"Trevor Appleton" wrote in message
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Is it me?

Scent is one of my main interests in the garden, and especially winter
scent. My all time favourite plant is my 7 year old Daphne bholua
'Darjeeling' now 6ft high by 4 ft spread which I can smell from 20 yards
even when its minus 6 outside. Its been flowering its socks off for six
weeks now.

I'd love to grow this but I've been told that it's a bit too cold for a bit
too long up here in East Scotland.

But Sarcocca? I find the smell absolutely obnoxious. To me it smells like
a
plastic bottle that has been left on a red hot hob.

This thread has made me wish that my little hedge was more established than
just 10 weeks so that I could pass comment. For me, it's Paperwhites and
Box plants. The 'fragrance of Box has always smelt like cat's pee to me,
and I grew 'lovely frangrant' Paperwhites this year which have now to live
in the open lobby cos the smell to me is vile (maybe it's a pregnancy thing
with the latter though)

BTW have tried for several years to grow Lonicera fragrantissima and L.
purpusii. The bushes grow to 4ft x 4ft, but have a pathetic number of
flowers, and I'll probably give up and throw them away.

My plants have been sulking for three years now - not a flower in sight, and
never has been.

--A