Thanks, gingerblue! lol, googling the name I see somebody sells the stuff. I know I won't be doing that, but maybe I will let a few pods mature so the monarchs next year will have something to eat. I do fight a lot of vines around the house, not sure they are all this one kind but if they were I guess I could have it worse... this stuff smells so good! Thanks again for naming this plant. :-) Terri

I planted Sea Holly from seed, thought it looked nice in the picture, and of course, the name, Sea Holly, sounded nice. I was standing near the flower bed where I had planted it, one day, and I thought, did an animal die under my giant hosta, or something? Couldn't figure it out, until I finally went over and smelt the Sea holly, OMG, it really stunk. And it's not that pretty either, I'll soon be getting rid of it, I hope!

Fun thread! I do love the smell of Russian/Autumn Olive, and many of the other scents mentioned here - lilacs, herbs (especially basil!), citrus, and freshly-mown grass. I also do love the smell of tomato plants, and most every/any rose I have ever stuck my nose into. Love lavender too! I think one of my most favorite smells is lily of the valley. I absolutely LOVE this scent, even though I often have to get on my hands and knees to smell it, lol. It doesn't seem to be as strong in the vase as in the garden, sadly. I don't like lilies too much - I find them rather strong and a bit irritating, but I do love marigolds. Katy, funny thing about the boxwoods. I DO think they smell like cat pee, lol, but here's the thing. I'm a huge history buff, and as a kid, my mother would always take me to visit old colonial houses in the area (and beyond) (she is a history buff too) and they always seemed to have boxwood around them. I remember as a kid always wondering what smelled so bad, lol. But now, when I smell boxwood, I'm reminded of these beautiful old houses, and their (not always so beautiful) gardens, and so I kind of like the smell of boxwood now. I guess it's that association thing. Like the fact that those invasive rosa multiflora bring me back to the days when I was sick to my stomach all day, every day, while pregnant with my first kid. That in itself wasn't pleasant, but I remember a particularly beautiful June morning when I got to wallow lazily in bed all morning, with the windows open, and the breeze blowing in the scent of the forest of rosa multiflora behind our condo. Ah, pure indulgence, lol! :) Dee

The only instance I can think of where I would side with the litigators is in a situation where there is a prepurchase agreement that lawn/landscaping follow certain guidelines. If you choose to move into a community that has rules about property upkeep then I think you are obligated to follow those bylaws. And this is strictly in regards to the yard area, not issues with the general upkeep of the house itself. There is a very large house which was built around the turn of the century in a town about 30 minutes from here. This property takes up most of a city block and it recently sold after sitting empty for several years. Well,during the last few years, every time I went by there I noticed flags and markers around certain trees and things getting shuffled around outside, and all the while I realized there was less and less lawn. At first it looked like complete chaos and that the new owners were just slobby, especially since the house itself never had work done on it that I could see. Then recently I took a closer look as I drove by and it dawned on me that they were in the process of naturalizing the place. There are now lots of shade loving plants and wildflowers and the old hedge with its artificially pruned shapes is gone and replaced with low native shrubs. It has the beginnings of a stratified forest-type setting, with layers of growth. And the funny thing is that every time I have had someone with me in the passenger seat, there is usually a comment about how the people have "let the property go to pot". Strange how trees and trumpet creeper and anything other than neat carpet from a sod farm is seen as undesirable and ugly. No, there's no sacks of garbage spilling over onto the sidewalk, no broken bottles in the grass or peeling paint on the walls, but it's still trashy?