I Went To Smell The Carrion Flower

The dead looking thing is the Barton's Cypress, Chamaecyparis thyoides. The winter burn was so bad from the Polar blast in March I am declaring them a failure. They have struggled with snow and winter for years. Cryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon' is the planned replacement.

The scent was not there. The flowers were open.

I will have to go smell again another day.