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Have you ever noticed how a scent can trigger a memory? The perfume your grandmother wore, the chocolate chip cookies you baked as a child or the roses you carried on your wedding day--just one whiff will send you back in time in an instant. We all have the power to create these powerful memories in our own gardens.
Think of the scents that fill your garden in spring--the Basil seedlings releasing their spicy scent as you plant them, the smell of Marigold and Tomato foliage on your fingertips, and the wafting scent of the first Sweet Peas to bloom. Keep that wonderful feeling going all season long with a well-rounded selection of fragrant annuals and perennials that you can start from seed! Before long you'll be creating new memories along every garden path.
We've listed some of our very favorite fragrant flowers and foliage below. Want more? See our entire fragrant flower collection HERE.
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Fragrant Flowers for Beds and Bouquets
Plant these sweetly scented blooms close to areas where you spent the most time so that you can enjoy them to the fullest. Plant Heliotrope in pots on your patio, sow a row of Sweet Peas in your veggie garden, and place Night Phlox by your back door. Be sure to plant enough for floral arrangements, too, so that you can bring their wonderful scents indoors.
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Candytuft
Iberis umbellata. From late spring through fall, our Fairy Mixture flaunts flat-topped clusters of sweetly fragrant blooms in purple, lilac, rose and white. Annual. Height: 6" to 12".
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Four O'Clocks
Mirabilis jalapa. This lightly fragrant, old-fashioned annual's blooms don't open until about 4:00 PM, unless it is cloudy, in which case they could bloom earlier. Annual. Height: 24" to 30".
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Sweet Alyssum
Lobularia maritima. Easy to grow, this fragrant annual has clusters of delicate flowers growing in mounds. This carefree heirloom has an aroma that is a bit addictive. Annual. Height: 3" to 8".
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Nicotiana sylvestris. Prized for its intoxicating fragrance, this tall, majestic plant is graced with long, tubular white flowers. It releases its perfume in the evening. Annual. Height: 48" to 60".
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Lathyrus odoratus. These nostalgic heirlooms have the sweet fragrance of honey and oranges. A prized cut-flower, Sweet Peas prefer cool weather. Hardy annual. Height: 6' to 8'.
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Heliotropium arborescens. Heliotrope is a treasured heirloom with a heady, vanilla fragrance. It has clusters of tiny, deep violet-blue, trumpet-shaped flowers. Annual. Height: 12" to 24".
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Nicotiana alata. Comprised of perfumed, freely flowering heirlooms, our mix has nodding white, scarlet-red, lime-green and pale pink blooms. Annual. Height: 24" to 36".
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Moonflower
Ipomoea alba. This Morning Glory sibling is a night-blooming heirloom that will scramble up structures for a most addictive, jasmine-scented evening curtain. Annual. Height: 8' to 10'.
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Zaluzianskya capensis. As the sun goes down, Night Phlox's tiny burgundy buds open to starry white blooms. Their sweet honey and vanilla fragrance floats on the breeze. Annual. Height: 12".
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Reseda odorata. Mignonette's spires of green and white flowers fade to cream. While the plant is not overly showy, the flowers have an intensely sweet and spicy scent. Annual. Height: 12" to 24".
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Matthiola incana. Prized for their spicy clove scent, Stock has stalks of lush, semi-double flowers. Perfect for fragrant borders, Stock is also an awesome cutting flower. Annual. Height: 18".
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Datura
Datura metel. Datura has blue-green foliage and white, trumpet-shaped flowers. Its one-day flowers open at twilight with a lemon-cream fragrance. Annual. Height: 24" to 30".
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Fragrant Foliage at Your Fingertips
Plant these herbal and/or decorative beauties along pathways to release their perfume with your ankles as your brush by them, or place them atop rock walls and in raised beds so that you can run your fingers through their foliage as you stroll by. It will become second nature to search out these evocative scents as you wander your garden each day.
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Lavandula spp. A beloved sun-loving evergreen shrub, Lavender is cultivated for its wondrously aromatic flowers and foliage, great for for aromatherapy. Perennial. HZ: 4-10. Height: 14" to 24".
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Basil
Ocimum basilicum. Gardeners love to enjoy Basil's intensely aromatic leaves. Direct-sow when soil and weather are reliably warm after all threat of frost has passed. Annual. Height: up to 24".
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Foeniculum vulgare. This Anise-flavored perennial lends drama to the garden, with lacy fronds ranging from deep chocolate-bronze to green . Perennial. HZ: 5-9. Height: 30" to 36".
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Signet Marigolds
Tagetes tenuifolia. Signets form compact mounds of finely textured foliage smothered in dime-sized edible flowers. The foliage has a light, citrusy scent. Annual. Height: 10" to 12".
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Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum. This perennial's gray-green foliage invites your touch as you pass it! It produces blue flower spikes loved by beneficial insects. Perennial. HZ: 4-11. Height: 36".
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Melissa officinalis. Lemon Balm has blue-green leaves with a fresh lemon scent. It is a calming herb, used as a stress and anxiety remedy in soothing teas. Perennial. HZ: 4-9. Height: 24".
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Salvia officinalis. Sage adds a wonderful scent and beauty to the garden with gray-green foliage and purple-blue flower spikes. Sage is drought-tolerant. Perennial. HZ: 5-9. Height: 12" to 24".
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Agastache rupestris. Apache Sunset has compact, intensely fragrant foliage with dozens of sturdy spikes studded with tubular peach, orange and rose flowers. Perennial. HZ: 5-10. Height: 18" to 24".
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Anethum graveolens. Featuring aromatic, blue-green, feathery leaves and chartreuse-yellow flowers, Dill acts to attract beneficial insects like hover flies, ladybugs and bees. Annual. Height: 3'.
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Peppermint
Mentha piperita. Peppermint contains a whopping 40% menthol, making it a spicy powerhouse for cooling sore throats and flavoring sweet treats. It makes a wonderful tea! Perennial. HZ: 5-9. Height: 24".
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Mandarina Orange Balm
Melissa officinalis. Just as intensely aromatic as traditional Lemon Balm, this variety is strongly mandarin orange-scented! Both balms are wonderful for making herbal tea. Perennial. HZ: 4-9. Height: 24".
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Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis. Every single kitchen garden should have aromatic Rosemary, a versatile, upright shrubby herb with a pungent flavor and a heady, pine-mint scent. Perennial. HZ: 8-11. Height: 12" to 36".
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