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03-05-2021, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Clawhammer
Last February while walking my dog in my new neighborhood I kept catching whiffs of the most amazing sweet lemony fragrance but I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Turns out it was Winter Daphne (Daphne ordora). It is so powerful when in bloom you can smell a small bush outside from across the street. I am now obsessed.
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Well shoot! Quit toying with me. I rushed off after reading this to find myself one. Zone 7-9. Go figure.
Wah, wah, wah...  |
03-05-2021, 10:54 AM
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Well shoot! Quit toying with me. I rushed off after reading this to find myself one. Zone 7-9. Go figure.
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I tried them here. It wasn't pretty. |
03-05-2021, 11:00 AM
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Ooops! I didn't realize how restricted the zone map is. For the first time on this board I am feeling lucky about my local weather conditions vis-a-vis a plant I'm trying to grow outside.
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03-05-2021, 11:36 AM
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Damn! 7-9. That is like a teeny window lol
I might try to push it and grow it in a pot in shade.
I love me some smelly flowers
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03-05-2021, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts
Damn! 7-9. That is like a teeny window lol
I might try to push it and grow it in a pot in shade.
I love me some smelly flowers
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It is really incredible. 24 hour fragrance. My girlfriend pinched a tiny bud from the top and brought it in and it smells up a whole room. |
03-05-2021, 11:49 AM
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Damn! 7-9. That is like a teeny window lol
I might try to push it and grow it in a pot in shade.
I love me some smelly flowers
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It also said they were sort of finicky to get started. You're even further outside the zone than Dolly and I... caveat emptor my friend!
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03-05-2021, 11:55 AM
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Lol. I live dangerously
A cool flower for smell that I just discovered is
False Ashoka Tree
I am pretty sure. The person whose land it is is kind of an ass so I don’t want to ask lol
Smell Is like a frangipani and a lemon. Smack(kiss)!
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03-05-2021, 12:49 PM
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Yesterday, WW and I were talking about pushing the zone envelope. When we were younger it seemed like the thing to do. I personally always likes to push my zones as far as I could and brag about it. However, as I got older, I was more interested in what would work than coddling it. I find myself going back to tried and true plants that work with little tending.
Years ago a landscaper gave me A Daphne that was supposed to be Hardy. Even in our sand it died a slow and painful death. There are just things that my conditions will not grow. And you can ask WW about ostrich ferns, they are the rats of the plant world to me. I've made hundreds of dollars off of my bed of ostrich ferns. But for her, not so much.
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03-05-2021, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts
Lol. I live dangerously
A cool flower for smell that I just discovered is
False Ashoka Tree
Smell Is like a frangipani and a lemon. Smack(kiss)!.... |
Just what you need to hang a lot of mounted orchids in a small space. |
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03-05-2021, 07:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts
Lol. I live dangerously
A cool flower for smell that I just discovered is
False Ashoka Tree
I am pretty sure. The person whose land it is is kind of an ass so I don’t want to ask lol
Smell Is like a frangipani and a lemon. Smack(kiss)! |
Ylang ylang!
I was way off
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#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
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