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Fragrance

18 years ago

Ok, I see that New Orleans Lady is advertised as "the most fragrant brug." Does anyone grow her and how fragrant is the most fragrant? I know I can smell the lemony scent of my NOID white from about 30 feet away maybe more, it is great. Also, anyone who grows this one, does it achieve the deep orange like HG or is it more of a peachy/yellow?

I am trying to decide between NOL and Naughty Nick. I want them both, probablt will end up buying NN first then trading or later buying NOL. One more question.... is the scent of a brug always citrusy or are there other scents?

Comments (15)

  • 18 years ago

    ooo your NOID is lemony? and its that strong!? O I cant wait till mine get blooms so I know what the fragrance is like. Hope some of mine are lemony. My fav lily has a lemon scent, can NOT walk by that without stickin my face in it, lol. If I could get my whole yard to smell like that, o that would be heaven.

    Daniella

  • 18 years ago

    Yes, it is lemony and it is very strongly scented. It was on my back porch and you could smell it from my front porch. It was very faint from far away, I thought I was just imagining it but other people could smell it too, so it is that strong. But when your up close the fragrance is amazing.

  • 18 years ago

    I'm jealous. I have a few NOID's all I know is their colors, white pink & yellow..at least what the Ebay seller claimed for their colors to be. We'll see when they bloom what's what. Out of all I have I hope at least one of my brugs smells like yours!
    I'm curious about the answers to your questions as well.
    If I have time today to do some research online, I'm gonna have to look up my named ones and see what I can gather about their fragrances.
    Daniella

  • 18 years ago

    My Grimaldy's and Seuss can be smelled on a still night several hundred feet away and have a lemon scent.

    I only grow these pedestrian brugs because the others died. I have fallen for these mutt's.

  • 18 years ago

    Did I hear VERY STRONGLY SCENTED?..My kind of brug.

    pagrdnr..If you ever decide to share your white noid ..can I purdy, purdy pleeeease have some?

  • 18 years ago

    I would be glad to share this fall if my brug grows enough. Right now it is dormant and maybe 3 1/2 ft tall. I took some green cuttings when I put it away because I figured the tips would shrivel anyways, but those died, but I am sure I will have something to share in the summer or fall, just remind me. I don't know, if Jim can smell his from several hundred feet away, maybe mine isn't as strongly fragrant as I thought. It is my first brug, so I haven't had any brugs to compre it to until this summer when all my cuttings bloom.

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks pagrdnr...I am new to brugs also...I manage to collect a few varieties so far..Maybe we can do a trade in the fall.

  • 18 years ago

    Where is root at?? I would hate to throw water on this but B. Shorty's has a fragrance that well we have had to shut the doors and windows it's so strong. Help here guys whom have her?

  • 18 years ago

    we have to shut the doors and windows it's so strong.

    Okay Karma, Now I have to have a B.Shorty...Are they hard to grow?..Who sell's them?

  • 18 years ago

    Holy Moley! Another Brug I can't live without. You guys are killin'me. rothlmao!!! I'm with carmie2 ... who has it? where is it? how do we grow it? Inquiring minds want to know!!! Is this the real name of the Brug? Gosh, someone has to stop me before I buy again! ;0) Gloria

  • 18 years ago

    Karma, does B. Shorty have a good scent (perfume) or is it yucky?

  • 18 years ago

    For the newbies, I found this one locally and it was sold as B. Peached and Cream. It's not and hence the name now of Shorty's Variegated. I question the nursery to find out these were sold on the west coast but again I got another story when I questioned them again. They also requested to buy her back, no way!! I haven't seen them again out there. This one has a sweet good scent but if you have a couple and there are hundreds of blooms it can cause one to have a headache. I found the only way to get cuttings to root is by tip cuttings and I have a waiting list for them. I sent a couple out for testing, of which one is in Canada. When I first got her I sent out cuttings of her like crazy but got screamed at due to where she came from and the name! She is difficult to get started, but I have 3 in the greenhouse from the fall attempt. These are small plants so hopefully, keeping my toes crossed I'll be able to take 3 names off the list. I currently have 3 mother plants, can you tell I like this one?? They sit out front in full sun and right next to the driveway where they are really warm.

  • 18 years ago

    Can't beat C. Grimaldi or Dr. Seuss for fragrance, even tho they are oldies, like Jim says! CG is still a favorite!

    Our driveway is 250'long and the brug fragrance drifts from the house all the way out to the mailbox!

    Sometimes it's hard to tell where the fragrance is originating- when most of my seedlings were blooming, it was hard to tell, because so many are packed into one big bed!
    I can tell you that that orange one with the green eye, and all her siblings, are wonderfully fragrant!

    {{gwi:472151}}

    Brenda

  • 18 years ago

    Pretty keen eye Karma, and glad you got Shorty!

    Brenda, I believe that is drool on all our faces, wow!

  • 18 years ago

    My NOL finally bloomed and didnt get that dark of orange more like a peach but had a nice fragrance. I think it will get darker as the weather warms up -most of them have been off-color this winter/early spring. I will let you know about NN~ mine has finally Y'd at @ 6 ft tall tree form and has tiny buds. I agree with GC and Dr Suess having great fragrance. I have a NOID white that I keep for the fragrance and because the hawk moths love it. Daydreams has nice fragrance but its not lemony-it is more soft and sweet!

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