12 varieties for your garden


Fragrant trees or shrubs in spring

To enjoy a fragrant bloom during spring you will be spoiled for choice.

Lilac

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Lilac is known for its superb flowering, the flowers in dense panicles of which give off a very pleasant scent. It is a very hardy plant that can be grown regardless of the region in which you live. You can choose between different varieties. Some are characterized by the color of the flowers: white, blue, purple or pink. It finds its place in a free hedge, in a massif or even isolated.

Burkwood’s viburnum

Burkwood viburnum
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This shrub can reach a height of about 2.5 m. It is first covered with pink buds which will then bloom to give way to beautiful white flowers. Hardy, it is also easy to grow in the sun or partial shade. You can install it in isolation, in a flower bed or in a free hedge. There are also other varieties such as the scented viburnum, for example.

Deutzia

Deutzia
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This plant is known for its spectacular white bloom. Again, you can choose from different varieties, such as Deutzia Magnifica or Deutzia gracilis. It is a small tree that can be installed in a pot. It needs to be pruned regularly to promote flowering.

Fragrant trees or shrubs in summer

To enjoy a fragrant summer, you can also opt for summer flowering plants.

Gardenia

beautiful flower Gardenia jasminoides
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The cultivation of gardenia, also called “Cape jasmine” is rather reserved for regions where winter temperatures do not drop below -10 ° C. Choose a location in partial shade and sheltered from the wind. You can also plant it in a pot to be able to bring it in before the first frosts. Its beautiful pure white flowers give off a very pleasant scent. You can use it alone, in a bed or in a pot.

Clergy tree

Clergy Tree
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This shrub seduces not only with its exotic look, but also with its fragrance. It is a plant that grows quickly and is quite easy to get along with. However, avoid installing it in particularly humid soil in winter or in a place where it is excessively hot in summer. It withstands temperatures down to -15 ° C. It can be installed in a massive, free hedge or isolated.

Heptacodium

Originally from China, this very rustic shrub offers a beautiful vaporous bloom of white color which is delicately scented and melliferous. Subsequently, these star flowers become very decorative reddish calyxes. In autumn, the leaves turn yellow. It can be planted as a free hedge, in a bed or in isolation, not forgetting that it can reach up to 4 m in height.

Fragrant trees or shrubs in the fall

You may think that in the fall, the garden gradually loses its appeal. However, it is possible to choose shrubs whose summer flowering ends later and to preserve the continuity of a flower garden in all seasons by associating them with shrubs whose winter flowering begins a little earlier.

Autumn Camellia

Autumn Camellia
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Among the different varieties of camellia, you can turn to the fall camellia or Christmas camellia, a small shrub with evergreen foliage. Its flowering usually begins around October and extends until December. You will have the choice between different colors: pink, white, red. However, only some varieties are more fragrant than others. You can install it in a massif, a hedge or isolated.

Chalef

Chalef
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Also known as Elaeagnus ebbingei, this fast growing shrub is evergreen. When fall arrives, it becomes covered with small, cream-colored bell-shaped flowers. Although the flowers are small, they give off a powerful fragrance. It is a very hardy plant that tolerates drought well. It can be installed in pots, beds, hedges or free hedges, regardless of the region in which you live.

Philotheca

Philoteca
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Philotheca is a shrub that can reach 2 m in height. Persistent, it retains its interest throughout the year. Its long flowering spans autumn, winter and spring. All the while, it offers small, waxy white star-shaped flowers and has a pleasant sweet scent. Rustic, it supports temperatures down to -10 ° C. Once installed, this shrub is quite resistant. It can be installed in a free hedge, in a pot, in a bed or in isolation. It also finds its place in gardens by the sea.

Fragrant trees or shrubs in winter

Against all expectations, winter is a season where you can still enjoy fragrant blooms.

Mahonia

Mahonia
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More commonly known as “false holly”, this shrub is easygoing and hardy. It allows you to enjoy a bright yellow bloom which gives off a pleasant scent, followed by bluish berries. Its foliage is persistent. Undemanding, however, it prefers a shady location and cool, well-drained soil. It can be used in a defensive hedge, in flower beds, in pots for low varieties, or in isolation.

Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel
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Known for its fragrance, this shrub will delight you with its beautiful yellow, orange or red flowering which is characterized by its originality. It appears in winter on bare twigs. Indeed, its foliage is deciduous, but in autumn, it sports beautiful colors. It is a very hardy plant that should be installed in the sun or partial shade in cool, well-drained soil. You can plant it alone, in a bed or in a hedge.

Chimonanthe

Early Chimonanthe
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To enjoy the scent of hyacinth, opt for this shrub with deciduous foliage that is covered in winter with flowers in the shape of yellow bells. It is very rustic and undemanding. It can be planted in pots, hedges, beds or in isolation.





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