Planning a Fragrance Garden

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Have you been wondering why so many popular flowers aren’t fragrant?  Wondering where all of the old fragrant varieties are? The fact is so much hybridization has been going to produce bigger, brighter and more disease resistant flowers, that fragrance has been lost in the process.  Many gardeners look for fragrant flowers secondary to those that will show up, or last longer.

 

Although several flowers have lost their smell, there are still many out there that will appeal to gardeners who are looking for fragrance in their flower beds.  If you are looking to plant a fragrance garden, or just hoping to entice more pollinators, try some of these plants.  Cultivars and varieties vary in the amount of scent they produce so be sure to double check that it is a fragrant variety before making your final purchase.  Here are just a few of our favorite fragrant plants, trees and shrubs:

Annuals

Sweet Pea
Sweet Alyssum
Evening Stock
Nasturtium (depending on cultivar)
Scented Geraniums
Heliotrope
Santolina

 

Perennials

Hyacinth
Poet’s Narcissus
Artemisia
Gas Plant
Bee Balm
Garden Phlox
Sweet Violet
Daylily (depending on cultivar)
Chrysanthemum (depending on cultivar)
Hyssop
Red Valerian
Lavender
Peony
Thyme
Sweet Woodruff
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Lemon Verbena
Sweet Sultan
Lily-of-the-valley
Sweet Rocket
Hosta (depending on Cultivar)
Iris (depending on cultivar)
Oriental lily
bee balm
Evening Primrose

 

Trees/Shrubs/Vines

Lilac
Daphne
Mock Orange
Butterfly Bush
Kool-Aid bush (Psoralea pinnata)
Rose
Snowball Viburnum
Summersweet (Clethra)
Honeysuckle
Carolina allspice
Basswood

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