Viburnum x juddii is blooming and perfuming the backyard. Getting less and less blooms since it's being shaded out by some hollies.

Came home after work to discover the first bloom of the year on Passiflora x belotii. It's tiny and no longer as fragrant as they are in the afternoons.

Hoya buotii - delicious fragrance like paperwhites at night. smells like unripe banana during the day.

First grand duke bloom of the season. Smells just as great during the day as at night! I love that the flowers last a little longer on this one.

More photos of buotii. I just couldn't resist! :)

Viburnum Carlesii just coming into flower

Finally my anemone de caen bloomed. Not fragrant but who can beat that color!

Confederate jasmine at my great uncle's place in Steinhatchee, Florida. Very fragrant up close. The wind kept it from wafting well. The scent isn't wafting this year on these plants like I remember in the past. Not really one of my favorite scents...it's ok, but it's no sambac! :)

I did like that the Brunfelsia and Cestrum bloomed at the same time because they're both in the deadly nightshade family. I guess since they're family it makes sense.

Brunfelsia gigantea. I love the scent and can't wait til the bush gets big enough to have a bunch of flowers open at the same time so it really wafts!!
Night blooming jasmine is getting monstrous again! I hack it down all
the time and it never stops. Scent is different than it used to be, kind
of sweet, kind of strange. I brought in a sprig and put it in the
bathroom (with the door closed) and it scented up the bathroom, 2 back
bedrooms, and hallway. It smells delicious inside, although it is slightly allergenic. Yeah, I'm a madman ;)

Aren't we all mad Tom *wink* Your cestrum looks gorgeous!

Cestrum is one of those plants that I kept on buying and throwing it out and wanting to buy it again. It smells a bit like cornbread to me. :))

Cestrum is one of those plants that I can not keep alive! I don't get it. NO matter what I do it dies.

Same for the Jasime Duke, but I bought another yesterday, so let's see how I fare this time...Keeping my fingers crossed.

Good luck this time Mike!

Flag pole cherry is out in full bloom scenting the garden

Daphne Eternal fragrance

First Citrus of the year

Pittosporum anomalum looks more like a desert type plant with tiny leaves and tiny flowers but strongly scented

Jasminegal, thank you! And yes, we all are a little mad and I love it ;)

Kemistry, I can definitely understand the cornbread reference! Sweet but foodlike. It's hard to describe. It used to smell like grape koolaid to me but it's starting to smell more indolic.

Mike, good luck! Cestrum and jasmine are both plants I can't kill. Make sure duke is in a pot big enough for its roots to spread out and that the mix drains well and I'm sure you'll do fine. It's a pretty resilient plant. Now my Brassavola digbyana is a different story. It's losing it's leaves one by one. They get sunburned black spots and turn yellow and fall off. I potted it into a smaller pot since it doesn't have many roots (I bought it bare root) and moved it into the shade. Fingers crossed.

Fragrant, awesome pictures! That cherry is to die for. What a sight. I love all the bare branches engulfed in the blooms. It looks a lot like how a tropical tree blooms.

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Tom, thanks buddy! I will try the drain well soil but I am thinking it like hot weather? Maybe a hot window sill next winter or something? I do fine with them until fall into winter then they are goners((((

Fragrant..Where do you live? Is it out of the states??? For all the money in the world, I can not get access to have of your plants so you are not enabling me..lol I want one of those Pittosporum anomalum, and for all the money in the world could not find one(((((((((( YOu and your beautiful flowers!! So pretty!

Yay! I'm glad this thread is still active.

Philadelphus 'Snowbelle' has been lightly wafting. Smells so good.

Super excited that I received Brugmansia 'Vermilion Sky' in the mail today from Sommer Gardens. It's supposed to smell awesome. Like tangerine and jasmine? It was bred for scent.

Mike,

Fragrant (Brian) lives in England. :)

-Robert

Please Robert don't enable me. I have too many plants as it is *wink*. Got my brugmansia 'pink champagne', brunfelsia gigantea, ponderosa lemon and flore plena from logees yesterday. My alliums and salvias are just flowering. Pansies are the only fragrant thing which is wafting right now in my yard.

Robert is right i am in rainy England and trust me i would do anything to have just some of the weather you guys have in parts of the USA

Odontonia Samuria

Ocidium hastilabium is fragrant and the flower spike is over 4 foot!!! in height i count 26 flowers :0

Alliums just started bloomingApril night salviaSalvia summer jewelBottle brush

Robert, thank you!

