Vandy Bradow's notes on Dr. Werner's list of  fragrant plants

 

Abelia

Buddleia - butterfly bush

Clethra - sweetshrub

Osmanthus

Mahonia  - especially gracilis, per Tony Avent

Rosa - rose, especially "Persian Musk" - resistant to black spot

Magnolia -  esp.virginiana (native)

Michellia - banana shrub

Daphne - odora

Edgeworthia - rice paper plant

Hemerocallis - daylily, esp. flava

Hosta (plantagenia)

Crinum and Amercrimum (latter amaryllis x crinum)  esp. crinum "J.C. Harvey, amercrinum "Fred Howard"

Paeonia -esp "Krinkle White" - does well here

Phlox - esp. paniculata "David"

Cyrilla = leatherwood

Wisteria (native is the only politically correct species)

Hedychium - ginger

Lilium formosam - Formosa lily

Mirabilis - four o'clock

Oenothera

Tuberosa - esp. "Mexican single"  tuberose

Tubeross

Narcissus - esp. jonquilla and tazetta ("Quail" and "Geranium")

 




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