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« on: June 15, 2009, 11:13:03 PM » |
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Hi Charlie,
I really love the clear yellow and ruffled edges on this CV and it looks like it is prolific. Any of this cv in propagation line?
-Chris
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Charlie
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 09:04:06 AM » |
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Hi Chris,
You see the same positive traits that I do in Heaven Scent. For about 3 years it was at or close to the top of our best seller list.
We do have both 4 inch and 6 inch pots of this cv growing now, so Cindy will notify the Request List people about it when they are ready.
As you probably know, HS inherited the ability to bloom as a single or double from parent Rosalind. Below is a photo of it as a full double.
Charlie
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nina
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2009, 12:20:17 PM » |
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I also like HS a lot. Its foliage is just fabulous, and it blooms a lot. I like it both versions, single and double.
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2009, 03:25:16 PM » |
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I cant wait, Ive been on the list for this cv for a while. I almost bough a 'crimson ray', but decided to wait for heaven scent.
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2009, 03:29:04 PM » |
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Heavens scent double looks like Elysia crispata to me  |
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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2009, 03:48:47 AM » |
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LOL! I'm not sure the rest of the world would have seen this similarity to Elysia crispata, Chris.... A sea slug! LOL You must be a biologist! Still, now that you say it, the ruffles are remarkably similar.  Cindy |
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nina
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« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2009, 06:48:13 AM » |
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Hi, Helix,
You did surprise me, but I must confess your comparison works.
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2009, 09:30:07 AM » |
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Im glad you guys can see it to. Sometimes I can't turn off my nerdy bio brain  |
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2009, 03:49:57 PM » |
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Heaven Scent is one of my favorites. Here is a bloom from this week.
Dave
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Charlie
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2009, 06:02:37 AM » |
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That's about as pretty and full a double as I have seen from Heaven's Scent. Like its parent Rosalind and grandparent Harvest Moon, Heaven's Scent can bloom as a single or any form of double.
Charlie
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2009, 02:29:11 PM » |
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Heaven Scent bloomed!!!  Its even nicer in person (as are all of the blooms) and this bloom does have a light scent, very pleasant and I love how large and ruffled the blooms are. |
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2009, 02:30:35 PM » |
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One more for good measure
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« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2009, 08:30:28 AM » |
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Very nice!
I like this one, too. And the foliage is beautiful.
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« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2009, 12:26:30 PM » |
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Nice ones, Chris! Fragrant, too....I've never been able to figure out the how, when, and why of the fragrance from Heaven Scent but it's definitely there at times.
Charlie
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« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2010, 11:16:16 PM » |
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Sadly Heaven's scent seems to be very susceptible to spider mites and is nothing more than a few naked branches. I am confident it will come back. I really loved the blooms on this one. Such a pure bright yellow. I am thinking of ordering a few fragrant varieties to cross with HS next year and see if we can get more scented offspring. Charlie, do you use HS to do crosses? |
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« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2010, 09:49:28 AM » |
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Heaven Scent does not set seeds, but does make useful pollen. I haven't done a whole lot with it recently because I am concentrating more on singles but I plan to do some more with it one of these days.
Fragrance in hibiscus is very elusive and what some call fragrant is rather iffy. To me fragrant means a truly perfume-like smell, not just a slight smell of flower petals. As an example, you can smell candle wax but would never mistake the smell of the wax for a truly scented candle that has scent added to the wax. I have smelled perfume scents in only a handful of hibiscus - Pink Poodle, Elephant Ear, Heaven Scent, and a sub-species of H. arnottianus. In these the scent is present only occasionally and it may be necessary to put your nose to 100 blooms of each of these before you hit on one that is truly scented. When you find one of these that is scented it is very definitely perfumed and there is no doubt about it. Also I've seen that the sense of smell is widely varied in people. Young people seem to have more of it than older people, but individuals of any age can be very different in their ability to detect scents.
Charlie
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« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2010, 02:42:46 PM » |
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I am curious as to what conditions cause fragrance to be produced. (Since even the ancestor, H. Arnottianus, doesn't always have fragrance) At anyrate, it is an interesting trait to look at, and I would really like to see what offspring HS can make |
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