Fragrant Flowers

Abeliophyllum distichum is related to the forsythia but in my opinion are much more elegant and refined garden plants much overlooked they are beautiful, arching deciduous shrubs with paired deep green ovate leaves. Producing wonderful racemes of fra...

A new improved variety of calcycanthus brings wonderful fragrance to the beautiful deep red flowers. Flowers from mid- summer onwards, makes a fabulous shrub for a sheltered site in sun/part shade. Eventual height 2.5m, hardy deciduous with green g...

A beautiful but rare and unusual shrub so named because of its wine coloured, magnolia stellata shaped flowers that are not only stunning but also fragrant.  'Hartlage Wine' grows into a multi-satemmed shrub with upright to arching branches with lar...

A beautiful but not commonly available shrub with gorgeous melon scented, magnolia stellata type creamy white flowers with purple centres in spring and intermittently through summer.  Large, ovate, shiny and bright green leaves.  Deciduous, hardy, ...

Camellia japonica 'Bicolor' Compact upright shrub or small tree with glossy green leaves. Bears double pink variegated flowers. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Red. Flowers from March to April. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting...

Camellia japonica 'Blood Of China' A fantastic, vibrant red that appears early in the year when all else is looking rather grey. Camellia japonica 'Blood of China' is a beautiful yet hardy, evergreen shrub with rich scarlet red flowers from early spr...

Common camellia. Compact upright shrub or small tree with glossy green leaves. Bears large red flowers. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Red. Flowers from March to April. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thor...

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme' Common camellia. Compact upright shrub or small tree with glossy green leaves. Bears large, flat, semi-double, rose-red flowers. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Red. Flowers from March to April. Evergreen....

Camellia japonica 'Lady Campbell' Common camellia. Compact upright shrub or small tree with glossy green leaves. Produces masses of medium-sized, bright red, rose-form flowers. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Red. Flowers from April-May. Ever...

Clematis armandii, the evergreen Clematis, originates from China and is a vigorous climber. With clusters of beautifully scented white flowers, being produced in abundance from March until May, the flowers are set off against the long, dark green lea...

A vigorous evergreen climber with saucer-shaped, almost citrus scented, very pale, pink flowers, with cream anthers in April/May.  The large ovate leaves have an attractive shiney leathery appearrance and being a relatively fast grower this is a use...

Eriobotrya japonica 'Rose Anne' is a brilliant new variety of the Loquat Tree. I first discovered 'Rose Anne' growing at small family run propagation nursery in Belgium where the grower told me that this Eriobotrya was discovered growing in a garden...

Hedychium Telstar 4 is a recent hybrid hardy ginger producing tall fairly narrow stems with deep green slender leaves. Hedychium Telstar 4 is proving popular due it's speed of growth, up to 1.50cm high, and the abundant delicate salmon pink flowerhea...

Hedychium forrestii is beautiful jungly hardy ginger with large showy leaves topped in late summer by white open flower clusters. Forests ginger has a sweet delicate fragrance to the flowers which often have pale pink to yellow bases to the stamens a...

Hedychium wardiii is really beautiful hardy ginger with large wonderfully fragrant bright yellow flowers unlike other gingers. Reaching up to 1.5 metres high this ginger is proving remarkably hardy and easy to grow rapidly forming clumps of arching s...

The flowers of 'Pinky Winky' actually open as a beautiful, fresh lime greenin early August and as they mature, they turn a beautiful pink, starting at the bottom of the flower cone then the colour 'bleeds' up towards the tipThe flowers also benefit f...

Masses of tulip-shaped, rich yellow flowers adorn this beautiful, upright Magnolia. These lemon-scented blooms give s a spectacular display during March-April, followed by elliptic dark green leaves.  A deciduous small tree or a large shrub with an...

Magnolia X Brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird' A wonderful new variety of Magnolia from China.  Forms a beautiful specimen after many years, this is one of the few yellow flowered Magnolias.  It will appreciate a free draining, slightly acidic soil where i...

Magnolia ccuminata 'Blue Opal' is an unusual and beautiful variety taking its name from the striking blue buds which are abundant in late spring or early summer.  These are followed by large green-yellow flowers during May.  Large mid-dark green l...

Magnolia denudata 'Sunrise' A wonderful new variety of magnolia with gorgeous, creamy, goblet shaped flowers with a pink stripe travelling up the petals.  A small variety, reaching about 1.8 metres high, making it an excellent specimen for a small g...

Magnolia stellata is a smaller, compact growing choice but what it lacks in size it makes up for in performance.  It is one of the early flowering magnolias but has good frost resistance and looks simply stunning when the flowers emerge from fat lit...

A rounded shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and clusters of very fragrant tubular white flowers from mid to late spring.  Common Names: Burkwood osmanthus ...

Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace' The Black Elder. The lacy, finely-cut foliage is darker than Black Beauty. The wonderful foliage is accented by creamy pink flowers in spring that turn into purple black berries in autumn for the fall. Berries are ideal fo...

Christmas Box, Sweet Box. A dense, bushy suckering, evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Clusters of small, very fragrant, white flowers with cream coloured anthers in winter followed by glossy black fruit. Height 1.5 m. Spread 1m. Flowers ...