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Posted by Chickadee_8b Houston, TX 8b (My Page) on Sun, Nov 18, 01 at 11:09
| I've just come across this forum and didn't see any post about favorite smeling plants and flowers, just the stinkiest! My favorite smelling plant is the hydrangea...not sweet, just a fresh smell. Maybe his has something to do with childhood memories. They say that scent is closely aligned to past memories.... |
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- Posted by Aurore Zone 4/5 NY (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 18, 01 at 15:16
| So many to choose from. I'd have to say it's a tie between freesias and lilacs. |
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| lilacs, gardenia, plumeria, not necessarily in that order. |
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Ohhh!.......There are just so many, ask me on a different day you will get a different answer ...hehe... Ok....for flowers, today is Aglaia odorata, presently emitting a wonderful scent for the third time this year. For fragrant foliage...... We have a Eucalyptus tree which I like to take a few leaves and crush them for a pleasing scent. Supannee |
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So far Lilacs are my favorites, along with witch hazel for winter. Yeona |
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| My favorites would include Fringe Tree, Reblooming Bearded Irises, and the Lemon Lily, which is a Daylily species. Mark A. Cook---Dunnellon, Florida. |
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| My favorite would have to get a gardenia. I just can't get enough of that wonderful smell! |
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| Boronia, angel's trumpet, pittosporum undulatum (I'm sure I butchered the spelling on that one) |
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| Peacock orchids!!!!!!! They are the BEST |
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- Posted by QueenB 9b, Baytown,TX (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 23, 01 at 17:34
| My faves are in this order: Hawaiian White (or Butterfly) Ginger, gardenias, and magnolias with their lemony scent. QB |
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| My favorites are buddleia and peony. |
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| Lilac and oriental Lilies |
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| Sweet cecily- an anise scent that I warm days perfumes the whole neighborhood |
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Back in Upstate New York I would choose four plants (hehe): 1) 'Guacamole' hosta 2) the lilac 3) 'Stargazer' Lilies 4) and the rose 'Jardins de Bagatelle' Here in Florida I choose: my new Angelwing Jasmine and Allamanda vine--the jasmine has very shiny and elegant leaves and a fragrance to Ooo-and-Aaa over...the Allamanda has HUGE, yellow-trumpet flowers and GREAT foliage. :) Mark |
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| The flowers of an orange tree or any citrus for that matter! It is the most wonderfully intoxicating scent in the world! Fond memories of childhood in grandmother's garden. |
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| For bringing indoors, freesias or sweetpeas; For night perfume, magnolia; For a spirit-lifting walk, ... oh, bum, can't remember the name - it's a minty scented herb... umm... no, can't remember! Sorry, will have to come back on that one. |
I remember now! Yay!
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| (I must have been having a "senior moment"there. LOL) Pennyroyal! It is growing in patches in the lawns of the girls' college where I 've been teaching. When you want to lift your spirits, you go for a walk across the lawns! I have promised myself to go take a few plugs of it for an area in our lawn here at home! |
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| The sweet old fashioned rose followed closely by lilac and snowbell tree.Though if it doesn't HAVETA be a flower it would be pine and cedar trees. Man do I hope spring gets here fast....:) |
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| It is January 15th today, and my grocery store bought primulas are a bit of heaven to me. They may not have a powerful scent, but their perfume tells me spring will indeed come! |
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Some of my favorites are Lilacs, Gardenias, Daylilies, Jasmine polyanthus, Northern Lights Deciduous Azaleas, Camellia 'Minato no Kaori' a single light pink lutchensis hybrid, Daffodils, Sweet Peas, Philadelphus. Amanda |
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| I'm surprised no one has mentioned roses. They are all bursting in bloom in town and even when you drive by some of the rose gardens, their scent wafts into the car. Lovely. And I love the smell of geraniums when you deadhead them. |
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So many!!!! Peony, Roses & Candytuft...to name a few. |
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| I've loved night-blooming jasmine since childhood. That and gardenia are my favorites among so many. |
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| Plumeria, roses, and sweet peas! |
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spring: narcissus (daffodils), lilac, lily-of-the-valley, peonies also: jasmine sambac, cleomes (yes.. this is weird, but I love their fragrance), lavender, sweet peas... I am sure I could go on! Anne-Marie NY-zone 5 |
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| Jasmine, lilac, lily of the valley, and hyacinth. I've never smelled a live ylang ylang plant but I love the essential oil smell. I'm starting moon flowers, datura, brugmansia and sweet autumn clematis this year. Never smelled those either. Looking foward to it!!!!! |
