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Originally Posted by goosey  I have sung the praises of our Pyracantha for year, bees, butterflies and other insects love the flowers and the birds love the berries. It proves a very safe place to hang all the food silo's. A true "must have" shrub for a wildlife friendly garden. At the moment it is in flower, looks great but absolutely stinks - so much it makes me feel sick - disgusting  . |
The pleasantness as identified by the human nose of many flower scents is closely linked to the intensity of the smell - a little scent can seem like a great perfume - increase that same scent and it becomes revolting. I grow the white form of centranthus ruber, when the flowers first open the scent is unusal but not unleasant - within a couple of days it becomes really fetid and attracts more flies than it does bees.
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