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Adding Fragrance to the Garden
 Everyone has their favorite fragrances, and maybe you already include fragrant plants in your garden. But, why not think about some of the many different ones that can be included. The spring and summer are good times to visit parks and garden centers to see what the fragrance of popular flowers is like.
Remember that not all roses are fragrant. Many of today’s garden roses have been developed for their color, form and disease resistance. Fragrance unfortunately is not always there. Many are, however, quite fragrant.
When it comes to flowering shrubs the most noted for fragrance are Lilacs (pictured left) and Mock Orange. Their fragrances are decidedly distinct and different, yet widely appreciated. If your garden layout can accommodate it, why not plant your favorite Lilac or Summer Sweet Clethra near your bedroom window. Always welcome are the fragrant Viburnums with their fragrant flowers in the Spring. These include the Burkwood Viburnum and the Fragrant Snowball, Viburnum Carlcephalum, with large clusters of very fragrant white flowers in May.
Fragrant Perennials
Fragrant Annuals
Fragrant Roses
Fragant Vines
Fragrant Trees and Shrubs
Summer fragrance in the garden is very pleasing and especially near a patio or sitting area. Nicotiana or night flowering tobacco has a particularly pleasant scent mainly at night. My favorite is Night Blooming Jasmine. It blooms for one week once a month throughout the summer and is fabulous.I leave it out all summer, bring it in just before a hard frost, prune it severly and water it sparingly over the winter. I bring it out about the first of May, place it on my porch and enjoy the delicious smells in the night.
Other annual flowers with fragrance of note are Petunias, Sweet Alyssum, Pansies, Verbena and Sweet Peas. Many people also consider Marigolds to have a pleasant fragrance.
Why not consider a cutting garden to provide fragrant bloom for the house? If you have a large enough area for vegetables and can spare some room start in the fall by planting some spring bulbs such as Hyacinths and Daffodils for cutting. Plant some Sweet Peas for cutting along a fence at the edge of the garden. Don’t forget it never hurts a large shrub such as Lilac or Viburnum, to cut a few clusters of bloom to bring the fragrance indoors where it can soon pleasantly fill a whole room.
Fragrant Perennials
Achillea sp. (foliage)
Allium sp. (foliage)
Antheniis tinctoria (foliage)
Chrysanthemum rnoritoliurn (foliage)
Chrysanthemum - Mum
Convallaria - Lily of the Valley
Dianthus Carnations
Dictamnus albus (flower)
Erysimum asperum (flower)
Galium odoratum (foliage)
Herrierocallis - Daylily
Hosta
Hyacinthus - Hyacinth
Iris Germanica - Bearded Iris
Lavendula - Lavender
Lathyrus - Sweet Peas
Llium - Hardy Lilies
Monarda - Bee Balm
Narcissus - Narcissus Varieties
Nepeta - Cat Mint
Oenothera sp. (flower)
Paeonia - Peony
Phlox paniculata - Tall Phlox
Salvia
Santolina - Lavender Cotton
Saponaria - Soapwort
Teucrium - Germander
Thymus -Thyme
Viola - Violets
Fragrant Annuals
Alyssum
Cosmos
Dianthus
Helictope
Laritana
Marigold
Nicotiana
Petunia
Phlox
Snapdragons
Swan River Daisy
Fragrant Roses
Angel Face
Apollo
Arlene Francis
Brandy
Broadway
Cherish
Chrysler Imperial
Crimson Glory
Don Juan
Fashion
Fragrant Cloud
Golden Showers
Gypsy
Heirloom
Intrigue
Kordes Perfecta
Mirandy
Mr. Lincoln
New Day
Perfume Delight
Pink Perfume
Prominant
Red Masterpiece
Royal Gold
Sheer Bliss
Sterling Silver
Therese Bugnet
Tempo
Trapicana
White Dawn
White Lightening
Fragrant Vines
Clernatis armandii
Sweet Autumn Clernatis
Silver Fleece Vine
Sweet Pea
Wisteria
Honeysuckle
Fragrant Trees and Shrubs
Abelia x grandiflora (Glossy Abelia)
Acer ginnala (Amur Maple)
Azalea, poukenhense, Karens
Butterfly Bush
Bluebeard Caryopteris
Calycanthus tioridus
Fran
Fothergilla
Hamamelis species (Witchhazel)
Unden Tree
Magnolia grandiflora (Southern Magnolia)
Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia)
Sophora japonica (Japanese Pagodatree)
Sweetbay Magnolia
Mahonia bealii
Osmanthus
Pieris japonica
Sargent Crab
Summersweet
VA Sweetspire
Wisteria - japanese
Rhododendron viscosum
Exbury Azaleas
Brooms Honeyscented
Daphnes
Fringe Tree
Lilac
Magnolia stellata Merilr
Mock Orange
Amur Maple
Russian Olive
Sarcoccoca
Snowbell
Sweetshrub
Viburnums Koreanspice, Burkwood
American Yellowwood
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