SCENT TO SEND YOU

That looks wonderful Armandii! I think we're all going to see some real stunners this year with an abundance of flowers.

My daffs have excelled themselves already and I look forward to what else is coming.

I went to check the young Jasmine I've got growing up a telegraph pole in my garden and discovered it wasn't the Jasmine but a young clematis my brother gave me late last year which he'd grown (I thought it had died), it's also coming into bloom. I'm over the moon as I have not been able to keep Clematis' alive in my garden, this is a first! I'll take pictures when it opens and post them on here, I haven't a clue which one it is.

 

I often use this site to select fragrant plants (I try and include fragrant plants in all gardens at key areas, and try to select for fragrance for most months of the year):
http://www.crescentbloom.com/plants/lists/Sweet scented/

They don't have all the plants/shrubs, but I find their descriptions to be very accurate, and this is the best site I have found so far ....

I tend to go for the ones that have 'overpowering or strong scent'

 

My nose is old, so I tend to go for the 'overpowering' ... my wife enjoys Yankee scented candles .... I cannot even smell some of them, yet my wife and children can

so, If I say it smells good, you can be assured that it's very strong smelling

 

no .... i even use Aramis aftershave which my wife says is overpowering

but jokes aside, one of the nicest smelling shrubs for me is Philadelphus Mock orange... I stick with the Belle Etoile species that the site recomends (they say it's overpowering)

I cannot even smell Clematis Armandii or Clematis Armandii apple blossom from close, yet many say it smells lush

I have not planted a Osmanthus yet, but have read lots about it .... prob is it gets large, and I have not yet had a space to plant one

 

the one that I have my eye on is Osmanthus fragrans .... they say if grows 6 meters tall with a spread of 6 meters (that is huge for most of the gardens I work at) .... plus the planting location has to be carefully selected as it dislikes wind

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/11053.shtml

 

I've made a note A.
If I can find one locally this year, I'll get one in the garden for next year's benefit.
Cheers.

 

will definately have a closer look at these again .... many people comment favourably about the scent

 

I bought a couple of young Osmanthus Burkwoodii last year and they are coming into flower I've got one in a north facing border which is shooting up and one in a container on my east facing patio, which is producing more flowers.

None of them are open yet so I haven't experienced the fragrance, but look forward to it.

My neighbour used to have a Philadelphus by the fence on which the fragrance was divine. It's one of the plants on my list to get in the not too distant future (if I can find somewhere to put it).