FRESH CUT GRASS & LILACS

frank_f15 · May 17, 2004

After a wonderful day of working outside, planting. trees, cutting grass, a little dirt work. i now sit in the computer rm. window open and the smell of fresh cut grass mingled with the fragrance of the lilac bushes is overwhelming. does anybody else enjoy such things ? or is it just this old man? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Bird · May 17, 2004

( does anybody else enjoy such things ? )

Are you kidding? I thought everyone did. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif And lilac is definitely my favorite flower fragrance.

Egon · May 17, 2004

Evening scented stocks.

Egon

MossRoad · May 18, 2004

Yep! Our lilacs are all done already. We had them in the house for about 3 weeks. Smelled great. On Sunday evening we took a walk through the local cemetery and found a neat little lilac bush. It had very small leaves and little flowers and it was just blooming. It had the most intense fragrance. That's how we found it. We smelled it first and followed the wind through the cemetery right to it. I hope to get a few cuttings off of it and start them in pots. It will be quite a few years before it blooms, but will be worth the wait.

Golfgar4 · May 18, 2004

We have a large lilac bush right outside our patio door off of our dining room. It's also just a couple of feet away from a set of windows in our living room. I can sit on the couch in the evening and have the fragrance from the lilacs blow over me. I'll just sit there, and the fragrance can be so intense that I just close my eyes and concentrate on the wonderful aroma. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Unfortunately, it's been raining so much lately that we've needed to keep the windows closed and I think we're missing most of the best time for the lilacs! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

DAP · May 18, 2004

Bird, you gotta get a noseful of Viburnum, if ya haven't already. Knocked Lilac (we have purple and white) down a notch.

Bird · May 18, 2004

Doug, I had to look that one up on Google since I don't recall ever hearing of Viburnum. I see one of the common names for some species is the snowball bush and my in-laws had one of those in West Virginia. Mighty nice, but I'll still take lilac. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

NIXON · May 18, 2004

On my place I have Lilac and Honeysuckle . I love being able to open the windows and let those scents in ! I wish that I could find Tea Olives that would stand the winters up here . John

r0GuE · May 18, 2004

( I hope to get a few cuttings off of it and start them in pots. It will be quite a few years before it blooms, but will be worth the wait. )

I think that is called a miss kim lilac. We have 4 nice ones in our back yard! I love them. My parents have one half as big as their house. I fell in love with that and the honey suckel when I lived there for a summer 3 years ago rehabing my new (old) house.