Mystery scented plant Identification please
Hi
Early June last year, I visited Sissinghurst garden and encountered the most cativating scented plant ever! It smelled like almond but not overly sweet. I did try to locate the source but without success. It was very illusive , I cautht it in drifts every so often in the gardens. I don't think it was the roses! I have been buying lots of scented plants but I don't think I have got it yet. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
Early June last year, I visited Sissinghurst garden and encountered the most cativating scented plant ever! It smelled like almond but not overly sweet. I did try to locate the source but without success. It was very illusive , I cautht it in drifts every so often in the gardens. I don't think it was the roses! I have been buying lots of scented plants but I don't think I have got it yet. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
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It turned out to be clematis flammula
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=540 and
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=172
But if not pruned back hard and depending on conditions, can flower earlier.
C. recta would be a possibility, that is also an almondy scent and is quoted as flowering from June.
C. recta is more a herbaceous clematis so might not be as obvious with little flowers.
(I say quoted as many sites share the same general info).
Sorry I was in fits at your spelling mistake, didn't know cats smelled of almonds.....sorry I'll get me coat.
Blimey that is one way to identify it, a good excuse to rule something out, buy plants!
I might use that on my other half.
Was the scent everywhere?
Or in particular parts?
If you can say it was for example, in the white garden or the purple leaf border, it might give a clue or jog someones memory who has visited.
Edit : Just looking at a Sissinghurst article (Telegraph) they do have some montanas, Fairygirl is right, many are over, but a few go into June.