Sweet Mignonette Reseda odorata (Sweet Mignonette) The intense fragrance comes from insignificant chartreuse or reddish flowers blooming in spiked clusters. They prefer cool, moist conditions, and need regular water and fertilizer to get the best, most fragrant blooms. Plant for a perfumed garden day and night. Fragrance fills evening air! The sweet fragrance of this lovely plant is a luxury in any garden. This is one of the most popular flowers that are cultivated solely for fragrance. Mignonette is a favorite for bouquets. In the garden it is used to break up undesirable color combinations. The flowers are brownish-red or white, and individually are odd in form and shape. The fragrance of Mignonette suggests many uses, for it renders any bouquet delightful. As a cut flower, some varieties last fully a week in water. Grown in pots for the sunny window, the flowers are a constant delight. Grow Mignonette seeds for the cutting garden and enjoy the sweetly scented flowers indoors. The Reseda Odorata flower is excellent for cutting and will retain its fragrance even once it is in the vase. The Mignonette plant is also good in pots and containers and can be placed where the ambrosia-like scent can be enjoyed. The white Reseda flowers are attractive to bees and looking lovely in mixed border plantings. Sweet Mignonette blooms should be deadheaded to prolong blooming. Growing Mignonette from seed is not difficult, but the flower seed should be started outdoors as the plants do not transplant well. Prepare a seedbed and place the Mignonette seeds on the surface, pressing the flower seed into the soil and barely covering. Maintain moisture until germination occurs. Thin the Mignonette seedlings to the strongest plant, 12 inches apart. Young Reseda Odorata plants should be pinched back to encourage a bushier growth habit.

• Sweet Mignonette - Intense Fragrance!! Spiked clusters of Beautiful Blooms!!!!!

Sweet Mignonette - Intense Fragrance!! Spiked clusters of Beautiful Blooms!!!!!