SCENT TO SEND YOU

Oh that looks beautifull Armandii....Osmanthus you say....thats another one on my list now.... you lot are costing me a fortune

 

I thought this was going to be a scratch & sniff thread

 

I now found a spot for 2 ... (always wanted to plant these and was reminded from this thread)

I have just started landscaping an old pub that was closed down, and was there today ....

there is not much there at the moment....

 

In my experience, plant scents are seldom overpowering. There are some exceptions. The common jasmine can pack a punch on a hot summer's night, and an ex-neighbour of mine used to complain that my climbing honeysuckle gave her headaches. (Shame she didn't have the same reaction to dog poo .) My town is surrounded by rapeseed fields and they can be pretty rank; a friend once described it as being rather like a whiff from a full dirty linen bin. But it's much more likely that you'll be underwhelmed by plant fragrance than overwhelmed.

Someone once told me that she had bought a wisteria marked 'slightly fragrant', because she wanted it to smell but didn't want anything too strong. I had to tell her that, in nurseryman speak, 'slightly fragrant' meant 'perfume detectable only by those with an exceptional sense of smell, on the one day of summer when there is no wind and no bbq aroma from next door'.

 

Looking for a scented shrub so will look out for an Osmanthus-had one in a previous garden but had forgotten all about it. Is this year special? My Pieris (Forest Flame) is like a living hive with bees this year and the scent from the flowers is quite strong, it's been there years and I've never noticed any scent before but maybe the weather's been so good I'm lingering in the garden rather than scurrying through the rain this year!
I have Philadelphus just next to it which won't flower for ages yet but I love that except in very hot still weather (which we don't get often in Wales) when I find the scent gets too heavy and like bubble-gum.

 

Hi WestWales

It's probably just that we're experiencing a warm spring, so the bees are out and about earlier and in greater numbers. Plants scents are generally stronger on mild, sunny days as well. If we have a typically cool, blustery March it takes a very strong scent to overcome the weather!

 

Sounds wonderful the Burkwoodii and the Mock orange, will look them up. I do have two Mock oranges one has varigated leaves and the other has the light green leaves, both smell some. Unfortunately my selection of both had to do with the zone and if they could take some shade. So some shrubs have be ruled out if they can't handle those conditions. However we have a new area which is more sunny, still the same zone, will check both out.

One awsome scent thing we have out in my area, as there are lots of open country side and woods is wild honeysuckle. Come around end of May to middle June they all bloom and as your driving the scent is everywhere.

 

Your Recomendation will be ideal for me when I build my Harbour that's Beautiful