Finally, the long awaited open bloom of Bridal Wreath vine. Oh how I wish I could post the scent along with the pictures. No words to describe it, except delicately sweet.
You can read about this vine at mgonline and at hibiscus-sinensis.
I am going to try my hand at rooting some stem cuttings to see if I'll be able to get another plant or two of this vine going.
Here are my pictures taken yesterday and this morning. Click on pictures for a larger view.
A garden full of sweet odours is a garden full of charm,
a most precious kind of charm
not to be implanted by mere skill
in horticulture or power of purse,
and which is beyond explaining.
It is born of sensitive
and very personal preferences
yet its appeal is almost universal."
Louise Beebe Wilder
Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL
