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

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Koulibiak · 11/12/2025 14:36

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 🙏

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ArcticGrass · 13/12/2025 08:41

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

Justputsomeyoghurtonit · 13/12/2025 08:50

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

Justputsomeyoghurtonit · 13/12/2025 08:50

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

Sweetiedarling7 · 13/12/2025 08:57

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

FinanceLPlates · 13/12/2025 09:19

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

olderbutwiser · 13/12/2025 09:48

Daphne and sarcocca for fabulous scent in December/january.

SleafordSods · 13/12/2025 10:00

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.

spiderlight · 13/12/2025 10:11

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

patooties · 13/12/2025 10:27

Freesias

Koulibiak · 13/12/2025 11:00

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?

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Snowontheroof · 13/12/2025 15:57

Koulibiak · 13/12/2025 11:00

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!

muddyford · 14/12/2025 09:37

Freesia and honeysuckle.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 14/12/2025 09:38

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

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