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Fragrant Perennial Plants

Below is a listing of perennials that produce fragrant flowers or aromatic foliage.
 
Name:
Bee Balm
Botanical:
Monarda
Height x Width: 2-4' H x 1-2' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: Red, Burgundy, or Pink
Bloom Time: Summer
Water: Performs best in moisture retentive soils
Features: Enormously large, nectar rich blooms arranged in whirling clusters atop tall stems are a hummingbird magnet! The most mildew-resistant selection.
Companions: Combine with other plants that attract hummingbirds and that prefer moisture retentive soils.
 

Name:
Butterfly Bush
Botanical:
Buddleia
Height x Width: 6-8' H x 4-5' W
Exposure: Full Sun is preferred
Bloom Color: Purple, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Wine, or White
Bloom Time: Sumer through Fall!
Water: Low
Features: Produces and abundance of flower clusters from June to frost that are butterfly magnets! Excellent specimen in the perennial garden or around patios and decks. Very Drought tolerant.
Companions: Other Butterfly Bushes, Lantanas, Yarrows, Agastache, Asters, Salvias, Tall Verbena, and other butterfly attracting plants.
 

Name:
Dianthus (Perennial)
Botanical:
Dianthus
Height x Width: 4-6"H - Space 18-24" apart
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Red, Fushia, Pink, or white shades
Bloom Time: Spring into Summer
Water: Low once established
Features: Attractive silver to grey evergreen foliage becomes covered in Spring with fragrant flowers.
Companions: Excellent as a border in sunny shrub beds or along a walkway or path.
Dianthus Star Series >>
 
'Neon Star'
'Spangled Star'
'Eastern Star'
'Fire Star'
 
 

 

Name:
Lilies - Hybrids
Botanical:
Lilium
Height x Width: 3-4' H x 18-24" W
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Assorted - Many are Fragrant!
Bloom Time: Late Spring or Early Summer
Water: Low
Features: Hardy garden Lilies are a great addition to the garden. They provide vibrant splases of color and make excellent cut flowers. The trumpet flowers attract hummingbirds. Plants multiply every season.
Companions: Plant in any sunny garden.
 
Name:
Jasmine 'Confederate'
Botanical:
Trachelosperum jasminoides
Height x Width: 10' Long+ x 2-3' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: White - Highly Fragrant
Bloom Time: Late Spring thru mid Summer
Water: Low once established
Features: Fast growing, evergreen vine with attractive foliage and an abundance of highly fragrant, long-lasting flowers produced thru Spring and into Summer!
Companions: Plant near sitting areas or windows so fragrance can be enjoyed!
 

 

Name:
Lily of The Valley
Botanical:
Convallaria majalis
Height x Width: 6'8" H x 12" W - spreading
Exposure: Shade
Bloom Color: White - fragrant
Bloom Time: Spring
Water: Average
Features: Fragrant, dainty, white bell-shaped flowers followed by striking orange berries. Dark green oval shaped leaves emerge in spring and spread under large trees.
Companions: Ferns, Hosta Lilies, Helleborus, Bleeding Hearts, Lamium, Vinca Minor, Toad Lilies, Peonies, Oakleaf Hydrangeas, Mahonias, Nandinas, Azaleas, Dogowwods, Redbud Trees, and other shade plants and trees.
 

 

Name:
Phlox 'Creeping' - Thrift
Botanical:
Phlox`subulata
Height x Width: 3-4" H x 18-24" W
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Pink, Blue, or White - White is fragrant!
Bloom Time: March - May
Water: Low
Features: A carpet forming Phlox that is covered with sky-blue flowers in Spring. Excellent for use as a border in the landscape or perennial garden, or on slopes. Very drought tolerant.
Companions: Almost any perennials or shrubs.
 

Name:
Garden Phlox - (Tall)
Botanical:
Phlox paniculata
Height x Width: 2-3' H x 2' W
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Assorted
Bloom Time: Summer into Fall if deadheaded
Water: Low to average...water during prolonged drought
Features: Large vividly-colored flower clusters are produced in abundance atop clumps of dark green foliage on vertical stems. Underused in our area. Very eye catching and a must in any sunny garden or landscape! Mildew resistant. Some are fragrant and good cut flowers.
Companions: Yarrows, Agastache, Artemesia, Hollyhocks, Coreopsis, Daisies, Butterfly Bush, Coneflowers, Gaura, Daylilies, Lantanas, Japanese Aster, Malva, Russian Sage, Salvias, Veronicas, Sedums, and more!
 

Name:
Pineapple Sage
Botanical:
Salvia elegans
Height x Width: 3' H x 2' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Time: July to Frost!
Water: Tolerates dry but prefers damp soils.
Features: Produces an abundance of red tubular flowers that are a hummingbird magnet! The foliage of this plant smells just like fresh pineapples! A must in every garden! Like moisture retentive soils.
Companions: Other perennials that like moisture retentive soils and that attract hummingbirds.
 

Name:
Rosemary 'ARP'
Botanical:
Rosmarinus
Height x Width: 3-4' H x 3-4' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: Blue
Bloom Time: Winter
Water: Low once established
Features: The hardiest of Rosemary for Zone 8. Very decorative , evergreen, wondefully fragarnt foliage useful in cooking. A well-branched shrubby Rosemary producing an abundance of small blue flowers during the winter months. Excellent for use as an evergreen accent in perennial gardens & pots..
Companions: Excellent evergreen accent for the garden. Plant nearby decks to enjoy the aromatic foliage and dainty little flowers.
 
Name:
Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls'
Botanical:
Wisteria frutescens
Height x Width: 20'+ Long x 3' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: Blue
Bloom Time: April & July
Water: Low once established
Features: A striking selection of native wisteria that will bloom from the first year on with full flower heads! Blooms in April, hence avoiding frost, and again in June or July! A Wilson Bros. Favorite.
Companions: Plant on structures in sunny areas or with partial shade.
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