Strongly scented minis?
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoNorwich sweetheart, sold by Burlington is an amazing mini with scent similar to Crimson glory. In cold Oct, I can smell its wafting scent 10 feet away. Plus it's thornless !!
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Comments (2)The mottling on the leaves gives it away. If I recall my phal species correctly, phalaenopsis schilleriana has mottled leaves and some varieties are definitely fragrant. Based on the very limited evidence you might have a hybrid with schilly as a parent. Of course with no bloom photos you'll meet know. Even with photos te chance of a true ID is slim....See MoreWhats your favorite strongly scented OGR?
Comments (36)"Kim, thanks for the explanation. I regard scentless roses about the same as tasteless apples, or tasteless tomatoes or peaches, or .... for that matter. That's why we grow our own tomatoes, and only eat the peaches off my mother-in-laws tree when the are ripe." You're welcome, Jackie. Actually, that's appropriate. Both are selected for lacking traits many find desirable for the same reason: durability and shelf life. Stone fruit is regularly checked by the big growers for sugar levels. Micro sports, to our tastes, degenerative, are frequently selected for further propagation because they produce LESS sugar. Sugar is what makes the apple, pear, peach, etc., taste good. It's also what makes them spoil so quickly. Sugar ferments, creating the ethylene gas that ages or rots the fruit. By growing those sports which produce less sugar, the apples can be held for up to two years in nitrogen storage and be available for shipment year round to anyone who wants to buy them. The majors buy them by the ton and expect them to last on their tables for weeks before drying out. Apples from "organic growers" tend not to be those selected for long storage and tend to taste better as they contain more sugar. When Gala, Braeburn and all were introduced into the supermarkets from the road side stand market, they tasted wonderful! No longer. There's been sufficient time for "development" to take place. Now, they have little more taste than the traditional "Delicious" varieties overflowing the store tables. If you buy a tree of Delicious, it will taste great. It's still the old version that makes a ton of sugar and tastes "Delicious". Store bought ones are little more (very often) than insipid, mealy rotted Styrofoam. The same is happening quickly with the Galas, Fujis, etc. If you noticed in spring, Honey Crisp was available in many markets at significantly higher prices than the other varieties. They were also only available for a very short season, because they haven't been "selected" for shelf life and still contain sugar, tasting wonderful! Each year, you can find odd varieties in the super markets at higher prices than the others, and also for short seasons. That indicates they don't store long and won't be available year round as the others. They spoil too quickly due to the sugar. If you go to Ramona, Tehachapi and the like where they're grown, the apples are wonderful! They aren't grown for the major supermarkets and they don't store well because they are REAL apples, full of sugar and flavor. Florist and exhibition roses are virtually the same. You expect your intensely fragrant roses to only last a few days in the vase. You demand cut roses you've paid for to last longer. They are selected for vase life and production under the conditions which permit the grower to offer them as a reliable, year round product. They have to be scentless, or nearly so, to have them be as durable and withstand handling as the tasteless fruit. We're lucky here as we have many Russian, Latin and other types of markets whose produce is really quite tasty and very often significantly less costly than Ralph's, Von's, etc. You have to eat it NOW rather than buying it and using it ten days later, but it tastes delicious and often costs up to half as much as the supermarket version in the same area. So, when buying fruit, keep that in mind. When selecting roses, if the terms "heavy petal substance", "exhibition type" are used, avoid them as they are probably not going to have the scent you want. They SHOULD last well in water, like the Ralph's apples last in your refrigerator. Kim...See MoreBest Minis/Mini Floras?
Comments (45)I'm in zone 8A, inland SoCal. I also bought the 3-and-2 special from FLOR in late summer. So far, Buttercream, bright yellow, has had two very shapely blooms. Hello Sunshine has bloomed once, should be a white-pink blend. Crystal Palace hasn't bloomed yet, but it looks healthy and I'm sure will bloom eventually (all white). Unbridled has had a very nice white-yellow bloom. Deja Blu is dead - just withered away almost overnight a week or so ago. It was on the drip system, so I have no idea what happened - the winds? The late-season heat? I wonder if RIchard would replace it. How is FLOR about that sort of thing? Minifloras have great potential for patio gardening, which is most of what I do now. I can't wait to see how big these will get....See MoreStrongly fragrant all year blooming plants for Zone 10+?
Comments (3)For osmanthus, Fudingzhu is the main variety that blooms intermittently throughout the year. It is not perfect, as in you won't have flowers constantly. There are probably other varieties that have better blooming, but it's a matter of finding them for sale (probably exists in China but impossible to get). Michelia alba will bloom almost constantly in tropical conditions. I would get two or more if possible because one plant may be in bloom and another one next to it might be "re-energizing" for the next flush of blooms. Michelia champaca in my climate blooms for a few months out of the year (California). If you can get ahold of the other yellow/orange michelia hybrids from Thailand you may see better, extended blooming. You may also want to check out Tahitian gardenia (can bloom year-round)....See More
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2 years ago@slumgullion in southern OR I only got one bloom from her (received her late summer) but it was lovely. I wasn’t expecting the bloom to have fragrance but it did. I wish it would have been happier in my zone!
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2 years agoAlthough I don't find 'Apricot Twist' especially well-scented, it is certainly one of the best miniatures I have ever grown.
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2 years agoIts hard to imagine that after twenty years, Harm Saville's lovely 'Scentsational' has practically vanished from commerce (Its listed as one of Burling's items). Its got one of the most intoxicating fragrances of any miniature. However, its got poor Blackspot resistance, so spraying
is pretty much mandatory.
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John (PNW zone 8)
2 years agoFunny, Carol and I were just talking about this the other day. Despite its ridiculous name, I have been very impressed by 'Chick-a-dee' which I received from Burling last year. It has a fantastic scent, seems to have good disease resistance and a lovely romantic softness and fullness to the shape of the blooms - all qualities that are often missing from the mini's.
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