Fragrant shrubs.

I am looking very, very fragrant shrubs for throughout the year for a fragrant bed I am planning. What are your recommendations?

 

sarcococca, i just love it! but i guess its just winter fragrance :(

 

I love Sarcocca too and have those for winter fragrance near the back of the house.

 

Good evening Woo. Yes, I could do with some more of those. I love the scent of them and they are very pretty to look at too. Thank you.

 

If you've got reasonable loamy soil, Lea, the Daphnes are unbeatable for scent. Very pretty evergreen or semi-evergreen small shrubs, they can be tricky to grow though!
Lonicera purpusii isn't remarkable to look at but highly scented flowers in winter. One of the best early-summer-flowering shrubs is Viburnum carlcephalum, that really carries. Roses to take you through summer? For autumn, some of the Hostas like Royal Standard have scented flowers. Give me a few minutes....my UK garden was nearly all scented plants..will have a nostalgic look at the photos......
JWK beat me to it!

 

Perhaps Buddleia or Eleagnus ebbingeii for late summer and autumn?

 

Hoooo...the most insignificant flowers, JWK, but what a perfume!

 

Some great ideas so far. Thank you folks!
Keep them coming.

 

I've got a Clerodendrum bungei, it has a wonderful scent and flowers later in the summer

Also worth looking for Calycanthus floridus , I've just got one from a sale bed at the local garden centre and am looking forward to seeing it flower

 

I tried to create a scented walk, donkey's years ago. I never felt I had enough in flower at once to really carry a strong scent. Perhaps the site was too exposed (it wasn't THAT exposed, but perhaps it doesn't take much breeze to carry the scent away?)

Is a proper scented garden, which will do its thing for most of the year, viable? How much shelter does it need - would a surrounding hedge 8' tall be enough?

 

How about Wintersweet and Witch Hazel for the winter?