Post by braided-rug on Oct 27, 2007 13:04:59 GMT 10
"Fragrance Garden
Plant these herbs for their delightful scents! Full sun and not too much fertilizer will bring out the strongest scents. Plant them where you pass by often or near your front door as a greeting to your guests.
Lavendin Provence or Seal. That lavender scent in a plant that is a little easier to grow in our heavy soils. The other lavenders benefit from containers or raised beds and a sandy soil mix.
Rosemary. Very fragrant leaves on evergreen shrubs. Arp, Hill Hardy are Furneaux Hardy are all cold hardy selections. Trailing rosemary makes a great hanging basket that will scent a room.
Lemon Verbena. The most wonderful lemon fragrance! This shrubby grower is winter tender so it makes a good potted plant to bring in for the winter. Small plants set in the garden in spring make good size plants by fall.
Pineapple Sage. It really does smell like pineapple and it has beautiful bright red flowers in late summer and fall. Somewhat winter tender but easy care.
Mexican Mint Marigold. Pair with Pineapple Sage for a great combination. Both grow 3-4' tall and the small yellow flowers of this plant are a good contrast with the red of the sage. It has a licorice scent and narrow leaves. Heat tolerant.
Chocolate Mint. Plant in containers to contain its spread - or let it go and enjoy a big area of this wonderful fragrance! Mints like more moisture than most herbs and can grow in part shade.
Nutmeg Geranium. An attractive plant with a trailing habit, this scented geranium is well suited to a container.
Other fragrance plants are basils, eucalyptus, other scented geraniums, hyssop, other lavenders, lemon balm, lemon grass, other mints, sweet myrtle, panama rose, southernwod, and vicks plant."
From: www.nhg.com/herbgard.htm
Plant these herbs for their delightful scents! Full sun and not too much fertilizer will bring out the strongest scents. Plant them where you pass by often or near your front door as a greeting to your guests.
Lavendin Provence or Seal. That lavender scent in a plant that is a little easier to grow in our heavy soils. The other lavenders benefit from containers or raised beds and a sandy soil mix.
Rosemary. Very fragrant leaves on evergreen shrubs. Arp, Hill Hardy are Furneaux Hardy are all cold hardy selections. Trailing rosemary makes a great hanging basket that will scent a room.
Lemon Verbena. The most wonderful lemon fragrance! This shrubby grower is winter tender so it makes a good potted plant to bring in for the winter. Small plants set in the garden in spring make good size plants by fall.
Pineapple Sage. It really does smell like pineapple and it has beautiful bright red flowers in late summer and fall. Somewhat winter tender but easy care.
Mexican Mint Marigold. Pair with Pineapple Sage for a great combination. Both grow 3-4' tall and the small yellow flowers of this plant are a good contrast with the red of the sage. It has a licorice scent and narrow leaves. Heat tolerant.
Chocolate Mint. Plant in containers to contain its spread - or let it go and enjoy a big area of this wonderful fragrance! Mints like more moisture than most herbs and can grow in part shade.
Nutmeg Geranium. An attractive plant with a trailing habit, this scented geranium is well suited to a container.
Other fragrance plants are basils, eucalyptus, other scented geraniums, hyssop, other lavenders, lemon balm, lemon grass, other mints, sweet myrtle, panama rose, southernwod, and vicks plant."
From: www.nhg.com/herbgard.htm
