posted by Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix Tree @ 3:23 pm
My name is Silvia (also known as SalixTree ), I live in the Irish countryside. I write and illustrate children's books. I like to garden, cross stitch, crochet, and read fantasy books.
Windywillow
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Cephalaphora aromatica
Cephalaphora, it smells heavenly! I just discovered this plant in the thompson morgan seed catalogue early this spring. It's hard to make out in the pic, so next year I will try to set it in front of a darker plant for contrast. It's a sweet little plant, with little bumpy-ball flowers. Only one came up from the seeds.. hopefully it will seed itself.
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7 Comments:
That looks very cool! Do the flowers dry well?
I have no idea if they can be dried, but I shall try it. I have a feeling not, because they seem fragile plants. I'll let you know.
What does it smell like?I have found it really hard to describe smells on the blog.i hope they self seed for you.
Yes, it's difficult to describe a scent. It is the leaves of this plant that has the scent. I say it smells like mangos, fresh and sweet. My hubby says bananas and lemons. My son says apples.
In the seed catalogue, it says the leaves smell like apples, so I suppose my son has the best nose!
Hi Salix
I´m from Portugal and I became acquainted with your blog after searching some information about cephalaphora on Google as I had ordered some seeds on nickys-nursery.co.uk. By now they are only tiny seedlings but I´m confident they will grow nicely. Actually , I was happy when I noticed that only three days after sowing they were already growing.
I'm trying to grow it in my tropical climate. It smells heavenly (like "green apples"???, sweet). The seeds have the scent too, but they don't store well and fresh seeds are needed for success. Don't bury the seeds, germination is fast (2-14 days).
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