There is a strong belief among many people, that indigenous Australians are beautiful but have no perfume. A walk through the bush will dispel that rumor easily.
The perfume of flowers and scented crushed leaves can be almost overwhelming at times. But many indigenous have a more subtle fragrance, you must be near them at the right time to appreciate the flavors and fragrances.
The scent of native plants are often produced at different times of day or night. Fragrant native flowers include several grevilleas (some like Biternata G. buxifolia and GG have a strong honey as other scents such as G. buxifolia have a light scented perfume), Boronia (eg B. floribunda, B. and B. serrulata megastigma) Sowerbaeas (Vanilla Lilies) Xanthoreas (Grass Trees), Banksia, Eleaocarpus reticulatus (Blueberry Ash) who has a strong odor near the anise Hakeas, Pittosporum undulatum (Native Daphne) — The scent of this species in May became unbearable in the evening – Leptospermum species (eg L. flavescens), Homoranthus case (which has a scent of cookies oven) and Hymenosporum flavum (Native Frangipani).
Many of the white flowering eucalyptus, Melaleuca and Callistemon species have a strong scent of honey.
There a number of particularly fragrant orchid species Dendrobium: they tend to be highest from early morning to afternoon. Although some species such as Cymbidium suave C. have a good fragrance during the middle of the day). Sarcochilus species have what is best described as a flavoring spicy.
The aroma released by the plant foliage where it did not reveal until he disturbed, crushed or brushed against. These include Backhousia citriodora (Lemon Myrtle), which is probably the best of all fragrances Indigenous and lemon is also used as a cooking ingredient, while the leaves of B. anisata is strongly scented like anise, Eremophila, species Eriostemon, Prosantheras,
Leptospermum Peterson (Lemon-scented Tea-tree – as well as a cover crop), Darwinia citriodora (a slight odor lemon) and some Melaleuca (paperbark) also scents.
Of course, you can not forget the family with eucalyptus scent of eucalyptus famous, is an evocation of our bush. But now, many other countries develop large plantations of them for wood, wood heating programs and revegetation on every continent bar Antarctica. One species, the E. citriodora has a strong lemon-come, perfume while eucalypt Agonis flexuosa has a combination of eucalyptus and peppermint scent.
Calomeria elegans has been used as a substitute to lavender. Some species of Boronia also strongly scented foliage.
And do not forget plants like grass, the trees and Lomandra, Grass, both of which give a lovely smell of honey blossom time.
So why not think about using some fragrant native plants in your garden. Not only will you get support from your local environment. But you can also get other benefits such as attracting birds, other wildlife and butterflies in your garden.
About the Author:
The Bare Bones Gardener is a qualified Horticulturist and a qualified Disability Services Worker. He hates spending money on stuff which doesn’t live up to the promises given. So he looks for cheaper, easier, simpler or free ways of doing the same thing and then he passes these ideas on to others.
Garden Blog – http://barebonesgardening.blogspot.com/
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Perfumed Aussie Native Garden Plants
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