By Eileenkling
Inverness-Shire,
United Kingdom 
Just back from holiday in Brittany and loved a commonly grown garden shrub we came across, which had an amazing fragrance. The shrub is reddish-brown with small white trumpt shaped flowers. I think it is called 'alberie' or 'alberlie'. Can you tell me what it is and if it's available in the UK?
3 Oct, 2010
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Could it be an Abelia grandiflora? I have this in my garden, and it's in flower at the moment. You could type it imto the search box on this page, or google it to see if I've guessed right.
3 Oct, 2010
I've never noticed much of a fragrance with Abelia, though.
5 Oct, 2010
True - but it meets the rest of the description. Just a shot in the dark, really, Tug.
5 Oct, 2010
Sure, Spritz! Sorry!
Eileen, I'm finding a lot of women named Alberie, but not much else--let me see what the personal name means.
Nope, I can't even find a French word like those. Sorry!
5 Oct, 2010
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