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Fragrant shrub
Hello Everyone,
I am new to the forum.
Please may I have suggestions for a fragrant shrub to plant in front of my dining room window. This looks out onto my front, south facing garden so get lots of summer sun.
The area of soil is a 1m semicircle bordered by a pebble drive. It should not grow too tall, 1-1.5m is sufficient.
Thank you in advance,
Raz
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Lavender would look gorgeous. Loads of different ones here and at other specialist nurseries http://www.norfolk-lavender.co.uk/shop/lavender-plants-lavender-angustifolia-c-61_62.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Philadelphus aureus. golden leaves and perfumed flowers.
Im also new to the forum, how about shrub called Daphne fragrant blooms in Winter & Spring best time to buy is now, brought mine a month ago smells wonderful .
There summer daphnes which might be good as well. Daphne tangutica is a lovely small shrub, beautifully scented.
there's a hybrid called 'Eternal Fragrance' which flowers for a long time but I don't rate as highly as tangutica
In the sticks near Peterborough
For me it is hard to beat a hardy trachelospermum (Chinese star jasmine) but it does need to climb up something. And I have a hardy gardenia which put on a lot of growth last year. Love daphne too. I think I garden with my nose!!
Will that philadelphus virginal perform well keeping it cut to 1mtr. Mine grew quite large.
Its hard to choose just one sweet smelling shrub, they only flower for a quite short time, I think probably the lavender is the longest flowering time.
Choisya is my favourite too. It smells beautiful, has a lovely layered look and is no fuss at all.