What is there to inspire the gardener in the sterile outdoor environment that is winter?
I remembered yesterday, when Sarah brought over a sprig of my favourite of all scented geraniums,
Pelargonium
‘Rober’s Lemon Rose’. I put it to my nose and inhaled one long, deep breath. Ahhhhhhh. That’s what “smell” smells like! (The covergirl image is of another favourite scented geranium, P. ‘Mrs. Taylor’.
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Silly girl. Why don’t I have a pot of this sitting in a window? It’s just the thing to have handy when the almost-February blues has you pining for spring.
Then I remembered the rosemary that against all odds is surviving (thriving on neglect) in the cool of my front room. Rosemary! Rosemary for remembrance – of what “smell” smells like. Also great with chicken or baked sweet potato fries. Yum.
It’s all nose candy. Not that white powdery stuff. No, it’s nose candy; l
ike eye candy for the nose. Wintertime needs a steady diet of it. Yes, bring on the hyacinths!
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Yes, everyone should have a Rober’s Lemon Rose. I’ll take a cutting for you. And I also prescribe to all who yearn for smells, a pot of Lemon Verbena, and a pot of Mint. Between these 3 there’s plenty of good nose rushes till the hyacinths can elbow them out. The only way to get through February.
That Flicker slide show is pretty cool, btw!