Agalaia in full bloom

In love with the black dragon hibiscus from logees. The photo didn't capture the dark maroon color of this bloom thoughHoneysuckle scentsationA gorgeous bee hugging rangoon creeper bloomA monarch!And look what I got as a gift from my DH...5 plumerias (Penang peach, kauka wilder, waimea, bali whirl and India)

I love the Aglaia Jasmiengal! It's huge! How long did it take to get that size? I just got a small one from Gardino's loaded with flowers and the scent was very delicate but delicious! The family loved it too. "Wow, that smells good!" "That's interesting!" were some of the comments. :) I'll upload some pics soon.

Thanks Tom. This plant is in its second year with me. Got it last spring from logees. I love it too! A very carefree and wonderful plant. When the weather is in 90's and humid and this plant is blooming it wafts so much. I am sure you will love it as much as everyone here does :)

I can't wait for it to get bigger and waft its fragrance. I already do love it! I think I'm going to put it in a small pot on the back porch table and train it kind of like a bonsai.

My Brunfelsia americana opened last night. I have to admit the scent was high and harsh and so far not my favorite brunfelsia for scent. I suppose the closet brunfelsia to compare it to is B. nitida.

Still want to eventually sniff B. jamaicensis. B. 'Isola' smells like cold cream to me and though I enjoyed the grape candy scent of B. australis the scent didn't wow me enough to keep it. My favorite for scent is still hands down B. gigantea. Love its perfume, hate how gigantic it gets. Laugh.

Still waiting for my b.jamaicensis and gigantea to bloom. I am so sorry that you didn't like americana Robert. Might be the timing. I have noticed its fragrance does change notes when it freshly opens to later in the day and night. It has pure clove fragrance which I remember from last year. This year missed its blooms.

I did notice the scent mellows after time. I sniffed it at 3 am when the dog wanted out and it was much better than when it first started pumping out scent. Can't wait to hear your scent thoughts on your other brunfelsias!

So guys, I ordered Hoya monetteae from ebay and imagine my surprise when I checked the tracking and saw it's in Houston, Texas!! I don't know why it even left the state of Florida as both the seller and I are here. What is wrong with Usps? I know they can send a package to a different facility to make sorting more cost effective but it makes no sense to send it clear across the Gulf of Mexico.. I guess that's what I get for wanting this plant so badly. I just hope it gets here in good shape.

Uh oh..Tom did you contact the seller yet abt it? Fingers crossed for you buddy!

Yes, I told him and he said he is watching it to make sure it will arrive. If not I will let him know. Like me, he's hoping it will arrive Monday. Thanks jasminegal! I have mine crossed too haha.

To top if off I missed the first bloom of a noid epiphyllum I've been waiting for. Thankfully it has another bloom coming. I don't know if it's fragrant.

Robert, I've compare my lactea to my gigantea, or least tried, and I feel that they smell similar, with lactea having a darker and slightly more harsh scent. Gigantea is sweeter but I think lactea is stronger. I like them both but I may give the edge to lactea for being stronger and more hypnotic. I'm excited for their next bloom cycle whenever that may be so I can compare the scents again. They both smell a lot like carnation with a slight note like Plumeria but not as sweet, with something like rubber or smoke? Hard to describe. That's with sticking my nose in the blooms because mine haven't gotten big enough or had enough flowers to waft yet.

I had Brunfelsia lactea but only got it to bloom once or twice. Maybe the plant needs to get bigger before it reliably blooms. Normally B. gigantea blooms spring and fall for me with some sporadic blooms in between. I do recall the scents were similar. Glad my nose doesn't pick up anything really harsh in gigantea! :)

Lactea bloomed 4 times for me as pretty much a rooted cutting. It's finally branching out. Gigantea didn't bloom the last time lactea did and it's a much bigger plant but I haven't had it as long so I guess that's why it hasn't bloomed as many times. I'm hoping for a flush with a lot of flowers open at once sometime soon lol. Yes, gigantea is pretty much a perfect scent.

So... My Osmanthus fragrans 'Fudingzhu' has come into bloom this week. This is the third time it has flowered since I bought it from Logee's a couple years back. I have never been able to detect even the slightest fragrance from these flowers. It doesn't matter if I stick my nose right in them... The time of day or nite... And definitely no wafting of fragrance from afar. When visiting New Orleans I was quite enamored with the scent of the Sweet Olives. I could smell them everywhere I went... And always picked a few to smell up close as I was sightseeing.

