skip to main content
Get Ideas
Photos
Stories
Discussions
Houzz TV
Houzz Research
Shop Products
    Shop Curated Bathroom Vanities
Looking for the perfect gift? Send a Houzz Gift Card!
LIGHTING SALE Sale
ON SALE - UP TO 75% OFF
Shop Promo Banner
0
Your shopping cart is empty.
Sign In
Join as a Pro
Houzz Pro: One simple solution for contractors and design pros
Join as a Pro
Houzz Logo Print
Explore DiscussionsFeatured Home DiscussionsFeatured Garden Discussions
Fragrant Plants
peaseblossom_gw

Fragrant shrub ID

peaseblossom
18 years ago

Hello,

There's a pretty shrub on campus (blooms in the spring) that has pink blooms and smells wonderful. A sweet, soapy scent that wafts. The flowers look sort of like a mallow, but I don't think that's it. Any idea what it could be?

Thanks:)

Comments (2)

Related Stories
GARDENING GUIDES8 Plants for a Deliciously Fragrant Fall Garden
By Le jardinet
Scent the autumn air with the perfume of caramel corn, honey and spices by adding these intoxicating plants to your landscape
Full Story
62
GARDENING GUIDES6 Captivating Roses for an Alluringly Fragrant Garden
By J. Peterson Garden Design
Perfume your garden with aromas from richly spicy to lightly sweet, without sacrificing an inch of color
Full Story
40
FLOWERS AND PLANTSBauhinia Lunarioides Perfumes the Garden With Its Fragrant Flowers
By Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting
Bees and butterflies flock to this Texas shrub’s white and pink flowers in spring and summer
Full Story
13
FLOWERS AND PLANTSVitex Agnus-Castus Fills Gardens With Fragrant Blooms and Foliage
By Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting
Spikes of purple flowers adorn chaste tree’s aromatic foliage throughout the warm season in Southern gardens
Full Story
20
GARDENING GUIDESGreat Design Plant: Ceanothus Pleases With Nectar and Fragrant Blooms
By Kate Bryant
West Coast natives: The blue flowers of drought-tolerant ceanothus draw the eye and help support local wildlife too
Full Story
44
FLOWERSHerb Garden Essentials: Grow Your Own Fragrant Lavender
By Marianne Lipanovich
This do-it-all plant is ideal for almost any garden, and its uses are abundant around the home
Full Story
46
GARDENING GUIDESGreat Design Plant: Fragrant Trachelospermum Jasminoides
By Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting
This graceful vine’s scented white flowers attract admirers near and far
Full Story
11
GARDENING GUIDESYour Garden: 6 Fragrant Plants Surprise and Delight
By Matt Kilburn
Enchant the senses and enliven your landscape with scented foliage that goes beyond everyday florals
Full Story
6
FALL GARDENING9 Deer-Resistant Flowering Shrubs to Plant This Fall
By Brian Barth
These exquisite shrubs will attract your attention but won’t tempt the deer that roam your neighborhood at night
Full Story
38
PLANTING IDEAS5 Reasons to Bring Shrubs Into the Flower Garden
By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens
Mix up the garden experience and let the flowers and shrubs play together
Full Story
20
Item 3 of 7
Sponsored
Learn More
More Discussions
Chloranthus spicatus dead… devastated
1
Choosing between different size star jasmine
2
Another lush Grocery store Gardenia in buds-Best way to handle
3
White and Yellow Champaca Dying . Please help revive
0
Viburnum carlesii vs Vibernum Burwoodii - which would you recommend?
4