Thinking of cyclamen
Mention of cyclamen in another thread reminded me of a distant memory.
Does anyone remember when a new toilet soap was introduced, in the late 50s. It was Fabulous Pink Camay, and was advertised as having a perfume that cost 5 guineas an ounce! I went on my first proper foeign holiday to Lugano and somehow we 3 girls went up in the wooded hills. Under the trees was a carpet of cyclamen in bloom, and smelling just like the soap! I always sniff cyclamen in hope, but very few have any smell. I'm told that purpurascens is the one with scent, and I have one small corm in a pot and it just about has scent. I'm still hoping! None of the others I've grown have any scent at all. The semi-hardy mini ones which are in all the garden centres now occasionally have a faint scent but it may be my imagination! Pam in Bristol |
Thinking of cyclamen
"Pam Moore" wrote
Mention of cyclamen in another thread reminded me of a distant memory. Does anyone remember when a new toilet soap was introduced, in the late 50s. It was Fabulous Pink Camay, and was advertised as having a perfume that cost 5 guineas an ounce! I went on my first proper foeign holiday to Lugano and somehow we 3 girls went up in the wooded hills. Under the trees was a carpet of cyclamen in bloom, and smelling just like the soap! I always sniff cyclamen in hope, but very few have any smell. I'm told that purpurascens is the one with scent, and I have one small corm in a pot and it just about has scent. I'm still hoping! None of the others I've grown have any scent at all. The semi-hardy mini ones which are in all the garden centres now occasionally have a faint scent but it may be my imagination! Try to find C. parviflorum -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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