[pbs] Fragrances that Surprise--TOW
Rodger Whitlock
totototo at pacificcoast.net
Mon Apr 12 18:34:30 EDT 2004
On 11 Apr 04 at 20:46, Mary Sue Ittner wrote:
> ...Please share with the group any bulbs that fit any of these
> possibilities or even just surprise you even if you read they had
> an unusual fragrance.
Although in doing so it lives up to its billing in the press, Arum
dioscorides is always a surprise -- but not a pleasant one. It reeks
of a compost heap that's been over-watered and gone to the dark side.
The first few years it flowered, I wasn't clueful and kept wondering
just what my neighbors were putting in their compost!
Add in its dire coloring of dirty yellow-green with blackish
purple-maroon spots and you have a sure winner!
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
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