Help! Does anyone know what this is?????

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Help! Does anyone know what this is?????

Thursday, 30 Sep 10

This is about 2 metres in height and just smells amazing i can only describe the smell as if you had just walked into a lolly shop……….i would love to know what it is, so if anyone has any ideas then your help would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
paul

Comments

graibeard wrote:
Port Wine Magnolia – Smells great doesn’t it. :-)

Posted on 01 Oct 10 (over 2 years ago)
Growbags wrote:
Thank you so much, and yes it just smells divine, is your port wine still with us or is it compost?

Posted on 01 Oct 10 (over 2 years ago)
graibeard wrote:
It’s still with us but it’s slipping, it’s looking very much the worse for wear. I’ve got some spare horse manure and compost so I’ll spread that around it and see what happens. There should be no shortage of water as the tank overflow goes directly into the sandy front garden, and we’ve had a lot of overflow this spring!
It is nice and it would be a shame to lose it after so long.

Posted on 01 Oct 10 (over 2 years ago)
Growbags wrote:
Pleased you still have it, have you ever tried taking cutting?

Posted on 01 Oct 10 (over 2 years ago)
graibeard wrote:
No actually. It’s never crossed my mind. It came with the house and it’s not something I would have planted myself, but I have nothing against it either :-)
It does put out strong growth when it’s pruned so there would be no shortage of suitable material. Perhaps air layering might work.
I’ll have a look tomorrow and see if there is anything suitable on it. I really must do some rosemary cuttings anyway, so a couple from this as well can’t hurt.

Posted on 01 Oct 10 (over 2 years ago)