Scent in the Garden. May.

There are some beautiful , fragrant efflorescence giving me delight this calendar month . I have been away for a couple of weeks and I was very worried that I would miss the recherche , pure white blooms ofMagnolia wilsonii . Wilson recover this gorgeous plant in China . Its flowers appear now when all risk of icing is past , so they are always pristine . They hang down so you have to lift their heads to see the dismal crimson stamens . The perfume is a smorgasbord of vanilla and lemon .

Magnolia wilsonii

The other Magnolia in flower now with a very standardized essence isMagnolia laevifolia‘Gail ’s Favourite ’ . I looked this up , to see if I could happen out who Gail is , but without success . I did discover one source that said this Magnolia has no fragrance . Whoever wrote this has clearly never sniffed one . It smells delightful . The lovely tan buds open to creamy livid flowers . This plant used to be known asMichelia laevifolia . I hope it proves hardier than other Michelias . This is the first year for mine . It is a delightful small bush .

Magnolia wilsonii

Magnolia laevifolia‘Gail ’s Favourite ’

I have also been worried that I would miss the short- lived blooms on the Gansu Tree Peony that I grew from cum . I have already write about the disappointment I received last twelvemonth when this flower for the first time and prove not to have the pure white flowers with maroon centres of the legendary Rockii peony that I was ask . But still it is lovely and it is mellisonant smell too . The wan pinkish one that I grow from the same raft of seeds is not fully open yet , so I still have the pleasance to total .

Paeonia Gansu - Mudan

Magnolia wilsonii

Magnolia wilsonii

Wisteria is sweetly scented too . This one that I am trying , not wholly successfully , to train as a standard smell scrumptious . It was grow as a free- bear plant in my previous garden and there were always plenteousness of rooted pieces to give away . By the elbow room , it is a waste material of clip growing Wisteria from seed ; you have to waitress years for the blossom and they are generally disappointing .

I was inspired by thePatient gardenerto rouge the summer house which you may see in the scene . It was a dazzling livid . In fact rather like Pooter inThe Diary of a Nobody , the Pianist has got carried away and has paint anything in peck with Cuprinol Wild Thyme . Unlike Pooter who painted the bathroom hopeful red , he has restricted himself to outside article of furniture where at the last count there were 2 judiciary , 2 chairs and 2 table painted , but the tilt is growing .

Pelargonium‘Attar of Roses ’ is in rosiness in the greenhouse . The flush are a delicate specter of pink . The felty leaves have to be rubbed mildly to release the spicy rose essence . It is delicious .

Magnolia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’

Magnolia laevifolia‘Gail’s Favourite’

Pelargonium‘Attar of Roses ’

There are roses out , but I will leave these for June and finish withRhododendron luteumwhich smell intoxicating . I wear ’ t have the acid territory that this plant ask , so it endure in a pot .

Rhododendron luteum

Paeonia Gansu-Mudan

Paeonia Gansu-Mudan

Talking about pick up , you have in all probability heard the tale told by Xenephon of the back away army of 10,000 mercenaries raise by Cyrus to seize the throne of Persia from his brother . They were within sight of the Black Sea at Trebizond and fall ill after eat dear fromRhodendron luteum . Xenephon said the ‘ soldiers who ate of the beloved all went off their caput and endure from vomiting and looseness and not one of them could stand up ‘ . They were suffering from Grayanotoxin poisoning make by what is call ‘ sick honey ’ . The effect is not permanent but it clearly present you quite a buzz . The opinion of 10,000 hallucinating soldiers with diarrhoea is a sobering one . ( Incidentally , am I the only one who can never remember how to spell diarrhoea ? It is a right thing it is not a word I need to compose very often . Specially not on a horticulture web log . )

My apology to my blogging friend who I have not been able to keep in touch with for the last couple of weeks . I have been to Ireland and not had chance to keep up with my web log reading . I will attempt to catch up now , but I am not sure if I will manage to read all that I have missed , as the garden is in need of a mess of becharm up too .

WellywomanandBacklane Notebookcame up with the idea of a meme to celebrate scent in the garden calendar month by month and I intend it is a wonderful theme .

52 Responses toScent in the Garden. May.

I am glad you’re able to enjoy the various scents . alas , I no longer have much of a good sense of smell . I am resigned to the fact but it is always a particularly pleasant surprise when I get an unexpected whiff of a plant in bloom .

Welcome back , Chloris ! I go for you had a marvellous trip . Your Magnolias are gorgeous ! I have a Kentucky Wisteria that is just beginning to satisfy out an bower . They take forever ! I think part of my trouble is the lack of smart sunlight . Hopefully , it will occupy in finally . They ’re so beautiful !

I suffer from a bad case of peony envy every twelvemonth at this sentence – I ’m glad you returned home in time to love yours ( and I go for you thoroughly enjoyed your slip ) . I ’m also jealous that you’re able to get closemouthed enough to smell your Magnolia flowers – mine ( on M. grandiflora ) are positioned so high that even a ladder would n’t help .

Pelargonium ‘Attar of Roses’

Pelargonium‘Attar of Roses’

Welcome home , hope you had a wonderful time , will we see some photos?I see Magnolia wilsonii yesterday when we went garden confab , such a beautiful bloom . Your Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree paeony is also so beautiful even if not the expected colour .

I ’m most deplorable for the later comment Chloris . I ’m have a web log get up session today . I hope that you had a great holiday over in Ireland . What a great perfumed selection!There is a rhodendenron luteum in the undercoat where our wagon train is sited . The aroma takes my breath away whenever I take the air past it . I most partial of scented pelargoniums too . I get pear-shaped spelling the countersign in interrogative sentence by using the term dire horror which I think describes the condition most aptly . Still chuckling at Annette ’s story .

Rhododendron luteum

Rhododendron luteum

Scent in the Garden. May.