tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post7584849163286947877..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: "How does your garden (not) grow?" Call for scented plant suggestions for next year...Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-33095893172174253832020-08-28T18:56:56.557+01:002020-08-28T18:56:56.557+01:00Hi AnnieA,
LOTV is on the list...I am resisting a...Hi AnnieA,<br /><br />LOTV is on the list...I am resisting annuals but they do have a lovely scent. I seem to recall a Floris perfume based around the note?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5294150721800100202020-08-27T17:57:01.132+01:002020-08-27T17:57:01.132+01:00Lily of the valley? Night-scented stock sounds ve...Lily of the valley? Night-scented stock sounds very romantic, but is an annual...AnnieAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-82059135991166697842020-08-25T20:20:55.668+01:002020-08-25T20:20:55.668+01:00Hi Helen,
Gosh, that sounds a bracing part of the...Hi Helen,<br /><br />Gosh, that sounds a bracing part of the country - I have come across sections in garden books about the sort of plants that are hardy enough to thrive in exposed locations, just never known anyone living in such a spot!<br /><br />I love the sound of your bluebell display, and I can well imagine the bees would too.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72307516428592717192020-08-24T20:31:21.795+01:002020-08-24T20:31:21.795+01:00Good luck with the garden. I can’t really offer mu...Good luck with the garden. I can’t really offer much practical advice as we have lived right next to the North Sea for twenty years and I have come to realise that only certain things will survive the salt the wind blows in, I have learned to accept and love the plants that thrive...<br />Fortunately that includes (English) bluebells. They are beautifully fragrant and I planted a lot more, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-1880446356850329132020-08-18T14:14:51.528+01:002020-08-18T14:14:51.528+01:00Hi Undina,
Another friend with less than green fi...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Another friend with less than green fingers. It is good to know I am not alone. Daphne is very much on my radar - and on the original list I gave the gardener - so will see if I can include it in the planting scheme. I have an idea I used to have a Daphne at my last house, though as ex-Mr Bonkers is even less into gardening than me, it surely won't be there now. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-71661458168308835592020-08-18T09:30:05.915+01:002020-08-18T09:30:05.915+01:00I’m miserable at gardening: even when I try my bes...I’m miserable at gardening: even when I try my best, I kill plants. Luckily, we have almost no backyard to be upset about (it’s more like a large balcony), AND we have several local plants that found their way into our backyard without our participation and survived despite everything :) The only plant I’m upset about killing is Daphne Odora. That was the second one I killed without intending to.Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-40034071455944727802020-08-17T19:50:47.113+01:002020-08-17T19:50:47.113+01:00Hi Tara,
Now you have got me curious about what e...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Now you have got me curious about what exactly was in your dad's corner of shame, hehe.<br /><br />And I feel comforted to hear that there are other people who are not natural gardeners. I really am only qualified to mow a lawn and remove truly flagrant weeds, such as dandelions and chickweed. With all matters horticultural beyond that I am on seriously shaky ground, but Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-90312645022821177332020-08-17T17:13:21.008+01:002020-08-17T17:13:21.008+01:00Hi V, I'm no help I'm afraid. I wish I was...Hi V, I'm no help I'm afraid. I wish I was one of those people that find gardening, cooking or cleaning relaxing but sadly it's just lying in bed reading for me haha.<br /><br />My dad had a corner of shame in my parents'garden but luckily during lockdown I got rid of it all when there was left over room in the skip they had for the old fence. Made my mum so happy she stills talksTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820091082551405862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-68035200037172691252020-08-17T13:58:56.418+01:002020-08-17T13:58:56.418+01:00Hi Jillie,
Thanks for confirming mock orange and ...Hi Jillie,<br /><br />Thanks for confirming mock orange and jasmine as possible contenders - your big pots sound magnificent. 'Trachelospermum' also counts as an entrant in the wacky gardening name competition! Have googled some pictures of Nemesia, which looks versatile as you say and seems to come in lots of 'colourways', if that can also be said of plants. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-35036237529782707072020-08-17T13:54:02.034+01:002020-08-17T13:54:02.034+01:00Hi Ines,
Oh, that is interesting...I know immorte...Hi Ines,<br /><br />Oh, that is interesting...I know immortelle as a note in perfume but don't think I have ever smelt it in life! And will definitely get some lavender in there as it ticks a lot of boxes.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-18137147899799657662020-08-17T13:52:30.708+01:002020-08-17T13:52:30.708+01:00Hi Old Herbaceous,
Wow, I lucked out having you d...Hi Old Herbaceous,<br /><br />Wow, I lucked out having you drop in and read this post - there's a clue in your name, hehe, and that of your blog.<br /><br />I do have some rosemary in one of the patio pots, and a couple of sage varieties. And the various mints in pots are staying put, because I did know they would grow unchecked otherwise. And you make such a good point about ensuring year Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-89166764024563722822020-08-17T08:51:32.166+01:002020-08-17T08:51:32.166+01:00I love Philadelphus (Mock Orange) - beautiful whit...I love Philadelphus (Mock Orange) - beautiful white rose-like blooms that smell heavenly; my favourite is Belle Etoile. Different varieties grow to different heights and spreads, so you can choose one to suit your space. My other love is Trachelospermum Jasminoides (Star Jasmine) with a perfume I would love bottled. I had two which I grew in big pots, with a fan shaped trellis buried in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-90372992343950334382020-08-17T08:24:41.732+01:002020-08-17T08:24:41.732+01:00I was going to say lavender but you already have i...I was going to say lavender but you already have it on your list.<br />One I like as well is immortelle, doesn't have a strong smell but is quite calming when near it.Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23992349796890955702020-08-17T03:08:30.992+01:002020-08-17T03:08:30.992+01:00Oh, and for a shady spot, there is a lovely hydran...Oh, and for a shady spot, there is a lovely hydrangea called Shooting Stars, whose flowers droop a bit and they do look like fireworks, but white: https://www.rainyside.com/plant_gallery/shrubs/Hydrangea_macrophyllaSumida-no-hanabi.html. Hydrangeas like slightly acid soil. Also, you should be able to find lavender with silver leaves. Another great silver perennial that is also aromatic is Old Herbaceoushttps://scentsandsensibilities.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24986642474326937042020-08-17T01:16:36.778+01:002020-08-17T01:16:36.778+01:00Ooh! I have been gardening for longer than I have ...Ooh! I have been gardening for longer than I have been studying perfume, which is why my blog name is Old Herbaceous, after a book about an English gardener. So here's what I suggest: following your identification of lavender as a smell you like, make a list of floral fragrance notes you like (such as rose). Remember to think about spring bulbs, like narcissus, if you like those. Rosemary Old Herbaceoushttps://scentsandsensibilities.conoreply@blogger.com