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Fragrant Gardens?

19 years ago

I was browsing this board last year and came across someone who recommended a website for fragrant annuals and seeds - something like Fragrance Gardens or Fragrant Gardens? It was wonderful - but now I can't find it again. They had a list of summer's most fragrant, night fragrant flowers, etc. The owner of the site had taken a leave because of a death in the family. Does anyone know this site that I am speaking of? Any assistance would help - thanks.

Comments (7)

  • 19 years ago

    Was it The Fragrant Path seed / plant company?

    Here is a link that might be useful: The Fragrant Path

  • 19 years ago

    hi! it sounds like Flower Scent Gardens. one of my favorite nurseries!

  • 19 years ago

    If you are looking for something that smells sometimes almost too sweet - my night blooming jasmine is true! Low maintenance and dependable...Can grow into a large bush or trained - I have one by the street wired over a trelis and the back yard bush is kept groomed...either way...Mine blooms every full moon and the sweet smell always seems to delight the pm walkers...only blooms at night....google this is not familar...Anyway, I have new seeds and I have successfully been placing several stem stocks dipped in growth hormone and mailing out...with the receiving end arriving in good shape...place in water and root away...just a thought if you are interested....email me

  • 19 years ago

    Not familiar with the website you're looking for, but a wonderfully fragrant night flower is Datura. Lovely both in foliage and flower and fairly strongly scented.

    Also, don't overlook petunias. The scent of petunias is wonderful on a warm, muggy evening (white and purple cultivars are the most fragrant).

    Heliotrope is one of my favorite annuals, I can't resist sticking my nose in it every time I step out onto the patio.

    If you want to really knock your olfactory socks off, nothing beats Oriental Lillies - GLORIOUS! If you don't want to plant any in the garden, you can buy pots of them (or pot up your own bulbs) to scatter around. I grow mine in my beds, and I also have pots of them on the patio, which I overwinter in the garage with no problem.

  • 19 years ago

    I love them for seeds and advice about sweet peas.
    http://www.fragrantgarden.com/

    Here is a link that might be useful: Fragrant Garden

  • 19 years ago

    Sweet peas are not night bloomers.

  • 19 years ago

    Don't forget about nicotiana. Some varieties are very fragrant, others are not. I've grown eau de cologne, and they really have a nice fragrance. While my nicotiana and lilies have the strongest perfume, stocks have to come in a close second. Such a beautiful, sweet clove scent, much like carnations, but stronger. Sweet allysum is a sweet scented annual that I use a lot, although I find the white kinds do better than the colors. Some petunias, heliotrope (I never had luck with it, but it supposedly nice) and snapdragons have a light, sweet fragrance. I had datura last year, it was great too. Peonies are good for the fragrant garden, although some peonies are more fragrant than others. I have "festiva maxima" a beautiful double white with flecks of pink. It's been around a long time and the fragrance is strong and beautiful. This year I am going to grow some mignonette. The flowers aren't supposed to be much to look at, but the fragrance is supposedly great. I plant to scatter them about the flower beds, where the flashier flowers will give color, and the mignonette scent. For spring bulbs, hyacinths are a must have for the fragrant garden. I plant them near my windows, so when I open them, the scent comes inside. Actually, I always start a few indoors in hyacinth glasses to have all winter. I've got one in bloom right now. .