A happy bee on the best smelling bush in the world (lemmy.nz)

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I have no idea what this bush is called, but for three or so weeks out of the year it smells fantastic. Very sweet smelling.

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[-] SavinDWhales@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Could be wild privet... I only know it as "Liguster", but Wikipedia gave me that English page...

[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Privets do look visually similar. Our plant is probably related, but I'm not sure if it's a privet proper. I've never seen berries and the leaves are a bit smaller. Evidently privets can be invasive. Ours is certainly hardy, but I've never seen it trying to spread in the 10 years we've lived here.

[-] gasgiant@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

My best guess would be honeysuckle. Usually smell great and they look like the right sort of flowers.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't know the name either but it looks like the one our neighbors had that we called the bee bush because bees loved it. And it smells so delicious!

[-] not@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

According to Plantnet it is Ligustrum Ovalifolium

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