Best plants for evening fragrance
Plants for Evening Fragrance
Plant your garden with scented plants
There are many flowers that become more heavily scented after dark because they use their fragrance to attract moths and other night-time pollinators. Try choosing plants with evening fragrance to surrounding a terrace, or bench. Many of the evening scented flowers are white, so that they can be seem glowing in the fading light.
Posted 12/8/2008
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
Mock orange
The mock orange is a popular garden shrub with heavily scented white flowers in summer. The delicate orange fragrance will make a fine addition to any fragrant garden or planting design. Philadelphus is a very hardy shrubs and can cope well with pollution and even salt, so it is great for urban or seaside gardens. Read more »
Hesperis matronalis
Sweet Rocket
A classic cottage plant with the sweet fragrance of violets. The fragrance is most pronounced in the early evening, and this plant can be grown as a cut flower if you want to bring it indoors to enjoy the scent. Very easy to grow from seed, in colours of white through to lilac, this is also a popular plant for wildlife. Read more »
