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Sat, Aug 23, 08 at 0:44
| I have planted 4 o'clock flowers because I remembered they have a wonderful scent, all of the ones I planted from seed and bloomed have not had any fragrance, does anyone know why? Do only certain colors have a fragrance?
Here is a picture of one of the flowers that I took, no fragrance at all? The other ones were solid pink.
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- Posted by scentednectar 5/6 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 23, 08 at 14:23
| They are only fragrant at night, and I find that you have to get fairly close to the flower to smell them. |
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- Posted by sweetmichelia (My Page) on Sat, Aug 23, 08 at 14:40
| I have smelled them at night and no scent that I can detect. The ones I rememberd were so strong that when you walked by them you could really get a strong whif. I read that the yellow ones have a stonge fragrance anyone know? |
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| I have the pink and they are very fragrant from several feet away. I am in a humid area though. That may be the key? My sister has yellow and she claims they are just as fragrant. Pattie |
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- Posted by sweetmichelia (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 08 at 1:45
| I just planted new ones a couple of months ago, bought the seed packet from Wal-mart it said fragrant on the package, they just started blooming this week and no fragrance, they are an orangey pink color... I'm just baffled by this whole frangrance thing, I just ordered some new seeds from E-baby that said fragrant, we'll try it again..... LOL |
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- Posted by allison1888 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 08 at 12:34
| Will these work in Zone 5? |
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| only if you lift the tubers in the fall in zone 5. you would want to do that because they flower better the older they are. don't know if you would get good flower production from seedlings each year. i have ones with solid white flowers and they are nicely fragrant. in fact, never heard of one that wasn't fragrant. i think you sniffer is out of whack, sweetmichelia. :-) if you like, i can collect some seeds and send for postage. i don't know how many there will be, though. i have tried to eradicate them over the years because they spread so aggressively here but have kept one clump and mow or pull any stray seedlings that appear. |
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| I suspect that most 4 o'clocks sold these days, like petunias and other annuals, are selected for color and floriferousness, not fragrance. White varieties tend to be the most fragrant, in general, and like folks said, they're only fragrant in the afternoon, hence the name. I've never gotten any scent from any I've smelled either! Jim |
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| 4 o'clock plant does have some mild fragrance but it is not wafty fragrance like that of Jasmines. Pic. of 4 o'clock flower from my garden.
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| I think part of it may be how young your plant is. Mine are very strong every evening. Here's my plant. Pattie |
Here is a link that might be useful: 4 O'clocks
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- Posted by sweetmichelia (My Page) on Thu, Sep 4, 08 at 2:12
| Here is a picture of the pink ones that I planted from seed that look like your flowers, these have absolutely no fragrance at any time of the evening.... :( I just planted a whole new batch I got on ebay, he said they are fragrant we'll see. I don't get it.....
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- Posted by momof2luv2garden Z8Summerville,SC (My Page) on Tue, Oct 21, 08 at 8:24
| I just happened to be reading through some of your posts and found this. I just thought I would add my 2 cents in here for whatever it's worth. My mom's neighbor has some purple 4 o'clocks. They have a very strong jasmine scent. She said when the evenings are humid the smell just perfumes the air. She did not know what kind of 4 o'clocks they were and said she got them from a friend. She gave me some seed so I'm excited to try them. |
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| It does good in warmer weather.I remember a 4 o'clock plant in my school garden in India.It's flowers had very strong fragrance.Flowers were larger in size compared to what I have here.I believe it is a warm weather plant. |
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