How to create a pleasant ornamental garden

Fragrant flowers are an important part of any ornamental garden, especially if they bloom at different times of the year. To do so, you need to choose and “schedule” flowers carefully to make sure that your garden smells nice as longest as possible. Certain scents relax humans and can help you enjoy your garden even more. There are many types of flowers and plants to choose from and you can use them to create a hedge, a flowerbed or even a lawn. There are certain species that produce fragrant flowers, leaves and even buds.

Many faces of fragrance

As for scent creation, some plants spread their fragrance during the day, others in the evening or at night. When choosing plants for your fragrance garden, you should consider not only when they bloom, but when they actually produce the most fragrance. Do not plant fragrant plants that bloom at the same time in one flower bed. Plants that produce mild fragrance should be planted in places protected from wind. For example lavender is most fragrant when grown in direct sunlight.

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Spring plants

Aromatic spring plants include hyacinths, violets and daffodils. When they are done blooming, lilacs and roses will take over (there are several types of lilacs with different flowering times). Great plants also include wisteria (toxic) and azaleas, which bloom in May and provide colourful display) or magnolias (beautiful smell and attractive flowers). Lilies of the valley also bloom in May and are well-suited for shady places, under trees for example. At the end of May, jasmine, lavender, sage and other herbs release their fragrance. Honeysuckle is great in June.

Summer plants

Obviously, plenty aromatic flowers bloom in summer. One of the most fragrant includes daylilies, peonies or phloxes. Roses are beautiful and available in many different varieties. Do not forget flowering shrubs and trees which are beautiful to look at and produce plenty of scent too.

Autumn plants

Heathers are aromatic plants that produce scent at the end of summer and at the beginning of autumn. The scent is very specific and attracts bees even in autumn. Heathers have similar requirements as azaleas, so plant these close to each other. There are varieties of roses that do not bloom until autumn and may be an interesting choice for your aromatic garden.

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