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i'm surprised you have blackflies--i thought those were up north in the bush--i've never seen them in person..the one thing i know i will have to use some strong language with is ants! they are absolutely everywhere here--our old house was made with local logs, and the ants ate it... there are a few spots i want to plant where i will have to insist they move out of...lol
Errr, don't count on it, Helen! The fragrance is certainly sweet... perhaps jasmine-ish? Since they are only a couple of inches tall, one has to hunker down to sniff them... a half-acre of them would smell great, though!
Quote from: Lori Skulski on May 18, 2009, 02:54:44 AMErrr, don't count on it, Helen! The fragrance is certainly sweet... perhaps jasmine-ish? Since they are only a couple of inches tall, one has to hunker down to sniff them... a half-acre of them would smell great, though! Thanks Lori, maybe I will have to look out for some seed and try them myself, I can relate to getting on your belly trying to smell tiny flowers.
Here we see amply demonstrated the advantages of growing in a glass house!! Plants raised up to the nose and a dry belly Now for MY take on the scent of this little charmer.... musky honey.
Maggi, by musky honey, would you say it is similar to honeysuckle?
QuoteMaggi, by musky honey, would you say it is similar to honeysuckle?No, not like honeysuckle at all.... I'll give it some thought!!
Here we see amply demonstrated the advantages of growing in a glass house!! Plants raised up to the nose and a dry belly.
QuoteHere we see amply demonstrated the advantages of growing in a glass house!! Plants raised up to the nose and a dry belly.Well, if I took over the greenhouse to grow alpines, I'm afraid my husband would pitch a fit - that's where he grows his water lilies (above ground ponds), and summers his tropical fish. I already get accused a couple of times a year of taking over too much space!
Cohan, we lived in a top-floor flat in Aberdeen for 3 years. By the time we left to move south we had to hire a self-drive lorry to move the plants- all in all over 1000 plant pots (mostly terracotta) - the furniture fit in the car.
Cohan, I think it just comes down to that we have different frames of reference re. both bug and bird populations, LOL! (My frame of reference is the northern boreal forest (I suspect only the Arctic may be worse!), and for birds, being on a migratory flyway, where we'd see hundreds or even thousands of individuals of a species in a day during migration, and then on breeding grounds (for many) - which kindled a childhood interest in birds into making us both pretty keen birders (daily lists, sighting reports and nesting records to American Birds, etc. - all that bordering-on-the-fanatical stuff ). Moving to Alberta was a huge difference for both.)