Knock out scented shrubs for a sun baked south facing border?

[Blusy]

I've got a strip at the side of my house that is south facing and gets absolutely baked by the sun come the height of summer- there's a hydrangea there at the moment that pretty much gets cooked come August!

The space is about 7 metres long and the soil isn't great quality- it gets very dry in the summer, although I'm adding lots of organic material to try and improve things on that front. I thinking of re-planting it with some scented shrubs, I've got my eye on a Philadelphus, a Lilac and a Wisteria trained on the wall, simply because they all seem to be sun lovers and put a huge smile on my face when I see and smell them in someone else's garden! But what gorgeously scented sun lovers would you recommend I add to my sun baked patch?

Rosemary.

Euphorbia mellifera? I have it against a south facing house wall. I'm not sure how dry it gets - I never water it, but we are on a clay soil. Honey scent in early summer earlier than lilac but later than wallflowers.

A daphne, for late winter and spring fragrance.

Lavender is the obvious one.

Any of the mediterranean herbs would do well in a border like that really.

I was going to say Philadelphus. I wonder about a honeysuckle too? I think you can get a hardy oregano if you wanted to do a herb patch with rosemary and lavender too.

Obviously not a shrub but sweet peas are pretty easy and have a beautiful scent.

Daphne is glorious in the winter too as above.

Jasmines for scent in May/June - not a shrub & looks a bit scrappy over winter but can become very dense and shrubby & quickly put on a lot of growth. Clotted cream is a good one for fragrance.

Trachelospermum jasminoides is even better than jasmine - it flowers more heavily over a longer period and smells glorious, especially in the evening. And night scented stock, easy and cheap to grow from seed among other plants, is not a shrub but a nice little filler for a few years until the shrubs grow.

Thank you all so much wise MNers, there are so many good suggestions here! I'd not even thought about mediterranean herbs, but that makes complete sense for such a sun baked space. And the Euphorbia and clotted cream jasmine look fab!

lavendar, dahlias (there's some lovely ones) scatter poppy seeds and nigella. Thyme, rosemary and oregano. Also silver leafed plants (curry plant is good).

Choisya