Smelliest bulbs
totototo@telus.net (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:05:39 PDT)
On 27 Aug 2010, at 10:18, Michael Mace wrote:
Have we ever done a discussion on the list of the worst-smelling bulbs?
Might be fun.
Arum dioscorides - gross and disgusting, like a compost heap that's been
overwatered and gone into anaerobic decomposition
Fritillaria camschatcensis - skunky; a real stinker. Enter a pot of this in
flower at a show and the entire hall will be scented with its effluvium.
Lilium martagon - oh, so pretty, but with a vile, musty, unpleasant scent that
precludes using the flowers to decorate the house.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada