Fragrant Shrubs - Fine Gardening

  • growing lilacs
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    Lilacs: How to Grow Them and Favorite Varieties

    Lilacs (Syringa spp. and cvs., Zones 3–8) are so commonplace in many parts of North America that it may surprise you to learn that they are not native to this…

  • Paperbush
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    Shrubs for Winter Fragrance in the South

    The color of a blossom might be the first thing to catch our eye in the landscape, but adding sweet aroma to that bloom elevates the plant to all-star status.…

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    Tea Olive Shrubs for the Southeast

    If magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora, Zones 7–9) and gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides, Zones 8–11) are the iconic plant perfumes of Southern summers, tea olive (Osmanthus spp. and cvs., Zones 6–11) breezes in…

  • Various butterfly bush cuttings arranged in a circle
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    Beyond the Basic Butterfly Bush

    Few sights are as quintessentially associated with summer as butterflies perched on the blossoms of butterfly bush (Buddleia spp. and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 5–9). While the profusion and prodigious…

  • moisture loving plants along the banks of a stream
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    Plants for Soggy Spots

    Lots of gardeners have at least one area of their property that never seems to dry out. It is, invariably, in a location that screams for a garden, but most…

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    Tree Peonies Blossom in Dappled Shade

    These easy-to-grow shrubs add romance and fragrance to the garden

  • Underplant lilacs with other spring flowers.
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    Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look

    Now you can be choosy about fragrance, shape, hue, and flowering time