..oh ok.. I don't know Vanilla Fraise but I've had Kyushu.. it's quite spectacular when it gets to about 6 foot tall - a neighbour has one... mine didn't survive long as it got kicked out by large shrub roses unfortunately.. I do recall seeing some early browning of the petals which disturbed me, but maybe because the plant was young.. ..here's a zoomed in photo, rather fuzzy... of a young plant of Kyushu.. which really doesn't help anybody but just reminds me of what I miss..
I just cut these two blooms of Eustacia Vye to bring indoors, as I want to see how long they last in a vase... probably not long... ..I do find the scent intoxicating, and I put it up there with Jude the Obscure... it's different but every bit as good if you ask me..
I assume Zorro is named because it has black stems, but isn't dark in the way that say Amistad is. In the case of Zorro, I find the black stems set off the flowers, whereas with Amistad, I find the black and blue is hard to coordinate in my garden. I bought it because of all of the hype I'm sure in the right setting it's a lovely plant, just not in mine. Course now I have it, I'm loathe to get rid of it...
@Omori ..sorry Omori, I'm not with you here.. are you talking about a Salvia? I thought Zorro was the lacecap hydrangea on the left of your 2 images?... Amistad is a Salvia...
@Marlorena I think @Omori is making the point that with Zorro the dark stems nicely offset the (pink-or-what-the-colour-is) blooms, unlike Salvia Amistad, where both stems and flowers are dark-hued.
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..here's a zoomed in photo, rather fuzzy... of a young plant of Kyushu.. which really doesn't help anybody but just reminds me of what I miss..
..I do find the scent intoxicating, and I put it up there with Jude the Obscure... it's different but every bit as good if you ask me..
Zorro and Miss Saori:
I'd like to have blue hydrangeas but not in the cards here.
..no I won't get blue either unfortunately..
..sorry Omori, I'm not with you here.. are you talking about a Salvia? I thought Zorro was the lacecap hydrangea on the left of your 2 images?... Amistad is a Salvia...
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