Fragrant Plants
Fragrant Plants
These plants boast either scented flowers or scented foliage. Those marked with an * release their aromas primarily at night.
FRAGRANT PERENNIALS
SPRING
Arabis caucasica (wall rock cress)
Galium odoratum (sweet woodruff)
Viola odorata (sweet violet)
SUMMER
Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle)
Calamintha nepeta (calamint)
Centranthus ruber (red valerian, Jupiter's beard)
Chamaemelum nobile (chamomile)
Dianthus spp. (pinks)
Hemerocalis 'Hyperion' (daylily)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket, sweet rocket)*
Hosta plantaginea (August lily)*
Lavandula angustifolia (lavender)
Mentha spp. (mints)
Monarda didyma (bee-balm, oswego tea)
Nepeta x faassenii (catmint)
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum' (golden oregano, golden marjoram)
Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
Phlox paniculata (garden phlox, summer phlox)
Ruta graveolens (rue)
Salvia officinalis (garden sage)
Santolina chamaecyparissus (lavender cotton)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing Bet)*
Thymuss spp. (thymes)
LATE SUMMER AND FALL
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (garden mum)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
FRAGRANT ANNUALS
Anethum graveolens (dill)
Cheiranthus cheiri (wallflower)
Clarkia amonea (godetia, satin flower)
Datura metel (downy thorn apple, horn-of-planty)*
Dianthus chinensis (China pink)
Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea)
Matthiola incana (stock)
Nicotiana alata (flowering tobacco)*
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil)
Pelargonium spp. (scented geraniums)
Perilla frutescens (perilla, beefsteak plant, shiso)
Petunia x hybrida (petunia)
Phlox drummondii (annual phlox)
FRAGRANT BULBS
SPRING
Convallaria majalis (lily-of-the-valley)
Hyacinthus orientalis (Dutch hyacinth)
Narcissus jonquilla (jonquil)
Narcissus x tazetta (paperwhite narcissus)
Tulipa x hybrida 'Bellona,' 'Christmas Marvel,' 'General De Wet,' 'Golden Melody,' 'High Society' (hybrid tulips)
SUMMER
Acidanthera murielae (Abyssinian gladiolus)
Lilium spp. And hybrids (lilies)
Freesia hybrids (freesia)
Polianthes turberosa (tuberose)*
LATE SUMMER AND FALL
Amaryllis belladona (belladona lily, naked lady)
Lycoris squamigera (resurrection lily, naked ladies)
FRAGRANT ROSES
LARGE-FLOWERED CLIMBERS
'America,' 'Climbing Crimson Glory,' 'Dan Juan,' 'Elegance, ' New Dawn,' 'White Dawn'
HYBRID TEA
'Blue Moon,' 'Broadway,' 'Chrysler Imperial,' 'Crimson Glory,' 'Curly Pink,' 'Fragrant Cloud,' 'Mr. Lincoln,' 'Roslyn Carter,' 'Sheer Bliss,' 'Sunsprite,' 'Sutter's Gold,' 'Sweet Surrender,' 'Tiffany,' 'Voodoo'
FLORIBUNDA
'Amber Queen,' 'Angel Face,' 'Fashion,' 'Iceberg,' 'Intrigue,' 'Saratoga,' 'Spartan,' 'Sun Flare,' 'Sunsprite'
GRANDIFLORA
'Arizona,' 'Queen Elizabeth,' 'Sonia,' 'White Lightnin''
OLD GARDEN ROSES
Moss roses, Musk roses, Hybrid musk roses, Bourbon roses, centifolia roses, Damask roses
ENGLISH ROSES
'Graham Thomas,' 'Heritage,' 'Mary Rose,' 'Othello'
SHRUB ROSES
'Blanc Double de Coubert,' 'Dortmund,' 'Erfurt,' 'Frau Dagmar Hastrum,' 'Kathleen,' 'Penelope'
