Guest guest Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 > I just discovered last night that my work planted champaca trees near the store parking lot ! What a pleasant surprise! They were planted several months ago when the parking lot was re-landscaped and I had no idea what kind of trees they were till last night, when I walked by and noticed a blossom on the tips of the branches. I realized immediately what the flowers were and I of course took a sniff. I made an exclamation of my suprise and delight to my friend who said that she had smelled flowers earlier that evening when she was sitting out in the cafe. She informed me tonight that she wants to grow one(as do I). There are actually 12 trees, six to a bed, planted in two beds on either side of the alley that divides the parking lot into two sections, with wild coffee plants underneath. For months I wondered what the heck these trees were! So tonight I picked two blossoms and put them in a shot glass of water and placed them on my > nightstand! Cool, huh? > > Hi brian I missed this post the other day. It's wonderful if Miami Beach is incorporating fragrant trees into their designs. Was it the orange champaca? I have the orange and white growing here. My orange is being overwhelmed by the ylang ylang and pink lemon, and needs to be transplanted, and I'm waiting until the start of the rainy season. Wild coffee, too! I wonder who the city landscape architect is, I'll have to drop him/her a nice note. PS I used to be an LA who specialized in fragrant plants, and 20 years ago, NO other LA was doing this. Anya McCoy http://AnyasGarden.com http://NaturalPerfumers.com http://PerfumeClasses.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 ________________________________ Hi brian I missed this post the other day. It's wonderful if Miami Beach is incorporating fragrant trees into their designs. Was it the orange champaca? I have the orange and white growing here. My orange is being overwhelmed by the ylang ylang and pink lemon, and needs to be transplanted, and I'm waiting until the start of the rainy season. Wild coffee, too! I wonder who the city landscape architect is, I'll have to drop him/her a nice note. PS I used to be an LA who specialized in fragrant plants, and 20 years ago, NO other LA was doing this. Anya McCoy http://AnyasGarden.com http://NaturalPerfumers.com http://PerfumeClasses.com That was my feeling exactly! I'll ask my store leaders and maybe they can tell me who did the landscaping. They are the orange ones. Most of the plants used are natives, as I've seen in most Miami Beach public landscaping, so the champaca trees were a wonderful surprise. Yes, I wish there was more incorporation of fragrant plants in landscaping. I remember looking at your LA website years ago and how you mentioned that you liked to use fragrant plants in your designs. Now, if they would just start planting plumerias around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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