Scented Delights
Isn’t it wonderful how many diverse scents and aromas we get naturally from plants? There is nothing more stimulating or magical than being in the garden in the evening.
The scent of Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, with it’s blue white and purple flowers, quite heady at times but a scent you will always remember and look forward to.
The perfume of the Jasmine Creeper can be so overpowering if close to the house, but wafting on the breeze it has a scent like no other, sweet and intoxicating.
The fresh scent of mint as you brush past it, so green and fresh. It has a zing that reminds you of purity, cleanliness and upliftment of the spirits. A gotta have in any garden.
The haunting, deep, clear and oh so sweet smell of my deepest red Rose “Papa Meillon”, you almost feel as though you are falling into the scent. Absolutely delightful! How criminal that most hybrid roses have no scent? They have deigned to have a perfect bloom rather than the magnificent scent!
The really gorgeous scent of blue/purple, lavender, clear, clean, makes you feel safe, invokes feelings of peace and tranquility. Can’t do without this one.
Then of course the unmistakeable scent of Rosemary, fantastic, astringent, inviting, moreish. Reminding one of big days outdoors with friends, family, lamb on the spit - spiked with Rosemary. This is the bringer togetherer - great.
Nasturtiums, such pretty, bright faces, sharp scent of pure honey, Makes you want to eat them, which of course you can. Plan a space for them they bring you joy.
Honeysuckle, so sweet and restful. Rambling up into trees, over walls and into your olfactory sensors, bringing dreams of repose and happy memories.
Carnations, so elegant and sweet. Their aroma is of a sweetness that can make the darkest depression disappear in an instant.
There are too many to list here, but they are all of such delight that they cannot be ignored when planning your garden space.
Sir Francis Bacon voices this so aptly:
And because The Breath of Flowers is far Sweeter in the air(where it comes and goes, like the warbling of Musick), than in the hand, therefore nothingis more fit for that delight, than to know what be the Flowers and Plants, that do best perfume the air.