The sweet, heavy perfume of the fragrant evening primrose wafts in the sunset on balmy summer evenings. The first night moths will soon come to pollinate the buds. The plant is just one of many that ...

While there are many thousands of different plants to choose from, incorporating some of the best fragrant shrubs to your yard can be transformational, adding a sensory dimension wherever they are ...

Neutral to slightly alkaline (6.0-8.0) This grasslike groundcover has it all: evergreen foliage, fragrant blooms, drought ...

Fragrance has the ability to transport us to another time, another place, and — when employed in the garden — it can create magic. Many of our emotions and memories are closely linked, due to the ...

We love fragrant flowers, with their amazing range of scents reminiscent of chocolate, cotton candy, and beyond. They have the power to trigger a memory—a pink peony can remind you of a favorite ...

In a recent column, I mentioned that sweet almond shrubs I’ve cultivated in Central Florida were scentless, even though the species is widely deemed intensely fragrant. It’s possible that ancestry ...

From fragrant lavender to sun-loving cosmos, these seven low maintenance summer plants won't need much care – some even ...

Full disclosure: I wasn’t always a fan of California native plants because, honestly, I didn’t know anything about them. I was too busy being googly-eyed over show-stopper ornamentals like roses. My ...

Of all the flowers in the garden, lavender is probably one of the most popular and easily recognized for its beautiful purple spiked blossoms and aromatic fragrance. Native to the dry slopes that ...

Every year when May arrives, I am sure that the time has come to remove my lemon verbena. Started from a sprig growing in a four-inch pot about 20 years ago, it is now more than six feet tall and wide ...

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