T he fragrance was very strong and very noticeable. Yet this one just seems to be a dud. Perhaps I just need to purchase a plain old Osmanthus fragrans like they have all over New Orleans. Has anyone else been disappointed with their 'Fudingzhu'?

My Fudingzhu is only fragrant in the morning to afternoon hours. Sniff it when the flowers aged a bit (creamy yellow). THe scent is very strong on a warm day. :) But you are right, it doesn't waft for me like the regular kind.

Ahh Robert. You don't like brunf americana? Hmmph, It does smell a bit sharp up-close, i guess because of its strong scent? The smell wafted to my second floor. I love it. :)

We are 4 people in my house Scott and 2 of us can smell Fudingzhu and 2 can't. It wafts only on rare occasion and usually have to put my nose to the bloom. So its probably not only you. Lot of folks have trouble detecting its scent.

My Osmanthus is labeled "#3" and is from a nursery here in Florida. Mine isn't powerfully fragrant but it isn't a dud either. I can smell it lightly if I walk up to it. Maybe if it gets bigger it will smell more strongly. Also, plants tend to lose the scent when they are hybridized and I think that's the case here. Very often the hybrids don't have the strong scent of the original plant. I want a cutting of one of those powerfully scented ones from Nawlins!!

My Osmanthus outside was always highly highly dependent on atmospheric conditions. It would be covered in blooms but if not warm enough or humid enough had no scent at all. On just the right day, just warm enough and humid enough, you could smell it all over the yard. Frustrating that it was not every day. When it was on, it was great, but it seemed to be off weather wise more than on...considering its flowering season is Oct.-Mar. in Florida and usually cooler and not very humid during most of the growing season. I cut mine down and Brunfelsia Gigantea will suit the bill....as it wafts and wafts for me when it blooms, regardless of humidity and warmth levels.

Epiphyllum oxypetalum - a fresh clean scent just like moonflowers except much stronger. Kind of like sunscreen and a water smell. Very nice and strong, one flower could be smelled when I walked out onto the back porch last night.

My Jasminum angulare from Kartuz has been blooming. It's a nice clean scent but so far not a very strong scent so it probably won't be a keeper if I run out of room. ;)

Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' has been blooming. It's one of those atmospheric plants when you have to sniff it at the right time to really appreciate the scent. I was impressed on a warm humid morning.

I love angulare for its beautiful blooms. Wait till you see when its in full bloom Robert! I have a 2 yr old plant and the early morning fragrance of angulare is so fresh. Serotina is beautiful. How is the comparison between scentsation and serotina?

To my nose they're all pretty similar. I think I remember an older post where fragrant2008 gave some good insightful info on the cultivars but I could be wrong.

Thanks for the heads up about angulare. Guess I need to be more patient which of course I'm not. :)

Hehe Robert..I know..learning lot of patience now with my sons and plants..lol!

Hoya cv. Joy. Blooming as a young plant which is exciting. Sadly the blooms only stayed opened for one day. Smells like sweat and perfume. The perfume component smelled really nice..wish it smelled less like sweat and more like perfume, ha. I think the rank scent comes from being a cross of Hoya villetina which is supposed to smell awful :P

Grand Duke Supreme is so much more lovelier than the regular one. Even the leaves are pretty. Right there it is fused together and looks like gorgeous acanthus leaves.

And P. 'George Brown'

Gorgeous, Dar! How's the scent of Plumeria 'George Brown'? Beautiful colors!

Not my plants but went to US botanical gardens at DC to see the stink flower. All the pics are from there.

Clerodendrom bungei. Wonderfully fragrant

I am not sure what rose it is but it was almost like mr. Lincoln

They have huge collection of orchids

BrugmansiaI couldn't figure out what plant this is but very fragrantAnd take a look at this canaga odorata

More of canaga odorata

And it was blooming. Unfortunately no can smell them..hehe

Pretty cool. The white flower one looks like the coffee plant.

You are right Kemistry. Even I thought that it looked like a coffee plant. What a specimen it was. Almost 5 ft tall and around the same width.

Very nice pictures jasminegal! That's a really beautiful garden. Did the corpse flower reek really bad?

I'm surprised that the Dendrobium spectabile, (first orchid pictured) is blooming. I've heard they usually bloom spring, fall or winter. Mine hasn't bloomed yet, sadly. It tried to spike and then it got sun scorched and it lost a couple leaves so it was set back. It's resumed growth nicely. Hopefully it will bloom soon.

It does reek badly Tom but only when it reaches your nose or when you really stand to close it. It does waft but surprisingly it was not as bad as everyone projects it to be. You can definitely stand in the room when it is blooming. But what stunning beauties these are!

