About 15 years ago while in LA, I got intoxicated. Actually, it happened over and over again, each time I went in or out of the hotel where we were staying. I didn’t recognize the plant that was having this effect on my olfactory sense because I had never seen one in Toledo. I asked, and learned that it was Jasmine! I just LOVE the fragrance! Later, when I looked into it, I discovered that it wouldn’t grow in Toledo’s latitude. For whatever reason, I was quite disappointed, and kept that somewhere in the back of my mind. And now, I find that two species of Jasmine will grow in North Carolina, one of which is fragrant! I just bought one today, and will plant it along the trellis under our screened-in porch. It supposedly grows fast, so I hope someday soon it will look like this, and I hope to relive the intoxication while chillaxing on the porch!
I'm so far behind on my bucket list oh well.
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I like this! Ok since this is a fast growing plant we expect to see pictures next spring/summer. Of course we'll have to use our imaginary olfactory sense to get the full effect.
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Mike~
Let's get moving on our bucket lists! Life's too short!
Elaine~
Yes! I took the before picture before planting, and I'll take one now that the plant is in. I hope to take another when it is full and fragrant! Yeah, you'll have to use your olfactory imagination!
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Well, this is truly exciting news! I have jasmine too, (love, love, love the scent), but it's not as beautiful as in your picture. Mine are white!
The only place I permit intoxication is in my garden. Wonderful!
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Keli~
We don't have the white flowered Jasmine. That's what I was looking for. It's your California Jasmine fragrance that I fell in love with! I hope ours is similar.
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