Pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

This is growing in Cleveland, Ohio about 3 miles from my house. Not
sure how many different types are in that planter, but something was
filling up the whole area with aroma from that planter. I do not know
my flowers very well, would appreciate an ID if possible. I do have a
small garden, and I planted alyssums, and whatever that is has a kind
of similar, maybe stronger, scent to my nose. Whatever they are, I'd
like to get some for my garden. Sorry if the pic isn't the clearest,
it's from a camera phone. Thanks much.

In article
,
DK1000 wrote:

Pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

This is growing in Cleveland, Ohio about 3 miles from my house. Not
sure how many different types are in that planter, but something was
filling up the whole area with aroma from that planter. I do not know
my flowers very well, would appreciate an ID if possible. I do have a
small garden, and I planted alyssums, and whatever that is has a kind
of similar, maybe stronger, scent to my nose. Whatever they are, I'd
like to get some for my garden. Sorry if the pic isn't the clearest,
it's from a camera phone. Thanks much.

Petunias!

On Jul 9, 2:31*pm, Amos Nomore wrote:
In article
,

*DK1000 wrote:
Pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

This is growing in Cleveland, Ohio about 3 miles from my house. Not
sure how many different types are in that planter, but something was
filling up the whole area with aroma from that planter. I do not know
my flowers very well, would appreciate an ID if possible. I do have a
small garden, and I planted alyssums, and whatever that is has a kind
of similar, maybe stronger, scent to my nose. Whatever they are, I'd
like to get some for my garden. Sorry if the pic isn't the clearest,
it's from a camera phone. Thanks much.

Petunias!

Thanks much! But then there must be something else around there that I
didn't see. I forgot to mention I do have petunias also in my garden,
and I thought, no those can't be petunias, even though they kind of
looked like what I have, as mine don't have a scent at all. I was
looking for scented flowers when I bought mine, and at the store they
told me what I'm buying will have a strong scent, but at night. I
can't smell anything from mine night or day. Are there varieties that
have scent and ones that don't? Mine are different colors from those
in the pic. Thanks again.

I googled petunia + fragrant
This site indicated blue-very fragrant
( but picture was a red one ?)

http://www.burpee.com/product/id/102862.do

Good luck.
Let us all know what you descover.
John T.



On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:02:31 -0700 (PDT), DK1000
wrote:

On Jul 9, 2:31*pm, Amos Nomore wrote:
In article
,

*DK1000 wrote:
Pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

This is growing in Cleveland, Ohio about 3 miles from my house. Not
sure how many different types are in that planter, but something was
filling up the whole area with aroma from that planter. I do not know
my flowers very well, would appreciate an ID if possible. I do have a
small garden, and I planted alyssums, and whatever that is has a kind
of similar, maybe stronger, scent to my nose. Whatever they are, I'd
like to get some for my garden. Sorry if the pic isn't the clearest,
it's from a camera phone. Thanks much.

Petunias!

Thanks much! But then there must be something else around there that I
didn't see. I forgot to mention I do have petunias also in my garden,
and I thought, no those can't be petunias, even though they kind of
looked like what I have, as mine don't have a scent at all. I was
looking for scented flowers when I bought mine, and at the store they
told me what I'm buying will have a strong scent, but at night. I
can't smell anything from mine night or day. Are there varieties that
have scent and ones that don't? Mine are different colors from those
in the pic. Thanks again.

On Jul 9, 3:43*pm, hubops wrote:
I googled * *petunia + fragrant *
This site indicated *blue-very fragrant
*( but picture was a red one ?)

http://www.burpee.com/product/id/102862.do

Good luck.
Let us all know what you discover.
*John T.

(snip)

Thanks John,

I think most of the ones in my original pic were blues and whites with
a couple of red ones:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

However I just uploaded a pic of mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../P7110001a.jpg

According to the little info "card" the nursery sticks into the soil
when you buy young plants, my red/red-white ones are of the "Pirouette
Rose" variety, and my yellow/white ones are "Prism Sunshine". That
card even refers to their website: http://aaswinners.com/