Mike, I grow my jasmines outside. They don't mind the cold in the winter but they stop blooming once the days get shorter and the nights are cooler. They start blooming again once it gets reasonably hot and humid. My grand duke and belle of india have both bloomed this April. I would definitely try to give it as much light, heat, and humidity as you can during the winter. I think jasminegal should chime in because she too overwinters her jasmines indoors. :)

Yes Tom and Mike. I do overwinter all my jasmines indoors. What I have noticed is grand dukes love more sunlight and warmth than other jasmines. If you place them in basements they won't be happy. So I make three groups for my plants. The huge plants go into my basement. The warmth loving jasmines like mysore mulli,gd tuscany,gd supreme come into the kitchen where there is more light and the third group is brunfelsias which i place in my living room where they get some morning sun and some warmth.

Cestrums do get huge in the growing season. I just chop them and get them inside. Even if the plant dies they come back from roots. My chilean cestrum did that this year. If I see spider mites I just remove the leaves. Have to keep an eye on scale though for jasmines. Hope this helps.

Even Robert overwinters his jasmines indoors. He can probably add more inputs!

Tom, boy do I wish I lived there or somewhere where the growing season is longer than 3 months! I have all these plants NOT designed for growing here for sure. I am really thinking about giving up since I just can not take the effort or work to push plants beyond 3 warm seasons a year unless I move further south..Thanks buddy.

Jasinegal, nice. Great job. You certainly know how to grow these. I find all my Asian friends around here do without much effort at all which kills me. They have no answer for their success either..lol

Thanks Mike. Its not easy to keep them happy. But the effort is worth it when they bloom :).

Mike, Florida heat and humidity is definitely on my side although it has been extremely dry here which makes it hard to keep all of my plants watered. Some wilt and need water every day. We need rain badly. You could try and grow plants that do well during winter with low light and/or low humidity. Or grow plants that can go dormant in the winter like brugs and plumerias. I don't know. I'll tell you I throw out or give away plants that don't grow well for me after a certain period of time, I figure I can use the space for a plant that's easier to grow. If one doesn't work out it's on to the next one on my list. :)

My Zephyranthes drummondii finally bloomed but stupid me left it out in all the rain we've been having and I'd say my rain lily is done for. Laugh. I tried sniffing it last night but couldn't really detect any scent.

Robert, I wish it would rain, but Florida is as dry as a bone!!

I figure I'd close out April with a few more pics.

Radermachera kunming

Gardenia tahitensis 'double'

Gardenia jasminoides 'Miami Supreme'
Crimson Glory
Chrysler Imperial

Don Juan
And this hoya has been blooming its head off! :)

@jasminegal Thanks for posting the pic of Jasmine Multipartum. Looks like I was sold this thing when I bought my first Jasmine!!! I still have this. Funny thing is that it blooms in winters for me. Now Sydney winters have started and there are buds on this guy. Last year it bloomed too. But the scent was weak compared to Grand Duke Jasmine.

The guy is tough. Has survived two location changes. Now happy in 511 mix.

I am really glad to get this info Just. I lost my big plant last year. I am hoping that this time I have better luck with this plant.

will post a pic when blooms open.

Meanwhile Osmanthus Fudingzhu is at work. But should work harder. No smell.

Jasmine Grand Duke is catching cold. Look at that purple shade.

Snapdragon also blooming but again very faint but very nice smell.

Post the pics in May blooms Just..they are so beautiful. Osmanthus fudingzhu is a plant which plays tricks. Some smell it, some don't at all and some smell it just barely. Two in my family can't get anything at all :) Sambac blooms turn naturally turn purple once they get old. It happens even when the buds stay on the plant for very long time without opening.

Jasmine Multipartum blooming. But no strong scent. If it is really Jasmine Multipartum I am at loss why it is called Jasmine.

But they do look beautiful.

This is not jasmine multipartitum but jasmine multiflorum Just. It is also called as downy jasmine. This species is not fragrant at all. Very light fragrance if any and is a fall bloomer. This actually is a true jasmine :). Enjoy the beautiful bloom.

I knew something is not right with this guy. But flower bunches are beautiful. Might as well keep it.