http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Lists/Sweet%20scented/default.htm
This list seems a little odd, but has a nice list of fragrant plants
A list of fragrant plants
Thanks, ansofan - very comprehensive list. I love reading about the places where species came from originally from which the cultivars we're more familiar with came - not to mention that moment of first contact between a plant explorer and a plant new to his/her part of the world.
So, having the Latin name that is unique to each plant helps a lot in the hunt. To me, this list is not so much weird as a gate to wonder.
For example, it's one thing to revel in the fragrance of Japanese or Chinese wisteria dripping from an arbor in a tame western garden. But then something is added to the garden experience when you know something of that plant's origins.
19th century plant explorers talk of traveling down Asian rivers over which steep cliffs loomed that fountained with wisterias and daphnes, among other plants. The plant explorer, Reginald Farrer is said to have fallen, along with the donkey he was riding on, into a rather torrential stream, and the two were carried separately quite a distance in that water before being rescued. If I find the source of this memory, will post it later, because Farrer's style of writing is unique in the way it conveys the intensity and drama of his experience.
To get a sense of an original habitat of Asian species of wisteria, am attaching a Japanese woodcut in this post and one more in the following post. (I can't find the source of this woodcut, so am including another source of this woodcut that doesn't convey Hiroshige's sense of falling snow and mist)
Hiroshige_SnowGorgeoftheFujiRvr_1832
from: http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/dyptychs/dyptychs.htm
This one's labeled:
GessoYoshimoto_Wisteria_Brds
from: http://seashelly.bravehost.com/
This is not the name given on the website which labels its images with numbers. These images are large files around 1 - 2 MB, but make very high quality scans. The site takes a long time to download, and you might have to use the refresh button in your tool bar a few times. So practice a few scales or get out your knitting.
Thank you for sharing that Karen, what a nice way to start my day. : ) I sometimes think that the Japanese and Chinese were blessed to have the most beautiful naturally occuring garden on earth because they somehow instinctively know how it is they should reverence all living things. I would love to be able to travel there someday. I had some friends from there when I lived in CA and we talked much about those places. I guess I am geared just enough that way to appreciate it very much.
Thanks for sharing,
George
Thought y'all might enjoy this old thread I started in the heirloom forums a while back..... http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/513557/
Re the old thread:
I had asked about stocks: they never did anything. I believe they just died on me before getting very big. I never transplanted them into the garden. Am trying again this yr- lol!
I had also mentioned wanting to try a mockorange. I bought a tiny one from FF, but I doubt I will get any blooms this yr.
I was wanting to try ginger. Thanks to a generous DG'er I hope to enjoy sticking my nose in some this yr. They haven't come up yet, but I'm hopeful when it warms up, I'll get some sprouting.