Some flowers we grow for color and shape whether tall or short as the space requires, but sometimes the main consideration is fragrance. So if that is what you desire then this list has some great suggestions. There is one omission and that is the rose, surely the most fragrant of them all. But roses should have a top ten list of their own and that is for another day. This list comes from an article I found over on the Birds and Blooms website.
When it comes to choosing plants for your yard, try following your nose! For a garden full of aromatic blooms, here are our favorite fragrant flowers?to delight your senses.
Varieties like wood flowering tobacco are perfect for night gardens: Its jasminelike scent tends to be most noticeable later in the day. Available with pink, lavender, yellow, white, red or green blossoms, it prefers rich, moist, well-draining soil.
This fragrant flower opens in late afternoon and remains that way throughout the night, which explains the moniker ?beauty of the night.? Four-o?clocks often reseed, so don?t disturb the surrounding soil during spring cultivation.
Jasmine is prized for its sweetly scented flowers and glossy leaves. This climbing container plant grows to 10 feet or more, with pink buds that open into aromatic white blossoms.
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Delmerene Wright
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If there is anything better than flowers (and chocolate!), then it’s got to be the flowers with fragrance!