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carrielamont
Euless, TX (Zone 8a)
January 16, 2013 8:22 AM Post #9387048
| I love the smell and I enjoy tucking some into nearly every container in the summer. In Boston, you had to buy them before Memorial Day or they would be sold out, and I could never get them to sow from seed in time. (I could do it, but they would finally bloom in July or August! |
Liquidambar2
Mount Vernon, KY
January 16, 2013 9:30 AM Post #9387145
| They are such a pretty little plant. They really add to the garden.
Very nice article.
I have not grown them in years. Hmmmm I think I will add these to my list of must grow this summer. |
Liquidambar2
Mount Vernon, KY
January 16, 2013 9:35 AM Post #9387149
| Oh-- I never noticed them smelling all that much though?
Maybe because I had those things called pinks and then the hyacinths and those two have smells that would drown everything else.
Also - As pretty as they were in early summer - I thought they kind of almost died by mid - to late summer.
I can't remember did they pick back up in the late summer and begin to bloom again? I think so? |
carrielamont
Euless, TX (Zone 8a)
January 16, 2013 2:55 PM Post #9387484
| Keep them well-watered and a little in the shade--they can fry easily. You're right, I think of them more in Maine than in Texas. And I think maybe the white ones are more fragrant or hardier than the colored--just a guess, though. |
Liquidambar2
Mount Vernon, KY
January 17, 2013 3:44 PM Post #9388498
| Oh, yeah you are right- the lavendar ones -or maybe sort of purple or slightly blue??? -- well anyway the are not as hardy as the white one.
So, if I want to baby 'em I can keep them all summer long.
Sigh~ I not sure I want to baby them - but they are so pretty - mass of low growing blooms in the early summer. |
carrielamont
Euless, TX (Zone 8a)
January 18, 2013 7:20 AM Post #9389041
| They were always my favorite in Boston. |
Gardeningnurse
North Manchester, IN (Zone 5b)
January 21, 2013 7:29 AM Post #9392212
| I love the fragrance as well. I've planted them by seed outside only to have nothing come up, now I see why. Thanks. Enjoyed your article and that lovely picture. |
