In message , Pete The Gardener
writes
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 23:25:03 +0000, sacha
wrote:

Just walking through our garden today makes me ask everyone to find a piece
of ground for this amazingly scented, winter-flowering shrub. I think it's
probably under-rated and under-sold. I picked one sprig and it's scenting
out the sitting room. If you don't have it, go and find it!

Quite agree. I've got S. confusa, S. hookeriana and S. ruscifolia in
various of my gardens. I like to plant them near the gates, paths and
round the benches so that people get the maximum benefit from them at
this time of year.

What is wrong with me???

I've got a S hookeriana 'humilis' flowering well in a pot and can detect
no scent whatsoever.

I've brought a sprig indoors just now to see if central-heating will
encourage something detectable.

Incidentally, I grew freesias and couldn't smell them at all but I read
somewhere that that's well known.

--
dave @ stejonda

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