Scented Shrubs

The following list of garden shrubs shows the range of plants that may be grown for their fragrant flowers or aromatic foliage:

Fragrant Flowers

  • Abeliophyllum distichum (White forsythia)
  • Buddleja alternifolia (Fountain buddleia)
  • Camellia sasanqua (Camellia)
  • Choisya 'Aztec Pearl' (Mexican orange blossom)
  • Choisya ternata (Mexican orange blossom)
  • Clethra alnifolia 'Paniculata' (Sweet Pepper Bush)
  • Colletia armata 'Rosea' (Barbed wire bush)
  • Cytisus battandieri (Moroccan broom)
  • Daphne bholua (Daphne)
  • Daphne blagayana (Daphne)
  • Daphne cneorum (Garland flower)
  • Daphne odora (Fragrant daphne)
  • Elaeagnus (Oleaster)
  • Erica lusitanica (Portuguese Heather)
  • Hamamelis mollis 'Pallida' (Chinese witch hazel)
  • Lonicera x purpusii 'Winter Beauty' (Winter Honeysuckle)
  • Lonicera standishii (Honeysuckle)
  • Luculia gratissima (Luculia fragrant cloud)
  • Magnolia sieboldii (Chinese magnolia)
  • Magnolia x thompsoniana (Magnolia)
  • Mahonia japonica (Japanese mahonia)
  • Osmanthus delavayi (Chinese holly)
  • Philadelphus (Mock orange)
  • Pittosporum tobira
  • Rhododendron arborescens (Rhododendron)
  • Rhododendron auriculatum (Rhododendron)
  • Rhododendron fortunei (Fortune's rhododendron)
  • Rhododendron 'Loderi King George' (Rhododendron)
  • Rhododendron luteum (Pontic azalea)
  • Rhododendron occidentale (Azalea)
  • Rhododendron 'Polar Bear' (Rhododendron)
  • Rhododendron 'Westminster' (Azalea - Occidentale Hybrid)
  • Sarcococca (Christmas box)
  • Viburnum

Aromatic Foliage

Hardy

  • Caryopteris
  • Ruta graveolens (Rue)
  • Santolina (Cotton lavender)
  • Skimmia x confusa (Skimmia)
  • Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem sage)
  • Pyracantha
  • Rosa moyesii 'Geranium' (Moyes' rose)

Not Hardy

  • Prostanthera cuneata (Alpine mint bush)