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Most fragrant plant for baskets/patio pots?
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What are the most fragrant (common, ie easy to get and not too expensive) things I could get to put into hanging baskets or patio pots? I'm looking for something (flower, shrub, anything) that gives off a lot of nice smell, for when we're sitting outside, and even to be able to smell inside the house when the doors are open. Any help most appreciated. |
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Most fragrant plant for baskets/patio pots?
Mentalguy2k8 writes
Hi, What are the most fragrant (common, ie easy to get and not too expensive) things I could get to put into hanging baskets or patio pots? I'm looking for something (flower, shrub, anything) that gives off a lot of nice smell, for when we're sitting outside, and even to be able to smell inside the house when the doors are open. Any help most appreciated. Things I use a daffodils, hyacinths for early spring (buy bulbs) wallflowers to follow on (buy plants, or grow from seed, flowering in second year) then for summer into autumn: night scented stock, any of the other scented stocks, nicotiana. All of these easy and cheap from seed, flowering in the first year The scented jasmine that is commonly sold as a houseplant works well in a pot but needs to be kept warm (above 40 deg C ideally) in winter. Ditto brugmansias, which are heavily scented (with 8-10inch long flowers) but can't easily be kept much below 4ft and need a big pot - probably expensive to buy, but I grew mine from seed, getting flowers the second or third year. Be aware that the sort of clovey scent of the stocks and most of the plants I've mentioned are used by the plant to attract moths for pollination. Since moths tend to be night flying, most of these tend to produce their scent from early evening onwards - they're not so good for giving you scent while you're eating your breakfast. The sort of smell that hawthorn (I can't offhand think of pot-sized plants with the same smell) has is designed to attract flies for pollination, and, while it is attractive in small doses, most people find it unpleasant if too strong. Other alternatives are things that have leaves which release their scent if brushed against or bruised - two main groups here, i) the aromatic herbs like thyme, lavender and rosemary ii) scented leaved pelargoniums, whose scents can include orange, lemon, pine, eucalyptus, rose and chocolate-peppermint. -- Kay |
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Most fragrant plant for baskets/patio pots?
On 2009-04-26 16:28:34 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
said: Hi, What are the most fragrant (common, ie easy to get and not too expensive) things I could get to put into hanging baskets or patio pots? I'm looking for something (flower, shrub, anything) that gives off a lot of nice smell, for when we're sitting outside, and even to be able to smell inside the house when the doors are open. Any help most appreciated. Lathyrus matucana, Trailing Petunia Melissa, Begonia solananthera, Alyssum, Silene maritima Swan Lake is terribly under-used, IMO. And I've never tried trailing honeysuckle downwards, rather than upwards but I wonder if anyone else has? However, it could be grown up supports in a pot placed near a door or window, as could jasmine. Cestrum nocturnum is very scented on warm evenings but would need to go into a conservatory or frost-free greenhouse for the winter. -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials South Devon |
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Surfina petunias. In the summer I have two baskets and the house is filled with scent and outside on a warm barmy night. I have white jasmine and night scented stocks where we sit, I know its nice to have all year round smells but who wants to sit outside in cold horibble Jan Feb March. Spruce
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Most fragrant plant for baskets/patio pots?
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:06:34 +0100, spruce
wrote: Mentalguy2k8;841122 Wrote: Hi, What are the most fragrant (common, ie easy to get and not too expensive) things I could get to put into hanging baskets or patio pots? I'm looking for something (flower, shrub, anything) that gives off a lot of nice smell, for when we're sitting outside, and even to be able to smell inside the house when the doors are open. Any help most appreciated. easy and cheap Surfina petunias. In the summer I have two baskets and the house is filled with scent and outside on a warm barmy night. I have white jasmine and night scented stocks where we sit, I know its nice to have all year round smells but who wants to sit outside in cold horibble Jan Feb March. Spruce Try nemesia confetti. I have just replaced two which died off overwinter, but which have done well for several years, surviving the winters till now. It has little scented pink flowers all summer. The perfume doesn't spread far, but is subtle. Plant it in a container near where you sit, in a sunny place. When it gets leggy cut it back and it will sprout again. Pam in Bristol |
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