Smells of your garden

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  1. redstar

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    While pictures say a thousand words we can' t up load the smells of our gardens.
    My gardens start in the early spring with spicy viberums drifting through our bedroom windows. Then honeysuckle begins. Then my epaulette tree blooms at the same time my early lilac shrubs bloom and die off just in time for my later lilac shrubs which weave their scent with the mock orange shrub, so lovely. (currently smelling ) I do lack roses for want of more sun to continue the scents for the balance of the summer. There are wild raspberry shrubs near the creek giving off a suttle scent, the birds will enjoy the feast this summer.
    So what scents do you have in your gardens.
     
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      Nothing nicer than walking up the garden and stopping in your tracks because you've caught a waft of a lovely fragrance :wub2:

      Spring

      Osmanthus x burkwoodii
      Cytisus (looks ugly most of the year but the smell when it blooms is well worth it)
      Dwarf Lilac
      Choisya ternata
      Deciduous Azalea
      Wisteria (not for much longer though as the pergola which supported it has collapsed so it'll be coming out, which is a shame)

      Summer
      Roses, Roses and more Roses - from June through to October :wub2:
      Philadelphus Virginal
      Buddleia Pink Delight
       
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        Buddleia Pink Delight fragrant???? Guess I have to get one, it will grow here just fine.
         
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          Currently, my apple tree smells yummy and my little pot of viola's has a wondeful scent. I am currently looking to develop my planting for smell, so this is a great thread for ideas. :)
           
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          Wonder if we can do a GC Scratch & Sniff screen:biggrin:
           
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            I like Syrings vulgaris and roses smell (although I don't have any).
             
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            Got to agree with all that Merleworld has said, some of those plants will make your head turn as you catch the scents.:snork:
             
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              Not much fragrant in my garden at the moment, except the lilac at the back which is glorious. Got some roses that will hopefully show me some fragrant blooms later in the year though.
               
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              At the moment it's the Wisteria, Lilac, Viburnum and Honeysuckle. But hopefully in the next few weeks my Dracunculus vulgaris will put out a bloom.
               
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                Today my garden is mostly smelling of lilac.
                 
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                  In our garden, it is as follows:

                  My garden always smells. The wife grew some Brompton Stock which we think its what's been blooming non-stop for ages now and is lovely, but there is always a subtle stink of the local works.
                   
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                    Forgot, I have bought some Stocks seeds which I know I am a bit late sowing, but am going to try them anyway. I also have a Lonicera Halliana which I am hoping will flower this year.
                     
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                    I forgot my two honeysuckles - although I have no idea what they smell like as they haven't flowered for me yet. :noidea:
                     
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                      As everything's so late this year, so far it's just been wallflowers and lilac. The philadelphus which is usually flowering its socks off by now is covered in very tightly closed buds. The hawthorn is also late on the edge of the woods behind our house - a smell which always reminds me of England. Also looking forward to the honeysuckle and phlox, and, for the first time I've sowed some sweet rocket and evening primrose which are battling bravely against the elements. I didn't bother with sweet peas this year as it usually gets too hot and dry for them very quickly - typically we're having the coldest spring on record and a huge sweet pea, with a couple of flowers, has appeared in amongst the climbers on the trellis.
                       
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                      • Phil A

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                        Bit of a whiff of dead Badger around the place this evening.
                         
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