If you’re looking to fill your garden with fragrant flowers, there are several beautiful and aromatic options to choose from.
Here’s a list of some of the most fragrant flowers you can plant to create a delightful, scented garden:
1. Jasmine (Jasminum) has a sweet, exotic scent and is perfect for planting as a vine or shrub on trellises, fences, or as ground cover during the summer months.
2. Roses (Rosa) offer a variety of fragrances, from sweet and musky to citrusy, depending on the variety, and are ideal for borders, hedges, or standalone plants, blooming from spring to fall.
3. Lavender (Lavandula) provides a fresh, herbal fragrance and is best planted in sunny areas, in herb gardens, or containers, blooming during the summer.
4. Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) has a rich, creamy, sweet scent, making it perfect for ornamental garden beds or pots, with blooms appearing from late spring to summer.
5. Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) offers a strong, heady fragrance and is well-suited for flower beds, borders, or cutting gardens, blooming in late summer to fall.
6. Peonies (Paeonia) bring a sweet, fresh, floral scent and are wonderful in borders, cutting gardens, or as focal points, blooming in late spring to early summer.
7. Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus) release a sweet, floral scent with a light fruity undertone, thriving on trellises, fences, or hanging baskets from spring to summer.
8. Lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) have a light, sweet, floral fragrance and are ideal for planting in borders, hedges, or as stand-alone plants, with blooms occurring in the spring.
9. Honeysuckle (Lonicera) emits a sweet, fruity, and slightly spicy fragrance, making it perfect for trellises, fences, or arbors, blooming during the summer.
10. Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) offers a sweet, lemony, creamy scent, and is perfect as a focal point or in large gardens, blooming from late spring to summer.
11. Freesia (Freesia refracta) provides a sweet, citrusy, and floral fragrance and is perfect for flower beds, borders, or containers, blooming in the spring.
12. Chocolate Cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) has a rich, chocolatey fragrance with slight vanilla undertones, making it an excellent choice for borders, flower beds, or cutting gardens in late summer to fall.