The orchids are in a conservatory Tom so they are in a controlled environment. Lot of humidity I noticed so probably that's why they are blooming now. The whole setup was almost like a rainforest. I wish I had one of these greenhouses..lol!

Well you were lucky to see it! I did read about it blooming in the news online. What an experience lol. Thanks for the scent description too :) I know there's a few gardens down here that have them as well. Interestingly enough I thought the same thing about the orchids.. "it must be really humid in there and they probably really like it". They had a big orchid greenhouse down here called World of Orchids but sadly it closed before I ever got to visit. I wish I had a greenhouse too for my Hoyas!! But Florida winters will have to do lol

Brugmansia 'Seminole Moon' has the backyard smelling awesome tonight.

Crinum 'Improved Peachblow' finally bloomed for the first time. The scent is light but nice. Seems to be stronger at night. Does it blow me away? No. The flowers are beautiful though. They can grow in the ground in Tulsa so next year I might just plant it, one less pot to water. :)

Robert, I love your Seminole moon.. The flowers are perfect! Do they smell as strongly as chuck? And how it is so big and floriferous? Dalai and Xena still haven't y'd lol, though getting close I think. I'm kinda jealous hahaha. And my noid that I suspect is Sweetheart has barely grown back from its roots.. So small and the slugs got it to boot.

While I love the fragrance of all my tropical bloomers.... There is one summer fragrance I always look forward. That of the Hosta plantaginea "Grandiflora". Beautiful glossy foliage with stems of pure white heavily fragrant flowers held high above the leaves. I have several around my yard and the fragrance is so strong it fills my entire garden with their scent. Fragrant not only by evening but during the day as well. Also makes a great and long lasting cut flower to bring indoors.

Haha. You compare every brug's scent to Charles Grimaldi, Tom.

I would say Seminole Moon does not quite have the wafting power of Chuck but it's nice. As for how mine is so big it just takes time (it's at least 2 years old) and a whole lot of water and fertilizer! I've been giving that treatment to my roomate's Dalai Lama and it's been blooming its head off as well.

Scott, beautiful pics. I've been wanting that species of hosta but the ones that are fragrant that I find locally are all hybrids of H. plantaginea.

Robert.... If you would like a piece of mine I'd be more than happy to send you a clump or two. Some of mine are getting a bit large for their allotted space!

Wow! Thanks so much, Scott! I'll message you.

Lol, I do because chuck is the holy grail, the strongest smelling of all. So I figure I should compare the others to chuck and just get chuck instead of other cultivars if chuck smells stronger than all the rest ;)

The last of my fragrants probably for this year..been a wonderful fragrant season. Tuberoses which Kandhi generously shared with me are blooming.

My brug pink champagne, b. Jamaicensis, b.gigantea and cuban raintree unfortunately didn't bloom this year yet. Maybe next month? Wishful thinking.. hehe. See you all in september!

That's a long spike ;) Looks beautiful! Lucky. I wish my double would bloom, barely grew this year. I gave up on it. Maybe I'll get single bulbs next year. And I bet your brugs and bruns will bloom before winter comes :)

I have a double as well Tom which I got last year. Lot of leaves but no blooms. Crossing fingers for next year. I hope you are right and I see some beautiful beauties :)

Jasminegal, I'm crossing my fingers as well for the both of us. Has your angel made the Y yet? If so it should bloom soon. Angels are heavy feeders.. I don't feed mine nearly enough though.

I figured I'd close out August with these pretty blooms.

Pink trumpet vine has a lovely light candy/bubblegum/perfume smell. Leaves smell like garlic when brushed.

'Love' rose. Light tea fragrance. It used to have none and most people say it has no fragrance so I'm glad it least has a smidge of one. Not to mention it's very vigorous and the white reverse makes it one of my favorite roses.

Double Tahitian gardenia. Forgot to add these beauties to the original post :)

It has the Y Tom. Probably as you said fertilizer might be the issue :) I don't give enough maybe. I will feed it more now just for the fun of it. Next year in the ground it goes though.

Sounds like a good idea. I bet blooms will come quickly after a couple fertilizings. Are brugs root hardy in zone 7? I've read they are and aren't..

They probably are not but I will take some cuttings and see what happens. Our winters in Va these couple of years have been really crazy. Nothing to lose really. I might even put my cestrum in the ground next year after rooting a cutting for a pot. Taking care of so many tropicals indoors for almost 6 mths is a major task :)