Well, I picked a red one and a yellow one after dark, and brought them
in the house to isolate them from the alyssums, etc., and I sniffed.
The yellow one had no scent at all, and the red one almost too slight
to notice, and what I did smell didn't seem like what was in that pot.
I tried during the day, same thing. The bluish flowers in my garden
are some type of violas, which do have a little scent. I also have the
bluish-purple variety of alyssum in my garden behind the white ones,
but their scent is weaker than the whites, which are quite noticeable
and I like. The white ones seem to be taking over which is fine with
me. Next time I'm near that planter, I'll have to look around more,
something I'm not seeing. Actually whatever it was, I ran across when
I was young, and I asked what that was, and someone told me
"honeysuckle", and I remember like yellow or reddish flowers at the
time (can't remember which), and they were bigger and looked different
that what I now know as honeysuckle, as I bought a Japanese
honeysuckle plant about 5 years ago thinking that was that old mystery
plant, and I find that it isn't, but I kept it anyways.

On Jul 9, 3:43*pm, hubops wrote:
I googled * *petunia + fragrant *
This site indicated *blue-very fragrant
*( but picture was a red one ?)

http://www.burpee.com/product/id/102862.do

Good luck.
Let us all know what you discover.
*John T.

(snip)

Thanks John,

I think most of the ones in my original pic were blues and whites with
a couple of red ones:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

However I just uploaded a pic of mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../P7110001a.jpg

According to the little info "card" the nursery sticks into the soil
when you buy young plants, my red/red-white ones are of the "Pirouette
Rose" variety, and my yellow/white ones are "Prism Sunshine". That
card even refers to their website: http://aaswinners.com/

Well, I picked a red one and a yellow one after dark, and brought them
in the house to isolate them from the alyssums, etc., and I sniffed.
The yellow one had no scent at all, and the red one almost too slight
to notice, and what I did smell didn't seem like what was in that pot.
I tried during the day, same thing. The bluish flowers in my garden
are some type of violas, which do have a little scent. I also have the
bluish-purple variety of alyssum in my garden behind the white ones,
but their scent is weaker than the whites, which are quite noticeable
and I like. The white ones seem to be taking over which is fine with
me. Next time I'm near that planter, I'll have to look around more,
something I'm not seeing. Actually whatever it was, I ran across when
I was young, and I asked what that was, and someone told me
"honeysuckle", and I remember like yellow or reddish flowers at the
time (can't remember which), and they were bigger and looked different
that what I now know as honeysuckle, as I bought a Japanese
honeysuckle plant about 5 years ago thinking that was that old mystery
plant, and I find that it isn't, but I kept it anyways.

On Jul 9, 3:43*pm, hubops wrote:
I googled * *petunia + fragrant *
This site indicated *blue-very fragrant
*( but picture was a red one ?)

http://www.burpee.com/product/id/102862.do

Good luck.
Let us all know what you discover.
*John T.

(snip)

Thanks John,

I think most of the ones in my original pic were blues and whites with
a couple of red ones:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...IMAGE_028a.jpg

However I just uploaded a pic of mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../P7110001a.jpg

According to the little info "card" the nursery sticks into the soil
when you buy young plants, my red/red-white ones are of the "Pirouette
Rose" variety, and my yellow/white ones are "Prism Sunshine". That
card even refers to their website: http://aaswinners.com/

Well, I picked a red one and a yellow one after dark, and brought them
in the house to isolate them from the alyssums, etc., and I sniffed.
The yellow one had no scent at all, and the red one almost too slight
to notice, and what I did smell didn't seem like what was in that pot.
I tried during the day, same thing. The bluish flowers in my garden
are some type of violas, which do have a little scent. I also have the
bluish-purple variety of alyssum in my garden behind the white ones,
but their scent is weaker than the whites, which are quite noticeable
and I like. The white ones seem to be taking over which is fine with
me. Next time I'm near that planter, I'll have to look around more,
something I'm not seeing. Actually whatever it was, I ran across when
I was young, and I asked what that was, and someone told me
"honeysuckle", and I remember like yellow or reddish flowers at the
time (can't remember which), and they were bigger and looked different
that what I now know as honeysuckle, as I bought a Japanese
honeysuckle plant about 5 years ago thinking that was that old mystery
plant, and I find that it isn't, but I kept it anyways.

The original petunia was highly scented, but it was lost as they were increasingly bred for fancy colours. There are now varieties which have been bred for scent. The petunia pink ones are usually the strongest smelling.

Welcome to Garden-Planters,
I forgot to mention I do have petunias also in my garden,
and I thought, no those can't be petunias, even though they kind of
looked like what I have, as mine don't have a scent at all.
Good luck....