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October 26, 2004

Fresh Fall Fragrance

Trumpetvinejpg

Wouldn't it be neat if I could bottle up the aroma of our vanilla-scented lilac-colored trumpet vine, which is still blooming and full of fragrance, now in near-November, and send it to you on my blog? I'll be interested when that technology arrives. This blossom smells like Easter candy, those pastel-coated almonds with vanilla extract...doesn't exactly seem like a fall flower.

Until "they" come up with the smell-tech, I'll settle for posting more hardy items from my garden appealing to the visual sense:
Potatobushjpg

I believe the above is known as a purple potato bush. Can anyone identify the following plant for me?

Purplebushjpg

I have the feeling I'm giving away the secret of my favorite color.

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I think that unidentified plant is Mexican Lavendar, at least that's what I was told.

Posted by: Sami Perkins | Oct 26, 2004 7:48:43 PM

oops, mexican heather.

Posted by: Sami Perkins | Oct 26, 2004 7:50:57 PM

Thanks, Sami - Mexican Heather sounds like a nice name for it :-) And looks just like it, at http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/coastalplants/cuphea.html. It's hard to look up by a photo, but with that name provided by you, it was easy!

Posted by: Katherine | Oct 26, 2004 8:23:08 PM