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Happy New Year!

My Aglaia odorata has a single bloom spike. I've been enjoying its delightful scent.

It's a brand new year. I've already ordered a few new things like Begonia 'Fragrant Falls Peach' to hopefully sniff in the new year.

Anything fragrant blooming for you in January or any new fragrant plants you're going to try this year?

Comments (11)

  • 8 years ago

    Happy New Year guys!!! Hehe Tom..that's a huge list you got :) But so do I and no space and not probably possible.. you definitely need to try brunfelsias. Our temps are 10 F right now and I hope my camellia makes it.

    Lemon ginger, Fudinghzhu, b.gigantea and b.australis are blooming for me right now! Here's my lemon ginger

  • 8 years ago

    Jasminegal, I think you have more blooming than I do right now :) ! My B. gigantea has buds outside but I don't know if they stalled or have fallen off. Your camellia should make it. Daves garden says it's hardy to 0 F. I had one in San Antonio that was unphased by snow or at least Texas' version of snow. Fingers crossed for you.

    I think I should move Xena in the garage next to a bright window because it's getting cold and I don't want the leaves to frost the next few nights. I've had brugs bloom through frost but the leaves died! I have my least cold hardy plants in my office with a humidifier and some lights on for warmth and brightness.

  • 8 years ago

    It was 33 degrees this morning at 7 am. We're supposed to have two more nights in the 30s. The plants I left outside are all fine, including Brunfelsia gigantea ;)

  • 8 years ago

    Xena is blooming in the 67 degree greenhouse aka the garage in the dead of winter. The last two nights have been 33 and the garage only went down to 59! I love the blooms. There's 5 with 3 more mature buds and a few small buds that just appeared. A glorious first bloom! I really love this plant.


  • 8 years ago

    But how do you like Brugmansia 'Xena' scent, Tom?

    Your plant list is impressive. I'll have to think about mine. :)

    My Buddleja asiatica is starting to bloom. I have to stick my nose to the blooms to catch the sweet violet scent but so far I really like it.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I like the scent. It is cold so I feel like the scent isn't as pronounced but it's nice. It smells like hyacinth and night blooming jasmine to me. Cherry is accurate too. I feel like it smells like air fresheners for the car or a scented cleaner they use in bathrooms at malls, restaurants, and movie theaters etc. It's definitely different from the citrus/powder scents of the yellow blooms. My sense of smell also isn't the best because it's allergy season ;)

    And thanks Robert, your plant list is impressive too. Our lists seem pretty similar as well, we have or had quite a few of the same plants! The scent of the buddleia sounds great. Looks like you have a lot blooming indoors.

  • 8 years ago

    A lone bloom of mysore mulli blooming indoors

  • 8 years ago

    I just had to share Xena again. She's outside now that's its warm again. Coloring up nicely. I do love her fragrance when I get whiffs of it.

  • 8 years ago

    Robert, since it is still January, It's still not too late to wish you a Happy New Year too! I also pray you have a much better year health wise 'our' friend. I know it was a rough one for you last year, so let's pray for a remarkable year for you))

    Tom, hello, I wish you the same too especially down there....

    Robert (zone 7a, Oklahoma) thanked myermike_1micha
  • 8 years ago

    Thank you, Mike! I hope you and everyone else has a great year. Let's hope we all get some new fragrant goodies to sniff.