, that one morning
I'll walk into my small cool greenhouse and be overcome by the
fragrance of T. simmerli alba and not be found for hours -
asphyxiated. The fragrance must be the most intense of any bulb
matching and exceeding hyacinths or paperwhites indoors.

I have more than a dozen stalks expanding and about to bombard me.

I have noticed that like many white flowered plants, the
fragrance seems strongest at night and lingers through morning. I
have no idea what it might do outdoors and it might waft pleasantly
on morning breezes. And surely warmth helps.

I suggest patience and take a sniff late at night or early in
the am. Cut a stalk and keep it overnight.

And of course you may own the rarest of T. simmerli "inodora"
varieties.

best Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
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