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NFK
Citizen
Username: Nfk
Post Number: 96
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 7:27 am: | 
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There are these sweet smelling trees/bushes along my alking route and I absolutely love them! I am not sure what they are but would love to wake up in the springtime smelling that in my yard. Any ideas? |
Sherri De Rose
Citizen
Username: Honeydo
Post Number: 248
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 7:58 am: |
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Can you describe them? Where exactly are they? |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 1230
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 8:38 am: |
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Viburnum or Lilacs?
Did they have white flowers or purple? |
Kibbegirl
Citizen
Username: Kibbegirl
Post Number: 619
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 9:14 am: |
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Could they be honeysuckle? |
Kawalek
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Username: Kawalek
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 9:41 am: |
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I would say mock orange. Its a bush and has white flowers that have the most wonderful scent. |
Miss L Toe
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Username: Miss_l_toe
Post Number: 501
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 8:54 pm: |
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It sounds like Jasmine to me....a beautiful and heady scent, especially during the evening. |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 946
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 1:08 pm: |
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If they are blooming now, you could be smelling peonies (very large flowers) or rose bushes which have recently been blooming. Most recently, my most fragrant shrub was a tiny blooming lilac called meyeri lilac or something like that. Absolutely heavenly when you walk by!
If you can reach some, pick a couple of leaves and a flower (if they are small) as you pass. Take it to Millstone and I'd bet one of the master gardeners there can identify it for you.
(Or, if they are large flowers, or unreachable leaves, take a close-up photo w/digital device and show that to the guys at Millstone.)
Also, you could post a pic here on MOL, although I never can do that b/c my jpg file is always too big. |
Proud Daddy
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Username: Proud_daddy
Post Number: 25
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 1:30 pm: |
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Ditto on the mock orange. Our yard has about a dozen bushes and it is absolutely heaven right now. White flower about 1-2 inches in diameter. |
mickey
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Username: Mickey
Post Number: 446
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 6:26 pm: |
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Proud daddy, any chance you could post a photo or find out exactly what kind of bush they are? It does sound like heaven. |
Proud Daddy
Citizen
Username: Proud_daddy
Post Number: 26
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 8:29 pm: |
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Twilight photo of one of our mock orange blossoms. Four petals. |
mickey
Citizen
Username: Mickey
Post Number: 447
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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So they're really called "mock orange"? Thanks so much for the photo. |
Elizabeth
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Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 84
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2006 - 9:08 am: |
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Does the mock orange have thorns? I thought I had a rugosa rose bush (and I may still) - the flowers look different than in this photo, but have 4 petals. |
Proud Daddy
Citizen
Username: Proud_daddy
Post Number: 27
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2006 - 12:02 pm: |
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No thorns. This website shows a much better photo than the one I took.
http://www.naturehills.com/new/product/shrubs_productdetails.aspx?proname=Mock+O range+-+Sweet |
Zet
Citizen
Username: Zet
Post Number: 40
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2006 - 1:32 pm: |
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Thanks for suggesting honeysuckle. I was finally able to put a name on an amazing fragrance I was trying to define. Every time I pass these flowers I think Jasmine but I knew it could not be it. I found this picture of honeysuckle on Wikipedia.
And based on those links below it looks like the Japanese honeysuckle is considered a weed in the US. Think twice before planting it even if it smells great!
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ArticleHoneysuckle000510.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle |
mim
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Username: Mim
Post Number: 593
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2006 - 3:43 pm: |
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I adore the scent of honeysuckle too, although I wage a life-and-death battle with it each spring. It is immortal, unkillable, so so I cut it back to the ground each year without a pang of guilt. If I didn't, it would strangle everything in a season. |
Elizabeth
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Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 89
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 3:43 am: |
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Thanks for the better photo - I do indeed have a rugosa rose. Noticed the black spot on the leaves today.
And my neighbor has a mock orange - which smells AWESOME! - and the leaves are different. |
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