Re: Summer perfume plant plans? bluebells?

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Janita <heartinmymouth@...> wrote:

Anya wrote: Try to say that quickly!

Does anybody else have aromatic extraction plans with their garden

beauties this summer?

Anya's Garden

Hi Anya and All

I am still enjoying immersing the bluebells in alcohol and continue tincturing

daily. The perfume is slowly building up. It is very absorbing.

Janita Haan Perfumes

Hello Janita

Aren't bluebells the parent single of hyacinth, approx same fragrance?

I ask because I have seen them listed that way but not called bluebells.

I think DUTCH GARDENS is the source.

With every fond wish for your success.

Bb

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I am still enjoying immersing the bluebells in alcohol and continue tincturing

daily. The perfume is slowly building up. It is very absorbing.

Janita Haan Perfumes

Hello Janita

Aren't bluebells the parent single of hyacinth, approx same fragrance?

I ask because I have seen them listed that way but not called bluebells.

I think DUTCH GARDENS is the source.

With every fond wish for your success.

Bb

Hi Bb

Thank you for your sweet words...

Good question.... The actual bluebells that are in my wood is the scilla

non-scripta variety or hyacinthoides non-scripta.... there is the spanish

bluebell H. hispanica that has started to take over in many gardens and the

difference is that they tend to have an upright habit where the true scillas are

the gentle nodding variety... So yes to your question about the family... they

belong to the hyacinthoides family.

There are also another type of the same family called grape hyacinth... the

garden variety here is Muscari armeniacum the wild variety growing on road

verges is Muscari neglectum.The traditional non-script - meaning unlettered is

to distinguish the british hyacinth from the classical hyacinth.

Mabey in his book Flora Britannica regarded Bluebells as Britains

'national' flower. they grow in shady habits. The colouration can range from

white, grey, lilac, and pale blue to dark cobalt... certainly in my wood here I

have a few white, no grey, pale blue and dark cobalt. Mabey describes the

filtering light from the trees and wandering through is like walking underwater.

Even the colours give it a shoal-like quality.which is quite true... In s

wood he describes how he once mistook a bank of end-of -season bluebells for

drifting woodsmoke... how lovely!

In my woods at the moment the flowers are at its peak and the colour is pale

and dark cobalt and when the wind blows it is like watching ripples on a

water... the perfume wavers to the weather.... if it is dry and warm then the

scent is heavenly... if cold...nothing at all....

' Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers

Where the bluebell and the gowan (buttercup)

Lurk lowly unseen:

For there, lightly tripping amongst the wild flowers,

A-listnening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean

- Burns -

Always good wishes, Janita

Janita Haan Natural Perfume

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Janita <heartinmymouth@...> wrote:

" In my woods "

although yes, technically it is my wood as we purchased it... Really I feel I

am just the custodian..... making sure it will be safe for future generations...

The wood originally was owned by the estate here... and our friend asked us if

we would like to purchase it as he knew of my love of it... and his mother was

glad to relinquish it if it would go into hands that would care for its future.

It hadn't been touched for over a hundred years... we invited forestiers and

chrissie wildwoods partner to come and name the varieties of trees for which

there is about 11... the forestiers classified it as semi-ancient woodland by

the covering of bluebells and another variety that memory escapes me at present.

Janita

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Janita <heartinmymouth@...> wrote:

the forestiers classified it as semi-ancient woodland by the covering of

bluebells and another variety that memory escapes me at present.

Janita

I remember !!!

it's dogs mercury....

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> < Mabey in his book Flora Britannica regarded Bluebells

as Britains 'national' flower. they grow in shady habits. The

colouration can range from white, grey, lilac, and pale blue to dark

cobalt... certainly in my wood here I have a few white, no grey, pale

blue and dark cobalt. Mabey describes the filtering light from the

trees and wandering through is like walking underwater. Even the

colours give it a shoal-like quality.which is quite true... In

s wood he describes how he once mistook a bank of end-of -

season bluebells for drifting woodsmoke... how lovely!>

Janita, you know that it is said that a bluebell wood is faerie

haunted..........

<In my woods at the moment the flowers are at its peak and the

colour is pale and dark cobalt and when the wind blows it is like

watching ripples on a water... the perfume wavers to the weather....

if it is dry and warm then the scent is heavenly... if cold...nothing

at all.... >

Beautiful. Maybe the wood is actually enchanted!