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Sep 15, 2024 · Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis), also known as Sweet Rocket or Night-scented Gilliflower, is a biennial or short-lived perennial wildflower that grows 1-4 feet tall. Thriving in USDA Zones 3-9, it blooms from early to mid-spring and prefers full sun to partial shade.
- Azalea. Some types of azaleas offer fragrance as well as colorful flowers. Suitable soil is essential for azaleas; they prefer acidic conditions and are happiest with lots of organic matter like compost.
- Dianthus. A quintessential cottage garden flower, dianthus has fringed petals that look as if someone took pinking shears to their edges (hence its common name of pinks).
- Gardenia. Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) is one of the most fragrant flowers, producing one of the most beloved scents in the garden world. Fall or spring is the best time to plant this shrub in warmer climates.
- Lily of the Valley. Don't let this little beauty fool you; though it's small, lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) packs a big fragrance in its nodding white or pink bell-shaped flowers.
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- Scented Primrose. Botanical Name: Primula vulgaris. Grows widely in Europe, primrose comes in colorful flowers with beautiful foliage and a mild fruity aroma.
- Plumeria. Botanical Name: Plumeria. Also called Frangipani, plumeria is a subtropical or tropical flower related to oleander. Its flowers are softly fragrant in the daytime and intensify at night.
- Sweet Autumn Clematis. Botanical Name: Clematis terniflora. From late summer to autumn, its perfumed white flowers bloom in clusters. The sweet vanilla scent oozes out and spreads a soft coolness all around.
- Ylang-Ylang. Botanical Name: Cananga odorata. It is native to the rainforests of Asia and Australia and is also called the perfume tree. The plant blooms profusely year-round, pouring a slightly fruity floral scent to the surroundings.
- The Opulent and Heady Stargazer Lily
- Paperwhite – Narcissus papyraceus
- The Colorful Scented Primrose – Primula
- The Gentle Citrusy Mock Orange
- The Creamy Clove-Like Viburnum
- The Warm Sugary Honeysuckle
- The Sweet Pure Lily of The Valley
- The Exotic and Elegant Freesia
- The Sweet Violet – Viola odorata
- The Velvety and Alluring Gardenia
“The tall white lilies were reeling in the moonlight, and the air was charged with perfume, as with a presence. … She touched the big, pallid flowers on their petals, then shivered. They seemed to be stretching in the moonlight. Then she drank a deep draught of the scent. It almost made her dizzy.” DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers Lawrence wasn’t refer...
Upon entering my grandmother’s enormous front hall at Christmastime, I would shut my eyes and breathe deeply. Like a pine forest in the summer rain, the house was redolent with deeply spicy, green balsam, but it was softened with the fresh sweetness of paperwhites, like a gentle welcoming smile. Paperwhites are native to the Mediterranean region, a...
The Primrose opens wide in spring; Her scent is sweet and good: It smells of every happy thing In sunny lane and wood. — Cicely Mary Barker, The Primrose Fairy This compact but colorful plant is beloved throughout Europe and the British Isles. It is the flower of fairies, of the Norse goddess Freya, and the foliage stuff of many legends and lore. A...
… And the scent of mock orange drifts through the window. How can I rest? How can I be content when there is still that odor in the world? —Louise Glück, from Mock Orange This shrub blooms in late spring and early summer with tender white flowers whose centers resemble a scattering of tiny sunbeams. The blossoms release a cool, citrus smellthat is ...
“A garden without a viburnum is akin to life without music and art.” —Michael Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Dirr is a renowned horticulturalist whose love for the viburnumis shared by everyone whose garden is graced by the plant or who has passed by such a garden, enjoying its perfume. The viburnum is a large genus with more than 150 speci...
“They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. …They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.” ― Enid Blyton, The Secret Island The fragrance of honeysuckle evoke...
Where scattered wild the Lily of the Vale Its balmy essence breathes. — James Thomson The Seasons. Spring. Described as modest, tremulous and meek, the lily of the valley’s tiny bell-like blossoms may well deserve those descriptors. But the flower’s scent can only be called perfection. It is a snowflake, a spoonful of vanilla ice cream, a baby’s sm...
“Reverence and joy brought delicate peace, which surrounded her like the perfume of the flowers themselves. The happiness of that afternoon was already fixed in her mind, and always would the scent of freesia recall it to her mental sight …” — Hugh De Sélincourt, The Way Things Happen A bouquet of freesias is so full of color and grace it resembles...
“She did not answer. From her feet the ground sloped sharply into view, and violets ran down in rivulets and streams and cataracts, irrigating the hillside with blue, eddying round the tree stems, collecting into pools in the hollows, covering the grass with spots of azure foam. But never again were they in such profusion; this terrace was the well...
“Like a fist if a fist could sing,” wrote poet Cornelius Eady about the white gardenias famously worn by the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday. Gardenias are seductiveand unapologetic, in their languorous sprawl of milky petals, but most especially in their fragrance. Often compared to jasmine in aroma, the gardenia scent is velvety and alluring...
Jan 15, 2024 · From roses to peonies, we've compiled 17 of the best smelling flowers known to man. Learn all about these fragrant flowers and send some to friends and family.
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