Comments on: Jasmine Tower http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:35:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-36440 Mary Cole Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:03:26 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-36440 Regarding the comment about smells not being able to be communicated on the web, see the breaking news on the bbc website (www.bbc.co.uk), but follow link for the UK, not the international version. Regarding the comment about smells not being able to be communicated on the web, see the breaking news on the bbc website (www.bbc.co.uk), but follow link for the UK, not the international version.

]]> By: End Notes - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-36162 End Notes - Asymptotia Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:54:34 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-36162 [...] 6:15pm Well, I decided to write this post now (sitting in the garden watching the world -mostly people running or walking dogs- go by and smelling the flowers) in order to close out the series and the week. I won’t be telling you anymore about today since I’ve decided not to sit and do any more work. (Certainly not here, as the mosquitoes are beginning to bite.) [...] [...] 6:15pm Well, I decided to write this post now (sitting in the garden watching the world -mostly people running or walking dogs- go by and smelling the flowers) in order to close out the series and the week. I won’t be telling you anymore about today since I’ve decided not to sit and do any more work. (Certainly not here, as the mosquitoes are beginning to bite.) [...]

]]> By: Notes From the Day - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-35255 Notes From the Day - Asymptotia Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:25:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-35255 [...] 7:45am Not in a rush to go in yet, I have a longer breakfast - cooked some oatmeal and made coffee - and looked at the blog for a bit. Smile at fact that Mary Cole went to garden centre to sniff Jasmine. Walk around garden while thinking. Send several emails dealing with various matters such as the colloquium lunch (cancelling it… the speaker won’t come until the afternoon). [...] [...] 7:45am Not in a rush to go in yet, I have a longer breakfast - cooked some oatmeal and made coffee - and looked at the blog for a bit. Smile at fact that Mary Cole went to garden centre to sniff Jasmine. Walk around garden while thinking. Send several emails dealing with various matters such as the colloquium lunch (cancelling it… the speaker won’t come until the afternoon). [...]

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-35036 Mary Cole Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:41:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-35036 I wasn't sure what the jasmine fragrance was like so I went along to the local garden centre to see if they had any so I could experience it for myself (not that I need any excuse to do this!). Wow, what a heady fragrance. Actually, I thought it was overwhelming! Anyway, your jasmine looks really impressive, as does the palm tree. I wasn’t sure what the jasmine fragrance was like so I went along to the local garden centre to see if they had any so I could experience it for myself (not that I need any excuse to do this!). Wow, what a heady fragrance. Actually, I thought it was overwhelming! Anyway, your jasmine looks really impressive, as does the palm tree.

]]> By: Pala http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34999 Pala Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:06:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34999 On a hike one day to see old koa trees, we had a whiff of an elegant smell, so mild as that of jacaranda. There it was a big bush in the shade, but extremely faint smell unless you came close(not many flowers left). It was a night blooming jasmine tree. Thank goodness we approached near twilight time, because it hardly has any smell at day time. I now have a potted one that blooms several times a year, but not a climber. A cut off branch fills the living room with just the right amount of fragrance, and it's all gone the next morning. Ephemeral. Suddenly I miss jasmine tea. Next season, I may drop a bunch of blossoms into oolong tea and see what happens. On a hike one day to see old koa trees, we had a whiff of an elegant smell, so mild as that of jacaranda. There it was a big bush in the shade, but extremely faint smell unless you came close(not many flowers left). It was a night blooming jasmine tree. Thank goodness we approached near twilight time, because it hardly has any smell at day time.

I now have a potted one that blooms several times a year, but not a climber. A cut off branch fills the living room with just the right amount of fragrance, and it’s all gone the next morning. Ephemeral.

Suddenly I miss jasmine tea. Next season, I may drop a bunch of blossoms into oolong tea and see what happens.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34937 Clifford Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:11:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34937 Hmmm, yes, scented French soap is never really needed, but nevertheless often bought (and even used). I'm guilty of it too. Although I hoard it for a long while before using it... like the lavender soap I bought last Summer in Marseilles while at a workshop nearby. Great stuff! -cvj Hmmm, yes, scented French soap is never really needed, but nevertheless often bought (and even used). I’m guilty of it too. Although I hoard it for a long while before using it… like the lavender soap I bought last Summer in Marseilles while at a workshop nearby. Great stuff!