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- Posted by Mikey So CA - Z10 (My Page) on
Mon, May 6, 02 at 0:33
| My favorite smelling plant is the Lemon-scented Verbena (Aloysia triphylla) and my favorite smelling flower is the Mexican Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa). |
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| lilacs mmmmmlove to smell them.. |
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- Posted by Dtkaty z8b Katy,TX (My Page) on
Fri, May 17, 02 at 22:27
| I've got several favorites - plumeria, Rangoon creeper,Brugmansia, Nicotiana alata,moonvine & flowering almond tree. Sometimes the scents are absolutely intoxicating in the evening! |
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| I have nemesia and stock near my front door. They smell heavenly. I cut pansies for my desk at work and that smelled great too. I have irises in bloom now that smell like grape soda. And another vote for buddleia ,lilac, and lavender. |
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| Oh, my, I have way too many choices or loves! Let's see. Gardenias, Roses, Oriental lilies, lilacs, Plumeria, lavender, Scotch Broom, blossoms on fruit trees, Hyacinths, sweet peas, irises, carnations, violets, Freesia, ginger or WaterHawthorn, petunias, Lemon Thyme, and fresh cut grass! *G* I know there is more. Karalyn |
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| How about Daphne Odora - wonderful smell permeates the whole backyard? I also second Gardenia and Magnolia. Also, don't forget Osmanthus Fragrans - the Tea Olive, light but carries far. |
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| Phlox, night scented stock and my favourite rose - Angel Face. |
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I'm suprised no one mentioned viburnum. That has always been tops on my list. Another vote for lilacs, gardenia, stock and moonflower. Also four-o-clocks. I like evening gardens. |
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| Anything, and all things that are lemon scent. Lemon verbena, lemon balm, lemon geranium, pinapple sage. I always have a big pot of this combination in the summer. These have a tendency to spread too much in the regular flower bed. Teresa |
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| That's like asking whether you prefer Italian food, Chinese food, American food, etc. I don't think I can limit myself to one, but I will list three favorites for different reasons. Roses- this is a no-brainer Lavenders- both flowers and foliage Lilacs- Only lasts about a week or two, but boy! |
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| Lilacs, wild ginger, nicotiana, dendrobiums (orchids), sweet alyssum and certain tea roses. |
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| no one has mentioned wallflowers (cheiranthus) which have a beautiful, sad, evocative scent. |
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Dianthus, confederate jasmine, gardenia. Just one of these plants will perfume a walkway in my zone. |
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| Several roses, sweet peas, lilac, lily of the valley, Choisya ternata (Mexican orange-blossom) shrub, valerian (?officianalis) and plain old purple petunias (I think they were labeled "blue" something). |
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| Heliotrope, Roses, Lily of the Valley, Lilacs. |
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freshly mowed grass gardenia hyacinth honeysuckle and my all time favorite is lavender |
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| Spring, Michelia figo; summer, Crinum americanus; fall, Hedychium coronarium; winter, Osmanthus fragrans. Have many other favorites, but these stand out from the crowd. |
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| Lilacs, Lilly of the Valley, Lavender, Peonies and nicotiana in the evening. |
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| My Popcorn cassia, smells like buttered popcorn |
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| Lavender, thyme, and tomato plants and sunflowers (reminds me of summer and summer veggie gardening) Oh, and the gigantic rose bush that grew over a fence in my old neighborhood. When it bloomed, the scent was amazing - I keep forgetting to ask the owner for a clipping so I can start my own. Best Regards, Celeste |
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| Night Blooming Jasmine has a wonderful fragrance,(sometimes a bit strong), but I'd have to say my favorite is the Gardenia. I will never forget, however, the great smelling lilacs I enjoyed while living in Michigan for two years. Unfortunately for me, they don't grow here in the Brazos Valley of S.E. Texas. |
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| Two huge bushes by our back door that we dug out of a friend's yard and I have no idea what they are, but sometime in May they are intoxicating and the fragrance comes in the side door everytime you open it. However, my very, very favorite is Mr. Lincoln, maybe it's because DH bought me two for Mother's day about 6 years ago. I love gardenias, but have NEVER had one make it more than 5 minutes inside or out. Terry |
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| daphne odorata: mm-mmmmm.... |
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- Posted by Jepa S Finland (Z5) (My Page) on
Wed, Sep 4, 02 at 16:39
| I love garden heliotrope and sweet pea "Mrs. Collier"! |
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- Posted by mjsee nc,orange (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 15, 02 at 21:55
| Tuberose (had 'em in ny wedding boquet!) Sweet Olive, autumn blooming clematis |
