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Old 22-03-2003, 11:29 AM
Kay Easton
 
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Default Scented plants

In article , Judy Rigby judy.rigby
@rigbys.demon.co.uk writes

I'm planning to fill a bed just outside the back patio doors with
scented plants. It's south facing & about 5' x 10'. In height I'm
looking to a maximum of about 3', but mostly lower growing plants.

I'd like a mixture of shrub, perennial & some annuals & self-seeders.
Can anyone help me out, please, by adding to the list of possible
candidates:

pinks
lavender
nicotiana
evening primrose
night scented stock
lilies
???


wallflower - scent early in the year.
Sarcococca, Viburnum bodnantense for winter scent
Honeysuckle - not necessarily one of the climbers, could use one of the
shrub ones.
Syringa microphylla - a fairly small repeat flowering lilac.
daffodils
lily of the valley

You'll have to choose your favourites! - you won't get all that lot in.

Try to get a succession throughout the year - I have wallflower followed
by honeysuckle, Euphorbia mellifera, lavender, nicotiana.

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Kay Easton

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