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Winter Sweet

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By Amy


Winter Sweet (Chimonanthus praecox (Wintersweet))

Chimonanthus C.Praecox Jan . 09
It has a smells lovely



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Unusual looking plant! I like it!

19 Jan, 2009

 

I do, too. Anything that flowers in the winter is great. Am I right in thinking that it takes some time to get to flowering size?

19 Jan, 2009

 

Amy thats a really nice plant.

19 Jan, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Thanks everyone ,
Yes Spritz it can take years I have had it 14yrs , it had a few flowers last year quite a lot more this year it then has large seed pods , when I first spotted them they reminded me of almond nuts a bit larger perhaps !

19 Jan, 2009

 

Hmmm. You have been very patient, Amy! I don't think I'll get one, I would be too old to enjoy it! LOL.

19 Jan, 2009

 

Ooh thats unusual Amy...is it a shrub or a ground cover plant?

19 Jan, 2009

amy
Amy
 

I have to be honest Spritz when I bought it I didn,t know what it was We went to one of those hall estate plant sales ,,we bought some plants , they didn,t know what this one was so we bought it for almost nothing , we only found out what it was when it started to flower years later ...

It,s a shrub Janey a very tall one about 10ft high and still growing ... lol

19 Jan, 2009

 

Wow....such a treat for January!

19 Jan, 2009

 

That's a beautiful photograph of a lovely plant - I can almost smell it.

20 Jan, 2009

 

it looks a bit like a passion flower

21 Jan, 2009



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