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| I like all sweet smelling flowers. In my yard my favorites are pinks, gardenia, roses, lilys, catmint, and butterfly bush. I have new arrivals that should come up in spring so I should get some new scents. (Had a moonflower this year but it didn't have any scent.) |
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| The large white night blooming moonflower vine. |
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| I love the smell of Rosemary and also of Sweet Basil, love to rub them between my fingertips, then smell the lovely aroma. |
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| Mock Orange, overgrown, summer evening, outside of a bedroom window. |
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| 1. Tuberoses 2. Stargazer Lily |
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| Native azaleas, viburnum bukwoodii, daphne odorata, Carol Mackie, cenoreum, & Stargazer Lillies. |
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Lilacs are my hands-down favorite. All I have to do is close my eyes and smell them and I'm back in my Grandmother's garden. I notice that at least half of the fragrances that are my favorites have to do with childhood. mock orange, lily of the valley, heliotrope, hosta plantaginau (spelling?) lilies, also now the rose-can't remember the name, but its plum colored and lemon scented. Also for night scents flowering tobacco. Paula |
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| Buddleias, for their strange "old" scent. sweet alyssum, for that warm honeyed smell. and hyacinths, i remember sitting in a formal hyacinth garden in england, it was the peak of their bloom. was bowled over by the scent, every time the breeze shifted. enjoy. |
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| Buddleias, for their strange "old" scent. sweet alyssum, for that warm honeyed smell. and hyacinths, i remember sitting in a formal hyacinth garden in england, it was the peak of their bloom. was bowled over by the scent, every time the breeze shifted. enjoy. |
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| Most fragrant plants are just too fragrant for me (freesia, plumeria, ylang ylang, jasmine). I do go over close and smell them, compulsively, then wish I hadn't. I prefer the milder perfumes, like Nycanthes arbor-tristis. Roses too. |
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| Gardenias, violets, Magnolias, and my neighbor has this rose that smells like heaven will I am sure. |
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| I've smelled other people's cut roses and some do smell heavenly. The one I grow that I love to smell the most is Acidanthera (Abyssinian gladiolus), which comes in corm form and gets dug up in the Fall. I get that AHHH feeling every time its fragrance wafts its way up my nose. |
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| Lilacs, hyacinth, lavender, and russian sage. |
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| Heliotrope is the best thing I've ever smelled. Korean spice viburnum - Mmmm! And a major wafter. Honorable mention to Hesperis, aka dame's rocket. |
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| Daphne odora, it's heavenly. If I could find a perfume or soap with this scent, I'd be thrilled! :) |
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- Posted by rebow 6 Philly (My Page) on
Wed, May 28, 03 at 19:03
| cleome, eucalyptus crushed and bee balm.... all with a fresh lemony scent |
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Lavendar, Citrus blossom, hyacinth, banana shrub, oriental lily, gardenia, nemesia, Lilac, Hedychium ginger, Rose |
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lily-of-the-valley lilacs four-o-clocks All favorite childhood smells from where I grew up in Illinois! |
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Freshly mown alfalfa ( but that's not a 'garden' plant , is it??)It's been many years since I lived where I could smell it. Otherwise , It's peonies and roses.I love to bury my nose in them and inhale!!!!! In Idaho , near where my sister lives , they grow fields of lavender ! Now THAT"S a fragrance when they harvest!!! |
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| Rangoon creeper or quisqualis indica. It's blooming now and heavenly. Anna |
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| Citrus blossoms and lavender. |
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- Posted by SusanC Z9/Sunset 17 (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 5, 03 at 18:33
| Hybrid musk roses, honeysuckle, night-blooming jasmine, common jasmine, Mexican mock orange and sweet olive. and then there's lavender, lemon balm, pineapple sage, chocolate peppermint and marjoram... |
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| my favorite would have to be any Jasmine variety, mona lisa lily, and of course the ever famous fragrant roses |
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| Definitely for this year it has to be Evening Scented Stock!!! I can't get enough of it!! I look so forward to evenings, the smell just whiffs into the house. It's like going to sleep on a candy cloud! My second favorite is michelia alba...yumsss Another favorite is Double Delight Roses!! |
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| Lilac and Heliotrope..... Heliotrope can be an ugly plant (coarse leaves) but oh the smell is to die for. |
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| Old Roses the most fragrant I know is 'Madame Isaac Pereire', also Philadephus 'Belle Etoile' (Mock Orange) and Viburnum Carlesii. |
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| Lilacs al time number one fav. and Korean Spice Viburnum second. Roses would come 3rd. Bergamot (bee balm)is a fav, too. |
