Landscaping With Fragrant Plants
Fragrant plants add something to your yard that goes beyond the way they look: heady fragrances that will stop you in your tracks! Many flowers have some fragrance, but in this section I've assembled links to information on particularly fragrant plants.
Fragrant Flowers
Overview of fragrant flowers for the landscape, including roses. Shakespeare's famous two lines in Romeo and Juliet are perhaps responsible, in part, for the rose's preeminence among fragrant plants. But this article links to information on four other classic fragrant plants, too.
Overview of fragrant flowers for the landscape, including roses. Shakespeare's famous two lines in Romeo and Juliet are perhaps responsible, in part, for the rose's preeminence among fragrant plants. But this article links to information on four other classic fragrant plants, too.
Fragrant Plants for Late Spring: Lilacs
Common lilac bushes bloom in late spring, when they release their heavenly fragrance into the evening air. If you care about having aroma in the landscape, planting lilacs is a must!
Common lilac bushes bloom in late spring, when they release their heavenly fragrance into the evening air. If you care about having aroma in the landscape, planting lilacs is a must!
Peony Plants
The peony plants most common in the U.S. are herbaceous perennials. These popular perennials have been grown and admired for centuries, due in part to the beauty of their blooms and foliage. They are also fragrant plants and renowned for their longevity.
The peony plants most common in the U.S. are herbaceous perennials. These popular perennials have been grown and admired for centuries, due in part to the beauty of their blooms and foliage. They are also fragrant plants and renowned for their longevity.
Bearded Iris Flowers
Many new homeowners plant these old-time perennials, remembering the fragrant plants from their childhoods. It is specifically fragrant bearded iris flowers with which I deal here; not all of them are created equal!
Many new homeowners plant these old-time perennials, remembering the fragrant plants from their childhoods. It is specifically fragrant bearded iris flowers with which I deal here; not all of them are created equal!
Fragrant Plants in the Herb Garden: English Lavender
Gardening options with English lavender perennial flowers include use in rock gardens, border plantings and cottage gardens. If your gardening requirements call for a decorative border, the height of these fragrant plants makes them suitable for inclusion in the middle row, with shorter annuals in front and taller shrubs in back. Harvest these fragrant plants for sachets and aromatherapy.
Gardening options with English lavender perennial flowers include use in rock gardens, border plantings and cottage gardens. If your gardening requirements call for a decorative border, the height of these fragrant plants makes them suitable for inclusion in the middle row, with shorter annuals in front and taller shrubs in back. Harvest these fragrant plants for sachets and aromatherapy.
The Fragrant Plants Par Excellence: Rose Bushes
How to grow rose bushes. An outline of the steps from planting these fragrant plants in the ground to pruning them. Different landscape needs require different varieties, which include hybrid tea, polyanthas, floribundas and grandifloras.
How to grow rose bushes. An outline of the steps from planting these fragrant plants in the ground to pruning them. Different landscape needs require different varieties, which include hybrid tea, polyanthas, floribundas and grandifloras.
Heliotrope Flowers
Heliotrope flowers are fragrant plants popular in butterfly gardens. This page is part of a photo gallery, organized according to flower color. Browse through the gallery for inspiration on planting themes.
Heliotrope flowers are fragrant plants popular in butterfly gardens. This page is part of a photo gallery, organized according to flower color. Browse through the gallery for inspiration on planting themes.