Shrubs With Fragrant Leaves

The above information shows various shrubs and bushes and their attributes. Shrubs have many uses in the landscape but gardeners who appreciate sweet smelling plants will be especially drawn to the most fragrant shrubs.

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Shrubs with fragrant leaves

10 award winning shrubs with fragrant foliage in summer and in sunny situations in particular scented leaves add a whole new dimension to gardens says graham rice the aromatic oils in foliage are released most powerfully when the plants benefit from hot sunny situations and that tells us the best planting places for most of these plants. Whether cold hardy or tropical bushes in this group are valued for scenting the air and thereby diversifying the enjoyment of your yard. Hardy in zones 9 11 it can be planted in the garden or in containers and can even be moved indoors over the winter.

The blooms on many of these also boast great beauty. Don t confuse it with bay laurel which also has fragrant leaves. The first sign in evergreen shrub identification is that evergreen shrubs retain their leaves throughout the year.

A shrubby herb wormwood artemisia absinthium grows 2 to 4 feet in height with aromatic leaves. Wormwood leaves are silvery white and covered with tiny hairs. Shade and moist well drained soil.

Small yellow green catkin clusters bloom in april and early may. From scents of jasmine to pineapple these fragrant shrubs are a breath of fresh air. A compact deciduous shrub the viburnum offers clusters of pink buds that produce fragrant white flowers in mid to late spring.

However fragrant shrubs serve an additional purpose by bringing a beautiful scent to your yard. The bloomerang series bloomerang purple bloomerang dark purple and bloomerang pink perfume of reblooming lilacs gives you more of what you love. 18 beautiful spring flowering shrubs that bloom year after year.

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