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Huia

Huia Report 23 Jun 2016 03:45

Not the black lily. There was one flowering at the back of mum's garden when I was about 9 or 10 (more than 70 yrs ago) and I picked my way carefully over the other plants so I could smell it. I still gag at the memory of the smell. Uggghhh.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

Huia

Huia Report 23 Jun 2016 03:51

I have a white azalea with a glorious perfume, and I can remember one at primary school which also had the beautiful scent, but modern ones dont seem to have it.

To me, a rose or a carnation is not a rose or carnation without a perfume.

I have white violets growing, not such a strong smell as the violet violets, but still lovely.

And there is a New Zealand shrub, which I have managed to grow from a cutting, called Alseuosmia, which means perfumed grove, a very apt name. The glorious scent is what you notice when walking through the 'bush' (what you would call forest), but it takes quite some searching to find the actual source of the smell.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

K

K Report 23 Jun 2016 13:14

I also love sweet peas but the best perfume so far this year was from two huge white wisteria. Their perfume filled the whole garden

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 23 Jun 2016 14:34

Freesias are my favourite flowers. I had some in my wedding bouquet and I would rather have a small bunch of them than any great big expensive bouquet.

Kath. x

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 23 Jun 2016 17:40

Me too Kath :-)

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 23 Jun 2016 18:43

Sweet Peas, Night Scented Stock, Freesias, Roses ....I'm an old fashioned country garden girl at heart :-D

More 'exotic'...Jasmine.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 23 Jun 2016 18:47

:-D :-D Chris I'm happy with the thought of a posy
of flowers from my family as it seems so with others
on this thread.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Jun 2016 21:11

Kath ..........

I also had freesias in my wedding bouquet :-D ........... and OH still buys freesias on our anniversary (next one is 49!).

OH does the weekly grocery shop now, but I write it ...... I always write down flowers, and leave the choice up to him. So I always have vases of flowers around, in addition to whatever I might cut from the garden,

Early in the spring I had a small vase of 4 different kinds of Daphne near my desk, and kept getting waves of that glorious scent. Two of the D odora bushes are in flower again :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Jun 2016 22:05

oop - forgot chrysanthemums - just love the smell of those :-D

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Iris

Iris Report 24 Jun 2016 13:56

the scent of rose's for me . hubby has just given me one from the garden ,dark red and scented , (what a lucky girl i am)...iris :-D

Researching:
brown. brooman , mackellow all in sussex ,kent or surrey

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 24 Jun 2016 13:59

Awwww :-)

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