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Post by octave on Mar 21, 2015 9:50:42 GMT -5
I would like to grow some very fragrant, perennial flowers. Aside from roses, what else can I grow? Ideally I would be starting from seeds. I do LOVE Sweet Williams, but I never had any success with germination.
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Post by ahntjudy on Mar 21, 2015 10:17:52 GMT -5
I started to post this and then reread that you preferred starting from seed. Anyway... The first plants I thought of were lily of the valley and some hostas in flower. Short lived bloomers yet the most fragrant in my yard.
Years ago I had a carnations...plant divisions from my uncles that he had had for years. It was obviously an old variety...small...pale pink...and had the most intoxicating scent. Sadly one year it did not come up again.
I don't know about newer carnation varieties...if they have hybridized the scent away or not!
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 21, 2015 10:26:32 GMT -5
Lavender, honeysuckle, lilac, peony and phlox are my favorites.
Moon flowers aren't perennials, but they smell so good on summer evenings.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Mar 21, 2015 15:33:33 GMT -5
I didn't realize phlox had much aroma, but my peonies smell wonderful.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 21, 2015 16:23:24 GMT -5
DW, you've identified the same flowers I was going to suggest!
Some years ago I had an pale orange iris that had a very slight, delicate fragrance, but I don't know the exact name. I named it Orange Sherbet.
I noticed today in the Ace Hardware store that they're carrying heirloom botanicals; perhaps those types of carnations would still be fragrant.
My honeysuckle is a vine; one in the yard of the abandoned house next door is a shrub, but it doesn't get very large.
Although I've never grown them, I understand that butterfly bushes (buddleia)and clematis are fragrant.
And there are always the herbs, even though the flowers aren't necessarily the highlight of the plants; lavender is an exception though.
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Post by Mumsey on Mar 21, 2015 18:17:41 GMT -5
Years ago I planted sweet william. It never came up. The next year it did, so the seed sat in the ground a year before deciding to germinate! It was the most beautiful patch of sweet william!
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Post by OregonRed on Mar 21, 2015 21:40:07 GMT -5
ahhhh, gotta love that mother nature...............
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Post by claude on Mar 21, 2015 22:08:10 GMT -5
I love lilies, lilac, daffodils, wisteria, and multi colored flowering tabacco..oh and moon flowers.
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Post by davidjp on Mar 21, 2015 22:11:29 GMT -5
Not sure if they would grow for your zone but how about jasmine. Does well in a pot and lovely fragrance, I'd guess would do well in a pot if you had to bring in thru winter
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Post by octave on Mar 23, 2015 12:41:12 GMT -5
I ADORE jasmine, but it will never survive here.
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Post by gakaren on Mar 23, 2015 15:02:53 GMT -5
Nearly all of my iris have a wonderful scent. But lilac & peony are 2 of my favorites. And neither like to grow down here! :( Love Lily of the valley, but that won't grow here either. What about some sweet peas?
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Post by davidjp on Mar 23, 2015 16:52:33 GMT -5
I ADORE jasmine, but it will never survive here. I still think you could maybe do a small pot. On visiting a nursery this weekend I noticed the jasmines and on the label it said hardy down to 10F or -12C. Thats pretty cold so they can survive pretty heavy frost so you might only have to have it in for a short period of time, I know you may well get colder than that but surely not for the whole winter. Not sure if that info was true but its what it said. They seem pretty tough so a small pot might work and you don't want too big a plant anyway as the scent is pretty powerful.
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Post by claude on Mar 24, 2015 8:02:02 GMT -5
The heirloom sweet peas are the ones with the fragrance aren't they?
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Post by Tomato Z on Mar 26, 2015 19:08:32 GMT -5
Lavender, lilacs, and my old yellow or white iris have the best scents.
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Post by Latitude33 on Mar 26, 2015 19:23:40 GMT -5
Plumeria if you have the space to bring it in for winter. Not sure how ginger would do for you as a houseplant. Dwarf citrus in container, again if you can move it indoors for winter.
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