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What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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Posted by flowersandthings MidAtlantic 6/7 (My Page) on Sun, May 28, 06 at 1:21
What other GREAT hardy fragrants should I grow? Here's what I have I "hope" I'm missing something (I could get :) ).....
lavender
hyacinth
sweet violets
lily of the valley
lilacs
scented roses
phlox
?????? What else?
- P.S. I'm in zone 7 (barely almost zone 6) on the Jersey shore. (acidic soil and moderate moisture)....... |
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RE: What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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Some I have are:
Datura - extremely fragrant, blooms only at night
Honeysuckle
hardy jasmine (pink buds that open to white flowers)
sweet peas (not nec. hardy, but they successfully reseed for me, so they come back every year)
spanish broom
harlequin glorybower
echinacea
and some iris are also quite fragrant, some aren't tho', so you need to smell them in bloom before planting them... |
RE: What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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- Posted by jimshy z7 Brooklyn, NY (My Page) on
Wed, May 31, 06 at 16:44
| How much room ya got? ;>) Are you looking mainly for herbs and perennials? Shrubs? Full-sized trees? The FAQ for the forum doesn't distinguish between hardy and non-hardy plants, since what's hardy depends on where you are. You might want to take a look at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's handbook on fragrant plants, or Louise Wilder's "The Fragrant Path", which you can often find used. Both have tons of info. For a few extra picks, you could try one of the hardier gardenia varieties, abelias, magnolia virginiana or stellata, fothergilla gardenii, agastache, monarda, wallflowers, winter honeysuckle, nicotiana, some hosta varieties, sarcoccoca . . . . . . Enjoy! Jim |
RE: What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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| Some others - Daphne, many bearded irises (check as abq_bob suggests), peonies, sweet autumn clematis, oriental lilies, wisteria, some hostas, crossvine... |
RE: What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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I absolutely love my Dianthus 'Bath's pink'. It perfumes my entire driveway.
Rose |
RE: What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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| Get a Calycanthus 'Athens.' You won't be able to keep your nose out of the flowers! |
RE: What hardy fragrants am I missing?
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magnolias, mock orange, honeysuckles, clethra (too foxy for me)lilies of the valley, hosta planaginas, roses (of course), some of the day lilies are very fragrant, daphne,
lilacs, lilies, miggonet(reseda?), daffs, diggerb |
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