Thank you for the info it is always good to know others peoples first hand experiences with plants. I might give Calycanthus floridus 'Michael Lindsey' a miss then as i already have two other Calycanthus .

My list is a little long. I guess I'm greedy :P Good thing a lot of the plants I want aren't always available haha. I have acquired most of the plants I've longed for the past few years. This is just a list of all the plants that have caught my eye or piqued my interest over time. I know I'll never have them all but I'm sure this list will hold me over for the next five years or so.

Im getting obsessed with brugmansia again. I have sweetheart and a noid that looks like apricot moonflower. I'd really like to get:

Brugmansia: golden lady, dalai lama, xena, Tiara, Bernstein, fleming island rachel, new Orleans lady, dr Seuss, Charles grimaldi, maya, goldflame, wuppergold, adeline, bergonkin, salmon perfektion, double peach, charleston, sunray, goldeness kornett, creamsicle, inca sun, seminole moon, delia, bonnie jean, and a really fragrant single white. The list is long but I will probably only get a few.

Orchids: any aerides, brassavola cucallata, rhyncolaelia digbyana and glauca, catasetum pileatum, dendrobium lasianthera or any antelope dendrobium, stanhopea oculata, tigrina, and nigroviolacea, Vanda tricolor, sedirea japonica, coellia bella, any very fragrant cattleya.

Hoyas: monetteae, flavida, anulata, onychoides, golamcoiana, cummingiana, archboldiana. I'm kind of weary of hoyas now since winter outdoors has been a little tough on them, though they're all alive, and this winter was the warmest in years! I've never seen so many 80 degree days in January.

I really want a ylang ylang but not the tree bc it gets too big and is not hardy here. I'd love to grow the ylang ylang vine in a pot. I hear the other ones aren't as fragrant as the tree though.

Other plants I'd really like: cubanola dominguensis, Tabernaemontana Africana or pacysiphon, brunfelsia densifolia and jamaicansis, michelia figo, ixora odarata, philadelphus mexicanus, solandra maxima, Jasminum grandiflora and tortuosum, pua keni keni,

and I really want to grow heliotrope, petunias, and nicotiana from seed. I think that's all haha.

I am getting these new plants this year brunfelsia gigantea, ponderosa lemon, brugmansia pink champagne, hibiscus black dragon, jasmine flore plena,lonicera scentsation,buddleia miss molly,hydrangea incrediball and got a double pink oriental lily bulbs. Already have beautiful stargazer and casablancas. Just hoping that the squirrels didn't eat them.

Nicotiana alata grandiflora,alyssum wonderland purple, carpet of snow,lobelia regatta,impatiens,heuchera, rudbeckia chocolate fudge,coleus,zinnia aztec and gaillardia apricot sun from seeds. I am so waiting to sow all these beautiful plants :)

Tom growing heliotrope from seed is very easy. But in keep in mind that they like only morning sun. Mine got sun till only 12 but in the heat of the summer they are not happy. They are overwintering in the winter indoors beautifully though!

Thanks for the info jasminegal. I want to put them underneath a front window next to the sidewalk to hopefully enjoy the scent as I walk by. I had impatiens there that sulked in the heat although grew huge so maybe even that spot is too hot lol. Might as well try. Glad they are over wintering well for you.

My Brunfelsia gigantea from Gardino's has 1 small bud on it right now. I'll let you know how I like it when it blooms. I wish I could grow stargazers and Casablancas here but I've heard winter is too warm to get blooms. I guess I can't grow everything, even in Florida!

Tom since oriental lilies bloom in summer you can maybe dig them up in late fall and keep them in a cool place. Or plant them in a container and move the whole pot to a very cold place. I love my casablancas :) Heliotrope has this lovely cherry vanilla smell. You have to put your nose to it though. I don't remember if it wafts.

Heliotrope in june I think.

My oriental lily bed with casablanca and stargazer.

Tom i envy you!!! Just the thought of being able to grow Hoyas outside all year round!! I have around 10 different types of hoya all as house plants and they will be lucky to get two months outside! Just the list of plants you could grow with out having to worry about where you will have to over winter them :( I even have to give my Michelia figo's some winter protection! But for me they are so worth the time and effort i love there Fragrance and it does waft on summer days just like Michelia alba. In fact i love them so much i have 5 of them! ( do not tell Robert he is not big fan :p ) And if you go for the ylang ylang vine i would go with Artabotrys hexapetalus not
Artabotrys siamensis

Fragrant I envy all the people who stay beyond zone 8..lol :) But I have started seeing it this way that they cannot grow lot of plants that need winter chilling. The beautiful spring flowers that bloom in the north cannot be beat anywhere. I am lucky to be in zone 7 since it has a bit of both cold and warm!

Very true Jasminegal i do look forward to spring with all the spring bulbs and cherry blossom but i can not help but think what some of my plants would be like in the ground free to grow instead of stuck in a pot. Its more the lack of sunshine i miss :( well at least only 2 more months until the official start of spring :)

Fragrant, thank you! I think it sounds better than it is, haha. At least for the Hoyas. Imperialis and buotii had a lot of die back which I'm not happy about, though imperialis has some new growing tips. Macgillivrayi and coriacea had some dieback too. My other Hoyas are fine. But I guess all Hoyas do grow and die back for no reason, even in spring or summer.

My other tropicals do pretty well like brunfelsia, brugmansia, cestrum, Rangoon creeper, sambac jasmine, epiphyllum. My orchids look great too, though coryanthes fieldingii burnt up a little bit at 37 Fahrenheit. I have quite a few starter plants that look good too. I was sad I watered telosma cordata too much and it lost all its leaves. I'm hoping they grow back, I see a nub starting at the base of the plant but it's not growing. Your greenhouse and orchids look amazing so don't envy me too much. I envy the plethora of blooms I've seen on your orchids! And I definitely want to try A. hexapetalus.

Jasminegal, the heliotrope looks delicious! :) The lilies are beautiful too, I wish I could stick my nose in them. I know Easter lilies grow well in Florida so maybe I'll plant some this Easter from the store to get my lily fix. And I think stargazers and the rest need to be refrigerated here to bloom and I'm not willing to do that, haha.

jasminegal, brunfelsia gigantea is one of my all time favorites. The scent is wonderful.

Great news! Anyone in the US looking for a boronia .. here it is:

http://www.australianplants.com/plants.aspx?id=1544

(I've been stalking their website since last year. lol. )

:( only ship to America :( and the list grows :(

Here it is, guys!!

OMG so sweet smelling. It has a powdery freesia/primrose smell.

I love it!! And the plant is huge too! Go get one! (Sorry fragrant2008 ;) )

Wow Kemistry! Looks huge and beautiful..congratulations on the new plant.