Your favourite flowers for scent? Not roses, lavender or sweetpeas

[Koulibiak]

I’m looking for recommendations for scented flowers for my garden, beyond the usual roses, lavender and sweetpeas. Last year I sowed nicotianas, which smelled divine of an evening. Can anything top that? Or would provide similar scent but in the morning? Ideally something I can grow from seed, but I am open minded. I already have star Jasmine, brugmansias, a daphne, sweetpeas and scented leaf pelargoniums. Thank you 🙏

I ve got a dwarf lilac (Kim?} in a pot, about 10 years old now, it smells amazing.

Mock orange. I just stand next to mine when it's in bloom, breathing deeply.

Oh and also, privet hedge. The smell of privet in spring and early summer remind me of growing up in the North West.

Gardenia. I grew a beautiful in a sheltered spot (plus am on the south coast) and the scent was amazing.

Salvia Nachtwinde
I also love having lots of herbs in pots around the seating area, rosemary, thyme, basil varieties…

Daphne and sarcocca for fabulous scent in December/january.

I grew chocolate cosmos for the first time this year, it loved the hot weather we had and was glorious.

Night scented stock seeds are usually cheap. I usually sow a couple of small pots in succession and keep them near to our seating area.

Wallflowers. Ours are so hardy and they smell of my neverending childhood summers.

Freesias

To all those who said freesias, how do you get them to grow? I don’t know if I got dud bulbs last year, but not a single one grew. I followed the RHS advice to put the pots in a cold shed at first. Anything else I need to do?

I have never had any luck with them. Saw them growing wild on Gibraltar however!

Salvia Nachtvlinder, I bought it this year for the deep crimson/purple flower colour and was pleasantly surprised by the amazing scent.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/351255/salvia-nachtvlinder/details

Freesia and honeysuckle.

Lily of the valley and hyacinths are my favourites. Also Philodelphus, but that gets huge and only smells nice for a fortnight.