#frangrantflowers

Plant of the Day

Saturday 30 September 2017

One of the last trees to flower is Tilia henryana (Henrys lime, lime, linden) providing the insects with some late nectar. This species was discovered in China by Augustine Henry and introduced to the UK in 1901 by Ernest Wilson. Here the trees are being trained to shade visitors on the cafe terrace of the Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, allowing the eyelash like margins of the leaves and the fragrant, creamy-white flowers to be appreciated.

Plant of the Day

Monday 5 June 2017

In June the roses really get into their stride - here Rosa 'Charles de Mills' (rose) filled the air with fragrance from the fully double, quartered, crimson-purple flowers. This is a small upright deciduous shrub, so there is always room for one more rose! 

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 1 March 2017

A cloud of pale pink flowers attracted attention from the large and vigorous Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn'. This deciduous shrub has upright growth, spreading by producing additional stems from ground level. The clusters of scented, light pink and white flowers opening from red buds through autumn and winter to early spring. 

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Plant of the Day

Friday 22 April 2016

Osmanthus delavayi (Delavay osmanthus) forms a dense, rather slow-growing medium-sized evergreen shrub with small dark green leaves up to 2.5cm in length. In the spring it had abundant small, highly-scented white flowers in clusters which are followed by small, blue-black berries. This plant responds well to pruning and can be clipped to form a hedge. Here it has been thinned at the base to provide more light and space for an understory of plants. Originally the plant was collected in 1890 by Abbe Delavay in Sichuan and Yunnan and sent to a French nursery for introduction to gardens. The fragrance is so welcome in the garden and people often miss the source with these small flowers.

Plant of the Day

Sunday 7 February 2016

The scent from the white flowers of this planting of Sarcococca confusa (sweet box) has been making visitors stop to discover the source. This evergreen shrub has glossy, deep green, wavy edged leaves and can grow up to 2m in height but is easy to control by pruning and will easily regenerate. In winter, small, very sweetly scented flowers are produced which are followed by glossy black berries, these often persist alongside the next season's flower display. This plant grows well in shade and sun providing the soil does not become too dry.