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| Sweet Shrub in bloom. |
I blogged previously about the sweet shrub on my property. Since then it has proliferated in the heart of my woods, covering about twice the space as before along a jagged ravine in the forest. I watched the budding of the shrubs with great interest this year, visiting them every day in an afternoon or an evening.
Last Sunday came the first few blooms. By mid-week you could smell that unique, sweet and citrus-like aroma - but faintly. On Friday the weather was warmer and the blossoms exploded. You could catch a whiff of the the fragrance hanging in the air as you approached them and stood among them.
I picked the best blooms I could find on Saturday and they refreshed my study with their presence the rest of the evening. But they wilted during the night as it rained, washing away the thick yellow pollen and bringing a 25 degree drop in temperature from yesterday. Checking the patch today I still found a lot of blooms but no scent of any kind. The cool weather changed things, and sweet shrub is fickle, never lasting very long anyway. Still, the memory of the fragrance latches on me like a vine wrapping around and not letting go.
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A close up of one of the most fragrant blossoms this year. I kept it in my study last night. The scent gently filled the space.
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| The Lady Banks Rose is robust this time of year, covering a large section of the holly bush row I planted many years ago. |
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| Countless cascading creamy roses. |
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| Individual blossoms are tiny and not fragrant. |
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| It was warm but overcast yesterday. The spirea in the back yard seemed to glow a light green light. The back of my house is peeking through the background. |
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