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| Its hard to say if I have a favorite yet since I am so new to gardening but so far I really like the smell of sweetpeas and dill. I don't like the smell of pear tree flowers, UGH! |
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| The smell of wild onions when they mow the roadside, clover and carnations. And my new favorite, Maid of Orleans Jasmine. |
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| I love the smell of my tall phlox when in bloom. I also love lily of the valley, lavender, roses, lilies, and mint to name a few. |
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| The scent of apple blossoms is delightful. |
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| I do like the dark purple petunias which give off the most comforting, yummy "Old Spice-y" aroma in the summer around our terrace. But my longtime favorite is the lilac. Growing up in Northern California meant that the heat of the day would enhance the fragrance, as it would linger in our shaded front yard clear into night. As for least favorite: I enjoy the flower, but do not like the smell of daffodils. It's a shame too, since I enjoy cut daffies in the house and at the office. But I persevere, as they are so pretty. :) |
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| There are a lot of them, but here are some favorites. Star jasmine by the front door. Gardenia and evening primrose in the back yard. Citrus blossoms on a warm spring day. |
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| I love everything that everyone has mentioned! My husband is not a flower sniffer, but every time he passes the Sweet Alyssum he blisses out! Just found a new herb that smells great-- Pennywort. Anyone ever smelled that? Smells like a combination of peppermint and thyme. |
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| Lilacs, phlox, roses, Asiatic lilies (which smell so strong that my cat won't eat them...unlike the others, which I have to put WAY UP HIGH on shelves to keep away from him)! |
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| I'm surprised no one has mentioned the wonderful smell of blooming honey locust trees. The fragrance is emitted at about 5 PM and smells like concord grapes. When they are blooming in the evening I can smell it driving all along rt 95 between Richmond and DC. Here's another no one has mentioned: night blooming epiphyllum. My parents had one of these when I was a child. It was kept outside in the summer until the blooms opened. At about 11 PM when the blooms were well open we would carry it into a dimly lit room, and all the neighbors would be invited in to see and smell it. It perfumed the entire house. Heavenly!!! Other favorites: French Hybrid lilacs, certain German iris, "Stargazer lily", "Mr. Lincoln" rose, "Sweet Surrender" rose, gardenia, mock orange, allysum, hyacinths, "Essex Witch" dianthus, viburnum "Carlessi", peony "Vivid", lily-of-the-valley, buddleia, jasmine, japanese honeysuckle, clover. There is a certain Hosta with a large plain green leaf, and white bloom that is amazingly fragrant. Some years ago the Director of the National Arboretum drove me around the arboretum to select a site for a bench I was donating. He had a pot of this Hosta in the back of his car, and the perfume was unbelievable! If non-floral fragrances can be included, I would add: fruit of wild strawberries, the leaves of fragrant-leafed geraniums (pelargonium), mint leaves (I enjoy a sprig of fresh mint in iced tea instead of lemon.) There is also an old fashioned rose that has foliage that smells like green apples. |
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| The fragrance that I wear is Fig Leaf and Cassis. I like the smell of cucumber and honeydew melon. Also like Bouvardia, Tuberose, roses scented with myrrh and verveine and of course lemon verbena itself. Basil is pretty hard to beat. Once I went down to San Diego and did a long hike in the Torrey Pines reserve and could not believe the combination of fragrance in the volatile oils of all those native plants. Also amazing to be drowned in cypress or Douglas Fir. The geranium that is scented like Attar of Roses...and at last I'll shut up. |
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| Honeysuckle, lilac and hyacinth. |
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| Carnations, lilacs, and lily-of-the-valley, for the flowers. I grow herbs, and am very partial to lemon scented ones, many of the mints, amd tarragon. Also a grass- someone told me it was called hay scented grass- it just smells so fresh. |
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| Judging by the number of votes, nothing can beat the Lilac! Personally, I think it's as close to Heaven as you can get. Other favorites include, Lily of the Valley, Roses, Phlox, Gardenias, Magnolias, Ginger, and Jasmine...not necessarily in that order. |
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| WHITE CYCLAMEN. It's almost like a lily-of-the-valley, but with a citrus edge... HEAVEN. For me it bumped freesia out of the number one spot. Here's today's Top Ten ;) 1. White Cyclamen 2. Freesia 3. Lily-of-the-valley 4. Old fashioned tea rose 5. Lilac 6. Sweet pea 7. Mock Orange 8. Viburnum 9. Hyacinth 10. Sandalwood (used to smell it burning, as a child in the tropics) Pam |
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| So far it's peonies and roses...But I'm gonna keep on looking, (or sniffing realy) LOL |
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| My most favorites are lily-of-the-Valley, and Jasmine |
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| Freesia... (not hardy here, though) |
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| My favorites are: the old fashioned rose smell, lilacs, lilly of the valley and peonies. I also love the smell of marigolds. |
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