Fragrant Plants for the Desert
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Comments (4)Hi, I've been looking for arabian and grand duke jasmine for a long time. This the first time I see somebody offer it for trade. I have flamboyant tree seeds, it's a huge and beautiful, or make a nice bonsai tree, to trade with your jasmine cuttings. I also have other plant/cutting/seeds to offer, unfortunately no fragrant except star jasmine. I am willing to offer postage too. See my trading list to take a peak what I have. Let me know. Thanks, meli...See MoreAll the fragrant plants have gone by, anything fragrant now?
Comments (14)Heliotrope Marine, even though an annual, is still putting out new little flower clusters and I love the fragrance. Does anyone grow the perennial Heliotrope I've seen on some sites and know if it's as fragrant as the annual? The second & third flush of rose blooms were great until the DEER ate every bush the other night...bent over the 4' rabbit fencing to get to EVERY bush. There are 4 tiny new own root bushes they hadn't touched before. Of course they had a fragrance rating of 8-10 but that's no excuse for the deer. Echincaea Fragrant Angel (white) really does smell like a rose as advertised. The one Cherry Cleome up in full sun mailbox bed is up to 16 stems...another annual. I wouldn't call its odor a "fragrance" exactly but it sure smells...LOL. When I'm bending over watering or deadheading I ask myself, "What's that smell?" and realize it's the darn Cleome. I sniffed my Joe Pye Weed after seeing it noted but the scent on mine is very light. The bees don't seem to mind the lack of strong fragrance. Again, foliage on Agastache Honey Bee Blue (flowers petered out already) and Scarlet Sage have their scents. Was counting on those beautiful roses for more scent over next 2 weeks. Drat and double drat...the deer don't care about the 4-5 repellant scents I rotate or the fact they had to bend the fencing to get at the roses. I never really thought about missing floral scents this time of year until this thread. I'll have to note what people have said still holds scent and see if it's rabbit and/or deer resistant. How many years before I admit it's a battle in vain and the war is already lost? Probably not for next year since I'm already making notes about what stays and what I need to replace that's more suitable for various spots...LOL....See Morelawsonia inermis ** fragrant henna plant **
Comments (56)Hi guys!! I came on to see if there was any suggestions for trimming and legginess. I know this thread is old but I wanted to offer my experience with the henna plants. I live in Miami, Florida and have 6 mature trees that I planted about 7 years ago. They are all healthy and grow robustly. They DO in fact offer a wonderful fragrance when in bloom. The flowers emit a delicious and mesmerizing fragrance. The scent is more potent when 1) right after they receive water, whether by me or mother nature and 2) as the evening is arriving....like at sunset. I know some on here say that only the leaves offer fragrance and that may be the experience they have had with whichever strand they own. My experience is the total opposite from these comments. My home sits on a corner and the neighbors walk past my home when walking their pets just to grab a whiff from my garden. They constantly tell me that I have the "best smelling corner in the neighborhood" ;) My trees bloom year round! I do not fertilize them directly, ever. The only time they get any type of "help" is when the run off water from my other plants around them that I do fertilize, reaches them. In my experience, the less you do for them, the prettier and healthier they perform,....mine offer me full, flower packed blooms all year. My only chore with them is trimming them back so they do not become leggy. I have some in direct, full blazing sun and a few in partial sun (30% direct sun from sunrise til about 11 am) The ones in full sun are much less leggy than the others. I am certain this occurs because they are searching for the sun so the tops grow more rapidly in that direction. In the past, I have trimmed the trees and planted the cuttings directly into the soil around the existing tree. Some have taken, others have not. I also take the little pods (balls) that develop (which are packed with seeds) when they turn brown and crush between my fingers to spread the seeds around the existing plants. I do not "bury" them into the soil, I just simply let the drop on the soil bed. I have had growth from these little buddies many times. This is most definitely one of my favorite fragrant plants and they have performed wonderfully in my garden. I will add some pictures for you all to review as soon as I snap some. Hope this info helps a bit ;) Love & light to all!!...See MoreIs JJ Desert Sunrise fragrant?
Comments (6)phoebe I have a jj Desert Sunrise and I agree with rox that the scent is faint to medium at best...but the scent is nice, and different from other plumeria that I have sniffed. It smells to me like sunscreen, not the coconut suntan lotion that Kauka Wilder smells like, but like coppertone...it is not chemically smelling but has the same aromatic notes as coppertone. Scent is a big factor for me and one (among many others) that JJ doesn't list in his 'fragrant' section that has amazing fragrance is his shooting star....very cool spider shape blooms with great variety to color and an intoxicating scent! Hope this helps! -stephen...See Morerolf_jacobs
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