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May 25, 2009

Sweet Petunias

Photo credit: Susan Reimer

I have never thought of petunias as particularly fragrant flowers. But in San Diego, where they are planted everywhere in multi-colored mounds, they are. It is an unfamiliar fragrance, not nearly as sweet as roses, but lovely nonetheless. I don’t think we give petunias the appreciation they are due.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 2:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Susan, I think it all depends on the variety. Some of our petunias have been very fragrant, particularly on a warm evening.

Posted by: Dahlink | May 25, 2009 3:23 PM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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