Heliotropium arborescens - Heliotrope

One of my favorites. We grow it as an annual. Popular in hanging baskets .

Yes, it's one of my favorite scented plants. This plant has been here for years; however, it's never gotten larger. I used to have a 6ft (2m) tall plant (in the ground) for many years up in the San Francisco Bay Area. That was until a gopher ate it.

:-(

I hope no gopher comes around here, I have a lovely one in the garden room, flowering away, but I am training it to be a cloud pruned plant, have had it over three years now, so it is getting there...scent is quite faint in the winter here.

Dottydaisy2:

It's been there for a long time. I've never seen gopher mounds in this part of Balboa Park. I think it'll be safe. :>)

Lol

In other parts of the park it would not be safe. lol!:>)

I just read in your previous comment you don't get much fragrance. That's so unusual! The flowers are usually so overbearingly strong!

In the summer yes it is beautiful, but in the winter it is quite slight......

It could have to do with the air movement outdoors, possibly?