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Choosing Plants
Questions related to choosing plants: (click on question)
Which plants will add fragrance to my garden?
Which plants are best for a shady garden? coming soon
Which plants are good for children to grow? coming soon
Your questions answered:
Q: Which plants will add fragrance to my garden?
A: The majority of scented plants will flower between early summer and autumn. There are a few winter scented plants, mostly shrubs, but summer is the season when we will spend most time in the garden and use it as our outdoor room. There are plenty of scented plants waiting to add perfume to any garden. Have a look at the chart below for some of my favourites:
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Plant Group |
Plant name |
Season |
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Climbers |
Lonicera periclymenum(Honeysuckle) ‘Graham Thomas’ |
summer (all through) |
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Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine) |
March - May |
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Jasmine officinale |
June - August |
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Wisteria floribunda |
June |
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Clematis montana var.rubens ‘Odorata’ |
May - June |
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Trachleospernum jasminoides |
June - August |
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Roses - shrub |
‘My Lovely Mum’ (blue-lilac) |
summer |
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‘Bobby Dazzler’ (soft yellow) |
summer |
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‘Cherry Girl’ (small shrub rose) |
summer |
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‘Duchess of Cornwall’ |
summer |
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‘Fragrant Cloud’ |
summer |
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Roses - climber |
‘Notra Dame de Calais’ (white) |
summer |
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‘Bright Ideas’ (cream & cerise) |
summer |
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‘Pippin’ (pink) |
summer |
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‘Starlight Express’ (midnight pink) |
summer |
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‘Rural England’ ( Pink rambler) |
summer |
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Shrubs |
Lavandula angustifolia 'Ashdown Forest |
summer flower, year round foliage |
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Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessopp's Upright' |
year round |
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Viburnum bodnantense |
late winter/early spring |
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Philadelphus |
early to mid summer |
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Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Blue Spire’ |
mid to late summer |
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Mahonia japonica |
spring |
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Sarcococca humils or digyna |
late winter/early spring. |
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Perennials |
Chocolate Cosmos |
mid to late summer |
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Hemerocallis lileoasphodelus |
early to mid summer |
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Nepeta siberica |
year round |
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Phlox paniculata |
summer |
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Dianthus |
spring to summer |
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Bulbs |
Hyacinth, Narcissus, Muscari & Lillium candudum. |
spring to summer |
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Annuals |
Nicotiana,Calendula, Sweet pea, Sweet William, |
summer |
Q: Which plants are best for a shady garden?
A: coming soon
Q: Which plants are good for children to grow?
A: coming soon
