Witch hazels offer foliage and flowers in the autumn and winter, and smell great. If you want them to have healthy growth, ...

We love fragrant flowers, with their amazing range of scents reminiscent of chocolate, cotton candy, and beyond. They have the power to trigger a memory—a pink peony can remind you of a favorite ...

If, like me, you wander around your garden at this time of year looking for signs of life, bulbs springing up or new growth on shrubs, a welcome surprise comes from scented plants. Those with small ...

Fragrance has the ability to transport us to another time, another place, and — when employed in the garden — it can create magic. Many of our emotions and memories are closely linked, due to the ...

No room for raised beds, bountiful borders or a sprawling wildflower lawn? Worry not, you can turn a small space into a sweetly-scented oasis by growing fragrant flowers in pots on a patio. Gardening ...

Scent is powerful, triggering memories from long ago and transporting us to faraway places. In the garden, fragrant perennials often connect us to childhood walks through our grandparents’ gardens or ...

As I transition to more natives in my dry garden, some of the most appealing plants are the ones that flower for long periods and are fragrant. Fragrance can come from leaves or flowers, but there’s a ...

Every year when May arrives, I am sure that the time has come to remove my lemon verbena. Started from a sprig growing in a 4-inch pot about 20 years ago, it is now more than 6feet tall and wide. I am ...

Full disclosure: I wasn’t always a fan of California native plants because, honestly, I didn’t know anything about them. I was too busy being googly-eyed over show-stopper ornamentals like roses. My ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin says drought resistant plants will keep your garden looking stunning as temperatures soar ...