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Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 1:29 pm
by Shazia Khurram
Bought this from Pak Thai nursery Islamabad. It's very fragrant when you brush your fingers through the leaves. The nursery man said it's called mushka and is a shrub. He didn't know the English/ Latin name for it and google doesn't identify mushka plant.
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 1:52 pm
by Izhar
Artemisia (wormwood plant).. how much you paid for it?
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 6:08 pm
by Shazia Khurram
Thank you Sir. I paid Rs.100 for it. The fragrance is mesmerizing.
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 17th, 2015, 9:10 am
by Izhar
A bit expensive but nevermind.. you can take its cuttings to multiply it, pinch the new growth to make it bushy..
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 18th, 2015, 2:50 pm
by komel adil
does it smell fruity like a bubble gum?
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 18th, 2015, 11:17 pm
by Shazia Khurram
@Izhar: thank you for the tip. I wish I knew cheaper nurseries in Isb/Rwp are
@komal: To me this smells sweet with a bit of a herby kick to it. Very strong scent. Quite similar to the scent of maple leaves.
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 19th, 2015, 11:47 am
by mikhurram
The fragrance is very strong and i tend to find it nauseating.
Re: Latin/English name for this fragrant shrub?
Posted: March 24th, 2015, 1:16 am
by S.Ahmed
komel adil wrote:does it smell fruity like a bubble gum?
Indeed, it smells like chewing gum, some one teaching at Karachi University gave me these cuttings,apparently they have it growing there in abundance.
http://gardeningpakistan.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3699