We saw one last week at a family run nursery (wont name names) was a double very scented caught our eye (and nose!) but was £25, so desided too expensive, it was marked "snowball", have looked it up, it appears to be called "snowbelle". I have several the lemoine is a very nice scented variety as well.
I have virginal flowering now, absolutely gorgeous, and also Philadelphus aureus, which flowers earlier, but has lovely golden leaves which are better in some shade. P. aureus is a bit shorter than virginal which tends to be a bit leggy with the flowers at the top. Both have wonderful scent which herald the start of summer.
Thanks, fidgetbones - I have Aureus too but it's finished flowering. It didn't have that many flowers on it this year and I think that's almost certainly due to my poor pruning technique. I'd be interested to know which are the later-flowering ones because my garden lacks scent (and flowers) in the second part of summer.
I've had Manteau d'Hermine in a couple of gardens, but it isn't strongly scented unless it's very warm - which it has been this year. Most years it's not that strong. Your own conditions can have a bearing on fragra nce. They're all happy with some shade too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Your own conditions can have a bearing on fragra nce.
They're all happy with some shade too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...