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Fragrance

MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951
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Anyone else noticed that their fragrant flowers are not as fragrant this year?
I think Joe Swift mentioned it on GW or Hampton FS, that moisture brings out the smell, and as it's been so dry these last few months the fragrances are struggling.
My phyladephila was much weaker and now the phlox isn't making the nostril stage as it did in previous years. 
Or is it the age of the plants, or my sense of smell??
Interested in your thoughts.
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    No smell from my Phlox either, my Philadephus have come and gone and didn’t notice, I have some Nemesia in baskets that smells nice.  No smell on roses.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Not much smell from roses and very little from sweet peas.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    We had some rain the other night. The honeysuckle smell has been poor this year, but this morning the honey smell of buddleja was really strong.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    My old English rose was as fragrant as ever as were the lilies and nicotiana now. I had hardly any scent from the two honeysuckles though. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Maybe it depends what the plants are growing on.
  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    Yesterday I was hit by a smell - I wondered what it was then I realised i had disturbed a phlox. This evening my giant lilies are filling the air with magic. I can smell them in my living room now, its nearly 10pm. My tomatoes smell real good and veggy too. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    ... which phlox do you have?
  • Daisy33Daisy33 Posts: 1,031
    Monardas, mints, basil are giving some fragrance, but not much.
  • MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951
    Even my zaluxianskya didn't smell much earlier in the year and that usually knocks my head off! 
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    I think the plants may need moist air to carry their perfumes on the air, and we have not had much moist air.



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