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By Mookins

Norfolk, United Kingdom Gb

am forward thinking to winter (sorry i like to be prepared)
am trying to decide whether to have winter jasmine or winter honey suckle. Am after both the scent and flower for the season. so would appreciate any preferences and peos and cons to each

cheers peeps

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do bothe lol

24 Jul, 2009

 

Oh no, you've used the W word! Wouldn't mind winter so much if it weren't so damned dark all the time.
Not sure what you mean by winter honeysuckle - what you got in mind? Jasmine nudiflorum not fragrant, but I expect you know that - only thing I'll say about fragrant plants is, it's all very well having a fragrant winter flowering plant, but unless the sun is out and it's a bit warm, the scent is largely undetectable without burying your nose in the flowers - this is certainly true of sarcoccoca, which can scent the whole garden on a warmish day, but might as well not be there on colder ones.

24 Jul, 2009

 

Have been oohing and aahing with the sarcoccoca quite like that the honeysuckle I have spotted is called Lonicera Purpusii
Im not an outdoors person in winter but do venture out once in a while so scent isnt a must have but would be nice (obviously down to mother nature)

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24 Jul, 2009

 

Looked it up - sounds like its really fragrant but looks like a bit of a messy twiggy heap - not a climber, as you know, but will get up to 10 feet high eventually. I want you to grow it and let us all know if you can smell it in the winter! And whether it's attractive as a shrub or not...

24 Jul, 2009

 

scary you sound like one of my teachers from school then
Yes m'am

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24 Jul, 2009

 

Winter honeysuckle shrub is a twiggy but garden-worthy plant. Quite prunable to control the size, and unrewarding most of the year, until the winter. The modest white flowers do make a pleasant visual contribution to the winter garden, and sweetly fragrant. It is quite a good idea to plant a group of different winter fragrant bushes together, so that the effect of their perfume adds up, so as to make a 'fragrant corner'. Viburnum Bodnatense would be a good companion, and perhaps some Sarcoccoca with it. And possibly a fragrant winter Daphne in there somewhewre as well. Common-as-muck Jasminum Nudiflorum (of Chinese origin) is highly to be commended. I hope you have the space. Good luck.

24 Jul, 2009

 

Does that mean you'll grow it then! Sorry, didn't mean to be bossy if that's how it seemed - it's cos you're young yet, still vulnerable to that kind of thing. When you get to my age, you never feel like that any more - you trust yourself more than anyone else, by and large. Well, until you start losing your marbles ...

24 Jul, 2009

 

I will grow it, It called to me so will give it a home along with the sorocccoca and possibly the Jasminum Nudiflorum perfect spot out the front for all of these

cheers everyone

x x x

24 Jul, 2009

 

Just to throw a spanner in the works Mookins, I dug my out lonicera purpusii out this spring as it really didn't earn its keep. I have replaced it with viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' - not fragrant but flowers for six months. Winter jasmine will tolerate shade but flowers much better in the sun while sarcococcas want a shady spot.

24 Jul, 2009

 

you go for it mookins it will be an experiance one way or the other x x x x

24 Jul, 2009

 

so excited been digging the area for what seems like forever
just need the plants now

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26 Jul, 2009

 

cool x

26 Jul, 2009

 

When you've finished your digging Mookins, I've got all that new piece of garden that needs doing ;-)

26 Jul, 2009

 

hahahahahahaha

no thanks, im stung enough today to last me a life time

x x x

26 Jul, 2009

 

oh, and if you want potted colour in winter, alyssums are really good.

26 Jul, 2009

How do I say thanks?

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