Your guide to
SUMMER SCENT Choose fabulously fragranced flowers to add an extra-special touch to your summer garden
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cented plants can really help set the scene. They let you create ambience with blooms in the same way you would use candles and diffusers to evoke a mood in the house. Early mornings and balmy evenings are all the better if you’ve filled your patio pots and flowerbeds with intoxicating fragrance to
add to the feel-good factor of being out in the garden. Don’t hide these magical plants away in a corner though. Instead, make them the star of the show. They are particularly welcoming positioned near the path leading up to your front door or planted around the entrance so you can enjoy the fragrance every time you pass.
‘Scented plants help transform a space into something quite wonderful’
Or plant up a windowbox so you can make the most of the scent indoors as well – as the fragrance gently drifts in through an open window. Scented plants really do help to transform a space into something quite wonderful and there’s a huge choice available. Whether your preference is for something sweet like honey or vanilla, fresh and zesty such as lemon, or with spicy or musky notes, there’s sure to be a fragranced flower that’s set to become your favourite. Be sure to plant scented flowers near where you relax
Scented foliage It’s not just about the flowers. The narrow leaves of lavender are the most fragrant of all when you brush against them. Run your fingers over a thyme bush and the pretty grey-green leaves release a lovely lemon scent. Camomile can be planted so the leaves weave together to create a scented lawn that releases a sweet fragrance when you tread on it. The fresh aromatic leaves of rosemary have an almost medicinal quality when rubbed, while many pelargoniums have delightfully scented leaves including some that smell of roses. Take your pick! 112 YOUR PERFECT GARDEN
