Oh no! not another white flowering shrub. Sorry, cant help it, this Daphne Eternal Fragrance is a total beauty.
16.06.2023 - 03:38 / blog.theenduringgardener.com
Arresting Fragrance The L’Occitane Garden was as subtle as it’s neighbour (Diarmuid’s vast pyramid) was in-your-face exhibitionist, but where it won hands-down was the glorious fragrance of the immortelle flowers. The immortelle is a member of the helichrysum family and is used by L’Occitane for their highly regarded anti-aging cosmetics.
L’Occitane work with growers in the Corsican maquis who harvest the flowers for them.
.Oh no! not another white flowering shrub. Sorry, cant help it, this Daphne Eternal Fragrance is a total beauty.
I learnt this week that plant breeders have no interest in breeding either dianthus or freesias for fragrance, because the strength of the scent relates directly to the length of a flower’s life. The biggest market for both is as cut flowers, so they are looking for something that lasts as long as possible in a vase. I had never thought