Fragrant Blue is new!
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years ago
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popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years agoWell apparently Fragrant Blue is invisible within the top post. Here is the picture.
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years agoAnd just because I feel like it, here's a picture of a container with one of Sunnywood's seedlings in it (Manhattan). Isn't it cute?
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a new round robin!! new: MNF: Tulips found Uranus fragrant!!! :'
Comments (0)its a fun :')) a little goofy and always something going on!! that's for sure and we want to be friends!! HEE HEE are ya up for it?? come on over and check us out!! LOL P.S. march is the month Uranus was found!! :'))...See MoreFragrant Blue - What Can You Tell Me?
Comments (16)'Fragrant Blue' is one of those cultivars I've had a love-hate relationship with. I love its size, its shade of blue, its glaucous leaves, I hate its slow growth and the fact I've never smelled fragrance from its flowers. Until last year. I divided my original plant into 3 divisions 3 years ago to accommodate a trade request, kept 2, traded 1. One went back into its original spot and has grown, but nothing to write home about. The other I potted up and has done WAY better. It went from a single shoot 3 years ago to where this spring there are 7, but more important than that, it flowered last year and I got to smell its fragrance. It's rather different from most other fragrant hostas, not like 'Fragrant Bouquet' and its derivatives at all. Don't quite remember what it reminded me of, but I'll make a point of being more observant this year. I'll go way-out on a limb here, but I suspect that all of us who have slow-growing 'Fragrant Blue' samples have never smelled its fragrance, but if you're fortunate enough to have one that is more vigorous -like its supposed to be apparently- you probably are one of lucky ones who have. Pieter...See MorePotted Fragrant Blue
Comments (4)do you know.. about winter storage of pots???? better bone up before late fall ... your new pots... LOOK ... like they are NOT glazed inside .. that means the pot will retain moisture ... and pots that retain moisture.. can crack in freeze conditions ... water expansion and all that stuff .... start a new post in this regard.. with a searchable title .... rather than burying the topic here ... otherwise .. i like blue pots ... i am really impressed.. by what you are accomplishing on your massive area.. lol ... ken...See MoreChecked my Dream Queen and Fragrant Blue for illness
Comments (8)Yea, the hosta guy said that he'd just get another pot like the ones I have U.Albomarginata, Mama Mia, and a few of the babies in. They keep it pretty moist but still drain well. He said terra clay pots are also good. They may not be weatherized for winter but they do the same thing as that stuff you mentioned. He said the bad thing about glazed pots is they can't do that so you do have to water them more. But with the other pots they have a good drainage system but not too good. He couldn't believe the holes in the bottom of the Dream Queen and Fragrant Blues pots were that large either! I am just hoping they do better where they are now. I will look into all suggestions and see if it helps too. Thank you!...See More
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Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
4 years ago
Jim, I'll bet it took me 6 or 7 years before I finally had a whiff of the fragrance of an FB flower and it's rather different from the typical 'Fragrant Bouqet' and 'Guacamole' flowers. FB fragrance is more subtle and reminds one of Freezias.
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