Fill Your Garden With Fragrance, Thanks to Lilies!
Large flowers, vibrant colours, and delightful scents. What more could you want from lilies? Lilies (Lilium sp.) are perennial plantsContinue Reading
Category: Scented Plants
Easy Perennial Collection: Nepetas or Almost False Catnip
It always comes back to the same thing. Thousands of gardeners are looking for ways to garden… less! Yes, theyContinue Reading
I Never Get Tired of Russian Lilacs
The beginning of summer is off to a good start when the lilacs begin to bloom! What gorgeous flowers! AndContinue Reading
Is Frankincense Going the Way of the Dodo?
Frankincense: one of the gifts of the Magi. Photo: artisanaromatics.com Most Westerners well know the story of the gifts ofContinue Reading
The Scent of a Garden
Entrance to the Jardin botanique Roger-Van den Hende. A few days ago, I visited my local botanical garden, the Jardin botaniqueContinue Reading
Small Plant Makes a Big Stink!
Giant carrion plant (Stapelia gigantea). Photo: World of succulents & 3.bp.blogspot.com My wife pulled me away from my morning newspaper.Continue Reading
Peonies That Make Scents
Question: I have been looking for scented peonies for five years now. Every year, I go to the nursery, I smellContinue Reading
Should Fragrant Flowers Be Banished from the Bedroom?
Some scented plants can perturb sleep. Source: www.bitmoji.com & www.amazon.com It is not always a good idea to keep intenselyContinue Reading
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Rue: the Herb that Shouldn’t Be
These days, everyone loves traditional plants, the ones our ancestors grew. Garden writers keep dragging old plants out of mothballsContinue Reading
The Delicate Art of Getting Easter Lilies to Bloom… At Easter!
Easter is one of the year’s most important holidays. Since the beginning of the Christian era, Easter has represented theContinue Reading