February Flowers in Miami
It's 79F in Miami right now, and I just came inside after photographing some flowers in the front garden. I'm going right outside to work on the veggie garden in the back, but I had to stop and share these photos with you. Jasmines and aglaias are easy to grow indoors. Have I tempted you to get some for yourself? The underside of the glorious Jasmine grandiflorum has a slight pink tinge, hinted at in the unopened bud, below. I so adore this plant! I don't harvest the ones from my garden for enfleurage or tincture anymore, I just like to enjoy them scenting the air in my garden. This is a big cluster of aglaia odorata flowers. I cannot urge you strongly enough to grow this! Even if you're in a studio apartment, you can easily grow this carefree, extremely fragrant plant. Each cluster panicle of flowers you see is a little bigger than a thumb. The flowers are tiny, but their scent "throws" out about 30 ft or 10 meters!...