Nicest smelling flowers and plants....?

Hi there, can you shed some light on what is the best and nicest smelling flowers or foliage? We will be using our garden quite a bit this year, with barbecues etc... And want the summer evenings to smell as lovely as possible. Being walled and tiny, the aroma should be contained.

Cheers!

 

I have a tiny walled garden, I planted with perfume in mind The Clematis Montanas are good I have 3 different sorts they are reliable and get better every year, Honey suckle, The tree lilies knock you out in the evening, Phlox ,particulaly the white ones, The old fashioned climbing rose over the arch is a heady perfume, Wall flowers, Pinks, Jasmine,
I wanted things that came up every year and got better, for annual fill ins night scented stock takes some beating doesn't look much in the day but in the evening Wow ,It does take a few years tho to really get going.Hope this helps.

 

Tree lillys & brugmansia
Night scented stock & lemon balm

 

Can't go wrong with some strongly scented Roses (providing they will get enough sunlight). I would recommend Golden Celebration or Gertrude Jekyll (which you could grow as a short climber).

 

All the above are amazing...there's also good old fashioned Lavender and Nicotiana Sylvestris is another lovely plant

 

I can vouch for N.sylvestris, although it tends to be a late season bloomer. Brugmansia has a long blooming season, but it is probably a little late in the year to get a great result if you need to buy one.
Jasmine officinale is a good doer through the summer, and what about a few pots of Dianthus?

Sorry to hear that your cooker is broken/stolen. Hopefully the situation will be sorted soon before you and your family have to resort to burnt offerings

If you're going to barbequeing, it's probably best to avoid Dictamnus albus!

 

You can't beat a Jasmine imo.
They need a lot of protection in winter though.

 

I have a dwarf lilac standard. Throws out an amazing scent, especially in the evenings. Last year, mine blossomed twice, so double the lovely scent (no idea if it will do the same this year, though). I love it for fragrance in my yard-sized garden.

 

All of the above plus Freesias, heavenly scented

 

For me, its dianthus (lots of different ones have good fragrance), and night scented Stock. Its tiny, but very fragrant after sunset.

I guess it partly depends on when your gatherings will happen. Many fragrant plants get their trigger to release their essential oils when its sunny. Some release it after sunset. It depends what its natural pollinators are.

In sunshine though, personally, although many plants are truly amazing, I don't think you can beat common old sage and/or common old lemon balm. It depends what you're after though. Sage smells sort of like a cross between oranges and freshly cut grass, whereas the likes of Jaz and Dianthus are more sort of perfume like.