October 19, 2012

Seasonal Scents

Spring: Lily-of-the-valley
Add to your garden for a sweet bouquet all year long!

KEY:
P-perennial
RP-rhizomatous perennial
PS- perennial shrub
S-shrub
A-annual
V-vine
T-tuber

Spring:
  • Beautybush: honeyed and fruity-PS
  • Lilac: distinctive, potent, spicy, sometimes buttery-PS
  • Lily-flowered magnolia: heady, tropical, citrusy-PS
  • Sweet violet: distinctive, delicate, sweet-RP
  • Lily-of-the-valley: clean, floral, softly sweet-RP
  • Wallflower: distinctive, clove-like, almost smoky-P (bushy)
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Summer: Night-scented stock
Summer:
  • Rose: various scents-PS
  • Mignonette: sweet, light, penetrating-A (fast growing)
  • Flowering tobacco: powerful, haunting-A (self sowing)
  • Jasmine, sugary: saturating-V
  • Easter lily: silky, caressing, elegant-P (bulbous)
  • Night-scented stock: piquant, hints of vanilla, lemon and wild rose-A---
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Fall: Phlox
Fall:
  • Butterfly bush: honey-hay scented-PS
  • Chocolate sunflower: enticing, dark chocolate-P
  • Sweet bugbane: clover and honey-P
  • Phlox: heavy, slightly musky, honeyed-A (autumn blooming)
  • Tea olive: intense, heady, sweet-S (evergreen)
  • Sweet pepperbush: spicy-sweet, permeating-S (hardy)
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Winter: Geraniums
Winter:
  • Chinese witch hazel: piercing, fresh clean-S (hardy)
  • Sweet winter iris: ripe-plum scented, fruity, spring-like-RP
  • Snowdrop: subtle, sweet-P (bulbous)
  • Scented geraniums: leaves scented with mint, apples, lime and rose-P (tender)
  • Tuberose: heady, intense, rich, spicy-floral-T (tender)
  • Winter-blooming Daphne: deep, warm, spicy-S (bushy)
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