-cvj

]]> By: candace http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34933 candace Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:29:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34933 Jasmine is one of my favourite scents -- it reminds me of rich warm humid summer nights, heavenly stuff. I happened to buy a bar of jasmine-scented french soap (that I didn't really need) at a market this afternoon for this very reason. I'll put it under my pillow and dream of summer. Jasmine is one of my favourite scents — it reminds me of rich warm humid summer nights, heavenly stuff. I happened to buy a bar of jasmine-scented french soap (that I didn’t really need) at a market this afternoon for this very reason. I’ll put it under my pillow and dream of summer.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34919 Clifford Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:40:57 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34919 TBB:- I think the palm can hold its own in this battle. No, I've never cut this one back at all. It spreads over a big hedge just out of shot as well. All the plants involved seem to be happy with the Jasmine, although I think the gladiolus plants are a bit annoyed. spyder:- I'd have to ask you to drive carefully though, since there are probably children playing and the like.... it's a residential 'hood. You probably would not have made it close to mine anyway, since I see lots of these jasmine displays in other gardens around the 'hood, so I'm guessing that you'd long have turned the car around. Sorry. -cvj TBB:- I think the palm can hold its own in this battle. No, I’ve never cut this one back at all. It spreads over a big hedge just out of shot as well. All the plants involved seem to be happy with the Jasmine, although I think the gladiolus plants are a bit annoyed.

spyder:- I’d have to ask you to drive carefully though, since there are probably children playing and the like…. it’s a residential ‘hood. You probably would not have made it close to mine anyway, since I see lots of these jasmine displays in other gardens around the ‘hood, so I’m guessing that you’d long have turned the car around. Sorry.

-cvj

]]> By: TBB http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34902 TBB Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:40:52 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34902 Oh my, your jasmine plant is gorgeous - I can imagine the fragrance. Jasmine is one of my potted plants (along with the ever-hardy hibiscus), however, like philodendrons (i.e., love of trees), jasmine plants are so tenacious that they climb up the apartment walls and I've had to cut them back lest I get in trouble. They will crawl under the shingles and go straight up to the second-story roof, and even their vine-carcasses are difficult to remove. I've been able to get my jasmine plant to bloom twice a year with food, but it's nothing compared to the bushes of them along jogging paths...or it appears yours. (Lilac trees are another favorite.) Have you had to cut that one back yet? Or are you going to let it "strangle" the palm? Spyder - funny. Oh my, your jasmine plant is gorgeous - I can imagine the fragrance. Jasmine is one of my potted plants (along with the ever-hardy hibiscus), however, like philodendrons (i.e., love of trees), jasmine plants are so tenacious that they climb up the apartment walls and I’ve had to cut them back lest I get in trouble. They will crawl under the shingles and go straight up to the second-story roof, and even their vine-carcasses are difficult to remove. I’ve been able to get my jasmine plant to bloom twice a year with food, but it’s nothing compared to the bushes of them along jogging paths…or it appears yours. (Lilac trees are another favorite.)

Have you had to cut that one back yet? Or are you going to let it “strangle” the palm?

Spyder - funny.

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34890 spyder Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:11:20 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/03/25/jasmine-tower/#comment-34890 Knowing the scent quite well, and given your descriptor: "The scent from this is huge," I can already feel the intensity of all those blossoms raining their allergic pollen down on me. Wheezing, staggering, i try to make it back out to the street and in the air conditioned car, to drive speedily away. Knowing the scent quite well, and given your descriptor: “The scent from this is huge,” I can already feel the intensity of all those blossoms raining their allergic pollen down on me. Wheezing, staggering, i try to make it back out to the street and in the air conditioned car, to drive speedily away.

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