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Sample from our Catalog Please choose from the following samples from our catalog. Fragrant Flowers - Cottage Garden Favourites - Cutting Flowers Vines - Collections and Mixes |
Fragrant Flowers
This is a sample of some of the varieties Florabunda Seeds offers. For a complete listing of all of our products click here. Our full catalog is also available online in Adobe Acrobat format. Click here to view the Catalog.To order any of these products, please use our handy order form which is available here. |
 SWEET SULTAN 'The Bride'Centaurea imperialis A rare and renowned variety of Sweet Sultan with 3" mounded tufts of white flowers on long stems, excellent for cutting. Sweet vanilla fragrance. Their bloom time extends right through till frost. Deadhead occasionally. Grows to 18" tall. Fragrant annual $2.25 |
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SWEET PEAS Lathyrus odoratus A flower with a mystique exulted to almost angelic proportions is the heavenly sweet pea. The gardener's love affair with the Sweet Pea goes back to 1699 to the cool, mountainous pastures of Sicily where it was discovered' by an Italian monk. Seed was send to a Dr. Uvedale, a gardener and physician in England who grew it under glass. Its heady fragrance made it most desirable and after the development of several new colours and an increase in bloom size it became a much sought after cut flowers gracing the finest of tables. In the language of flowers, the sweet pea means adieu or departure. |
| A nursery catalogue from 1907 shows 461 varieties trialed at the Royal Seed Establishment in Reading, England. These exquisite and highly fragrant varieties from yesteryear are slowing making a comeback and we at Florabunda are delighted to make eleven choices available to you. See our 2001 Flower List for a complete list. |
SWEET PEA 'Painted Lady'Introduced in 1737, this intensely fragrant variety is carmine pink and white bicolour. L.B. Wilder, in The Fragrant Path writes to "pick them when the dew is still upon them. It is then that they are the sweetest and most refreshing to inhale." Annual. $3 |
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SWEET PEA 'Old Spice Mix' An heirloom mix of flowers ranging in colour from bi-colour purple, pink scarlet, rose to cream and renowned for its potent fragrance and exceptional heat tolerance. Height 6'. Annual. $2.25 |
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SWEET PEA 'King Edward VII The year 1903 brought this sweetly scented, crimson addition to an ever-increasing number of choices for the gardener. Annual. $3 |
LEMON BERGAMOTMonarda citriodora Considered by some to be among the loveliest of the monardas with its whorls of pink-purple flowers growing in clusters 4" across up the stems at intervals. Entire plant scented of lemon and mint; grown on a large scale for essential oils. Edible flowers. The hummingbirds and butterflies love this one. Height 1'-3' Perennial. $2.25 |
JASMINE TOBACCONicotiana alata grandiflora One of the most fragrant flowers we know of, it can be smelled more than 10' away as it comes into its best after the heat of the day has passed. All summer long the 3" white trumpet-shaped flowers pour forth their lavish jasmine scent as if rewarding the gardener in the only way they know how. Not for smoking! Grows 3'-4'tall. Annual. $2.25 |
ITALIAN LARGE LEAFED BASILOcimum basilicum Grown in the 'flowery meads' of Italy's pleasure gardens in the 1200's. This variety is sweeter than others, lacking the heavy clove under tones of some basils. Leaves are large (also known as lettuce leaf basil), medium to dark green. A high yielding pesto-type basil. Height to 2'. $2.25 |
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