SPRING SUMMER Enchant garden visitors
this summer with the
delightful perfume
of a Philadelphus
arbour or arch NEW
FOR
2019 SPRING FRAGRANCE Clematis ‘Blue Musk’ unusual
due to its strong almond scent. Lonicera ‘Fragrant Cloud’ ruby
red and white honeysuckle. Phlox paniculata produces
scented flowers in autumn.
SUMMER SCENTS Syringa vulgaris ‘Madame
Lemoine’ flowers May to June. Trachelospermum ‘Pink
Showers’ is a fresh pink variety. Sarcococca will surprise you
with its intense winter scent.
Choisya x Scented Gem is one
of the best for spring fragrance. Rose ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ has
bright pink perfumed blooms. Viburnum b. ‘Dawn’ is a tall
shrub with pink winter blooms.
Viburnum carlesii produces
white flowers from pink buds. Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’ has
citrus-scented white flowers. Mahonia media ‘Charity’ has
clusters of golden flowers.
This magical season brings
a host of scented plants.
New for 2019, look out for
Clematis ‘Blue Musk’, with
climbing stems of almond-
scented, lilac-blue flowers.
Pair it with fragrant lilacs
(Syringa), the evergreen
Mexican orange blossom
(Choisya), and Viburnum
carlesii for a heady mix.
The summer heat
intensifies floral aromas.
Use honeysuckles
(Lonicera) and star jasmine
(Trachelospermum) to
twine round pergolas, and
include English roses, such
as ‘Gertrude Jekyll’, which
are famed for their fragrant
blooms. In June, mock
oranges (Philadelphus)
waft perfume into the air.
LATE YEAR AROMAS
Many fragrant flowers
open in autumn and
winter. Border phlox offers
a subtle scent in early
autumn, while the tiny
blooms of sweet box
(Sarcococca) provide
perfume in midwinter.
Viburnum bodnantense
‘Dawn’ and Mahonia media
will fill the air with
fragrance in winter, too.
WINTER
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