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Fragrant Plants Throughout the Year

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

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 jasminoides

June – July

Moonflower vine –Ipomea alba

Southern magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora

Sweetbay magnolia – Magnolia virginiana – Ipomea alba Stargazer lily – Lilium x ‘Stargazer’ Flowering tobacco – Nicotiana alata Summersweet azalea – Rhododendron viscosum Ginger lily – Hedychium coronarium Four o’clock – Mirabilis jalapa