Fragrant Plants
I don’t think I appreciated the value of landscape fragrance until the last few years in my garden. I was delighted a few weeks ago when I discovered, by nose alone, a newly blooming shrub. Here is a list of fragrant plants that do well locally, in approximate order of blooming:
January
Fragrant wintersweet – Chimonanthus praecox
Winter honeysuckle – Lonicera fragrantissima
Paperbush – Edgeworthia papyrifera and Edgeworthia chrysantha
Tea olive – Osmanthus fragrans
February
Daphne – Daphne odora
Paperbush – Edgeworthia papyrifera and Edgeworthia chrysantha continue
March – April
Koreanspice viburnum – Viburnum carlesii
Coastal flame azalea – Rhododendron austrinum
Piedmont azalea – Rhododendron canescens
Alabama azalea – Rhododendron alabamense
Lily of the valley – Convallaria majalis
Sweetshrub – Calycanthus florida
Banana shrub – Magnolia figo (Michelia figo)
May
Confederate jasmine – Trachelospermum jasminoides
Rose – Rosa various varieties
Gardenia – Gardenia jasminoides
June – July
Southern magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora
Moonflower vine – Ipomea alba
Stargazer lily – Lilium x ‘Stargazer’
Flowering tobacco – Nicotiana alata
Summersweet azalea – Rhododendron viscosum
Ginger lily – Hedychium coronarium
Four o’clock – Mirabilis jalapa
August
Eleagnus – Elaeagnus umbellata
Tea olive – Osmanthus fragrans
September
Sweet autumn clematis – Clematis maximowicziana
October
Tea olive – Osmanthus fragrans (repeat bloom)
daphne
paperbush (edgeworthia)
gardenia
‘Stargazer’ lily
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3
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Magnolia Scale – Controlling
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Keeping Hydrangeas Pink When They Bloom
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3
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