Garden smells

[Essexgirl]

After reading some of the posts in Jenny Wrens garden it made me think. There are lots of smells in a garden and not just from the flowers. Here's a few of my favs.
I like damp autumn leaves, a warm compost heap, freshley turned soil and Nicotiana in the evening.
Now how about some of yours.

[Plocket]

Mmmm I love most of those but don't have nicotiana so can't comment on that!

I also love the smell of freshly cut grass, and how much fresher the garden smells after a bit of rain.

[Barbara]

sweet peas, on a warm summers evening
carrots freshly dug ,
new mown grass,
well rotted compost,
lillies in full bloom all peppery.
probably loads more really, because its lovely every time you go out in spring and summer, autumn has its own different smell

[Essexgirl]

Yes, I'd forgotten about the cut grass and the rain, Plocket, and of course the carrots Barbara.

Plocket, you should try growing Nicotiana next year. (The tall ones because the short ones don't have much scent). I'm sure you would love them.

[Plocket]

I love the look of them Essexgirl, but I just haven't got the space!! ;D Actually when we first moved here I had an area of Nicotiana (lovely lime green ones) but not any more

[JennyWrenn]

Ooooo I put this Thread on the Beeb board couple years ago - ;D

My garden smells would be my night scented stock - nothing smells quite like it

And wet damp soil - smells very fertile

[farmersboy]

Thats only cos you havent smelt a Brug Jenny,them and sweet peas are my favourites,also freshly cut grass,oh and i like the smell of Budja

[Jasmine]

I like the smell of newly mown grass, the ground when it has been rained on for the first time in a while and sweetpeas and I like working beside my Eglantyne rose and my Gertrude Jekyll rose as they smell gorgeous.

[Plocket]

I like surprise smells too - when you pass a plant without really noticing it and then you catch it's scent and have to turn back to look

I've put smelly plants by our front door: lavender and lemon pelargonium so that if you brush against them you get a nice niff

[Tig]

Freshly mown grass defo All the beautiful smelly flowers above and I also like Jasmine, Witch Hazel, eleagnus and rosemary

x Tig

[JennyWrenn]

I have a Witch Hazel Tiggy - never noticed the smell - would it be the yellow flowers

[Amo]

Some good smells there. I aslo like the philadelphus in the early summer wafting over everything.

I also have the smells from the field when it's been muck spread and the pig farm over the hill when the wind is just wrong. But I like these smells as they remind me that I'm lucky to be where I am and not in the thick of other peoples carbon footprints! Still need a mask some days though

[Ruthie]

Newly mown grass is my favourite. The smell of misty Autumn mornings, Rose 'Compassion' and, at the moment, Elaeagnus ebbingei outside my back door. Tiny flowers but, when the scent hits you.................WOW!

[Cheerypeabrain]

Freshly mown grass

Heliotrope on a warm summer's day

Wallflowers in spring

Fresh dug carrots

;D

[Essexgirl]

Oct 6, 2008 6:45:22 GMT Essexgirl said:

After reading some of the posts in Jenny Wrens garden it made me think. There are lots of smells in a garden and not just from the flowers. Here's a few of my favs.
I like damp autumn leaves, a warm compost heap, freshley turned soil and Nicotiana in the evening.
Now how about some of yours.

Just like to add Spring bulbs too, especially daffs and hyacinths.

[JennyWrenn]

I cant stand smell of Daffs and Hyacinths EG - too heady for my delicate nostrels ;D

Dont like smell of lilies either - too overpowering

But then I dont mind smell of the farm yard over the road - so can understand what Amo means - very earthy

[Tig]

Oct 7, 2008 17:58:16 GMT JennyWrenn said:

I have a Witch Hazel Tiggy - never noticed the smell - would it be the yellow flowers

Yes Jen, when it flowers have a sniff I think that is why they recommend planting them by a path or near your door 'cos it's a bit chilly when they are in bloom.

I like the smell of hyacinths in the garden, bit too heady in the house

Pinks and carnations are good too, gentle, sweet smelling

x Tig

[bagpuss]

I like most of the smells mentioned already, but would add the smell of Daphne in flower, and also Dill (even the seeds smell fab) and my curry plant!

[farmersboy]

The first spots of rain,after a long,dry,hot spell,that we sometimes get down here in the south

[Ladygardener]

Most of the above and also lavender corriander and basil. ;D The only rose I have is L'Aimant I picked 3 blooms today and brought them inside, lovely delicate fragrance. Something I sowed this year for the 1st time was Reseda Odorata (sweet mignoette) insignificant flower but delicious fragrance in a pot by the door during the summer.

[Amo]

Oct 8, 2008 15:56:32 GMT farmersboy said:

The first spots of rain,after a long,dry,hot spell,that we sometimes get down here in the south

I love the way you say 'south'. ;D Your positively midlands from here!! ;D ;D

[borderbabe]

One of my favourite garden smells is French Marigolds - they mean high summer to me even if the weather isn't dooing its stuff at the time!

[Chuckles]

I can smell spring in the air today, that crisp fresh smell ;D

[Rosefriend]

Well what I can smell here is pretty horrible - the farmers are fertilizing their fields with liquid cow manure.

It does mean one thing though.....spring is on the way....isn't that a lovely feeling folks.

RF

[Deleted]

A few weeks ago i cut some sweet box put it in a small vase in the kitchen the scent was gorgeous my wife and 3 daughters all complained about the smell and next thing i know its moved into the downstairs loo Do women smell things differently to men ?

[Tig]

I think they might do Steve - I loved the smell of my gardenia, and hyacinths, OH says they stink summat awful!

Smell of wood burning outside - someone must be having a bonfire.

x Tig

[JennyWrenn]

I cant stand those smells either Tiggy - I agree with your OH ;D

And the smell of burning wood makes me want to upchuck

Yesterday my wallflowers were wafting a nice perfume into the air

[Ladygardener]

I have 3 beautiful white hyacinth in a pot in the living room, lovely delicate fragrance, I also constantly rub the lemon geranium leaves, delicius scent.

[farmersboy]

Oct 9, 2008 18:37:20 GMT Amo said:

Oct 8, 2008 15:56:32 GMT farmersboy said:

The first spots of rain,after a long,dry,hot spell,that we sometimes get down here in the south

I love the way you say 'south'. ;D Your positively midlands from here!! ;D ;D

Just spotted this Amo, you are SW, im SE,nowhere near the midlands ;D

[Sunnygardener]

In my Mum's garden I love to just sit on a summer evening and smell everything. She has sweetpeas and roses and all sorts of things that just smell good. We have a sort of guessing game sometimes to see if we can recognise all the different smells.
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