Those are absolutely gorgeous!! Alas, I have nothing fragrant right now. My sweet smelling philadelphus coronarus (sp?) bloomed in May as did my fragrant viburnums. I need to find something fragrant for summer. Hoping my ginger lilies will bloom in September and perfume that garden.

Very nice Robert :) love Cymbidium just not the room they can take up :P

Two new ones for me is Citrus limon x Citrus Paradisi ( bloody caterpillar had a go at the leaves )

And my new fav Psoralea Pinnata (Kool-Aid Bush) beautiful pea like flowers that have a wonderful fragrance strong but not over powering

All of my jasmines are blooming and because of the humidity their fragrance is amazing. A wild four o'clock bloom!

HI Robert,

How strong is the fragrance of the Mayor? Does it waft? How would you best describe it? My Chen's Ruby is finally ready to burst, I finally got one spike but the plant quadrupled in size. Amazing how it sits out in the hot Florida sun with heat index hitting up to 108 every day and it is unfazed. Not one bud will blast...I am just amazed...if that is not considered a warmth tolerant cym...and I have like 8 new growths as well. I will keep my fingers crossed that a cooler winter here will trigger the tracyanum I just acquired. So, I think the Mayor may be my next guilty pleasure thanks to your amazing photo. Joe.

Hi Joe,

It has a light perfume scent with a high sweet note that does waft under the arbor in the heat of the day. They are very heat tolerant like you mentioned.

Today we have two blooms on the Nymphaea 'Panama Pacific'.

Just found a couple of blooms on the Brunfelsia gigantea! It's just been a bunch of leaves for months.

More goodies on this rainy day.

Jasminum sambac from Aloha Tropicals is covered in buds. Yay!

I am still waiting for my tuberose pearl to form buds :(

Jasmine way waaaaayyyy better ;)

Robert, gosh the colour of that lily is amazing.

This summer is flying by! I was planning on taking out an un-named honeysuckle (too few blooms taking up too much real estate), but it must've heard me & is blooming like mad this year. Ugh, I already bought a star jasmine to take its place. Hmm..

Gardenia 'Frostproof' is blooming heavily too. Had a big growth spurt & is now a fairly sizeable bush. Smells great!

Robert, the Brunsfelsia Is one of my most fragrant and favorite plants!!!

Brunfelsia gigantea is one of my all time favorite scents! I get flushes in spring and fall (guess day length triggers blooms?).

Hoping to get more blooms soon. Just fertilized it today. :)

I saw a huge calycanthus bush at a park and it smelled something like a strawberry or blackberry candy.

Well Robert, my Chen's is fully flowered. Again, just awe struck at its literal brutal heat tolerance. For that fact alone....she is a keeper. However, a little disappointed in the fragrance department. I was hoping she would waft like osmanthus or brunfelsia but just an extremely faint smell...even in the warm humid air. Joe.

Beautiful Chen's Ruby specimen!

Sorry you're disappointed in its scent. That cultivar's scent reminds me of southern magnolia. I've let a Boston fern choke ours out. Really need to remove the fern.

Beautiful plants everyone!

I've been really absent from this thread it seems. I've been busy, and honestly I have nothing to post you haven't already seen this summer.

Robert. Those might be bees. We have lots of small bees that drown in our water lilies.

You can put a little stick in the bloom so they can crawl out. But most of them won't.

Blue/purple tropical lilies have properties similar to opium. And when the pollinators get to the nectar they get really high, and end up drowning in their euphoria.

Magnolia coco is blooming for the first time. I'm amazed with this little white perfection.

So gorgeous! Me want.

Me Have these plants and can't get mine to look like all of yours!!!! Fantastic work everyone@!!!!!

Misha, mine has not done a thing all summer long, since I got it in spring..What do you treat yours like? Do you feed it? Do you grow it indoors all winter in the sun?

Blutayle...Do you grow yours in full sun all summer in that pot in that spot!? It's beautiful! I had to divide mine and hope it flowers this year..I wonder how it is that yours flowers so early and yet I have to wait until the weather cools here to initiate bud..I don't get it?

Dar, does that plant have a STRONG fragrance? I am about to order one..Is it able to grow in Zone 5? Love it

Very beautiful plants and flowers, everyone. My celandine and tuberose are blooming.

HI Mike,

Actually I grow it throughout the year in full sun til about 2pm. Crazy hot blazing sun and feels like temps of 110 every day. It did not harm the developing buds at all but I did move it to a more shaded spot once the blooms opened to not fade the flowers prematurely. It seems to like it hot and has grown like a weed. This does not require the temp dip for bud initiation. This can bloom throughout the year. I am hoping for another spike to start soon. Flowers only last between 2-3 weeks...not nearly as long as standard cyms that require the temp drop for bud formation. Still love it as it is as easy as a Phalaenopsis orchid to grow.

Nothing new blooming for me other than the jasmines and annuals. But got a really nice shot of moon vine.

And my daisy gardenia has gone to heaven. Next year will replace it with one more :)

Finally got a shot of the hummingbird :) It's on the middle reddish pink flower.

Took me a little while but I finally spotted it! :)

I know its a little tough Robert..the color of the hummer is blending with the zinnia leaves. Took the picture from inside the house so a little blurry :) It flies away once it sees me. It wants to sit on my son's shoulder though..lol!

mikerno_1micha, yes I'm growing magnolia coco indoors overwinter since I live in zone 7. It is placed close to south facing window and gets as much light as it can. Fertilizing it with liquid balanced fertilizer once in a ten days or so. During summer it gets full sun almost all the time. I only shade it for a few hours on a summer days with very high temps.