Saturday, April 15, 2006
Yummy plant
How can such a tiny thing smell so good? This is what I'm talking about:
The flowers are the size of a penny or dime and they open in the evening. Once it's dark, their scent is powerfully strong. Very sweet. Their name is Zaluzianskya capensis 'Midnight Candy' and candy is a good way to describe the scent. They are beautiful, too. Cute, really. The undersides of the flowers are a dark maroon which is really neat looking, especially when they are mid-way open.
Evidently they are pretty easy to start from seed, and I've seen the seeds advertised on eBay. I got my plant from Annie's Annuals, they sell the plants online, too.
I'm really resisting the urge to buy a zillion of these seeds and plant them everywhere...
The flowers are the size of a penny or dime and they open in the evening. Once it's dark, their scent is powerfully strong. Very sweet. Their name is Zaluzianskya capensis 'Midnight Candy' and candy is a good way to describe the scent. They are beautiful, too. Cute, really. The undersides of the flowers are a dark maroon which is really neat looking, especially when they are mid-way open.
Evidently they are pretty easy to start from seed, and I've seen the seeds advertised on eBay. I got my plant from Annie's Annuals, they sell the plants online, too.
I'm really resisting the urge to buy a zillion of these seeds and plant them everywhere...
