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Plant Descriptions

 

Name:
Tea Olive
Botanical:
Oamanthus fragrans
Height x Width: 8'+ H x 5'+ W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: White - highly fragrant!
Bloom Time: Throughout Spring and Fall seasons!
Water: Low
Features: Clusters of wonderfully fragrant, small white flowers are produced in Spring and Fall on this upright, rounded, evergreen shrub or small tree. A welcomed addition to any landscape. Plant near sitting areas such as decks, porches, and patios.
Companions: Gardenias, Fragrant Snowball Viburnum, Hollies, Junipers, Abelias, Spireas, Loropetalums, Indian Hawthorne, and many more.
 

Name:
Gardenia 'Daisy'
Botanical:
Gardenia
Size: 3' H x 3' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Part Shade
Bloom Color: White, single, highly fragrant flowers
Bloom Time: Spring
Water Needs: Low
Features: Sweetly fragrant, single white flowers cover the dark blue-green foliage in Spring. Upright, mounding growth habit. Plant near sitting areas where fragrance can best be enjoyed.
Companions: Low growing Junipers, Little Richard Abelia, low growing perennials, and many of the ornamental groundcovers such as Variegated Liriope or Blue Rug Juniper.
 
Name:
Gardenia 'Creeping'
Botanical:
Gardenia radicans
Size: 2' H x 3-4' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: White, highly fragrant
Bloom Time: Spring
Water Needs: Low
Features: Sweetly fragrant, double white flowers on this low growing, spreading Gardenia. Plant near sitting areas such as patios, decks, swings, and benches where the fragrance can be enjoyed.
Companions: Dwarf Yaupon, Dwarf Abelias, Azaleas, low growing Junipers, Dianthus and many other groundcovers.
 
Name:
Gardenia 'August Beauty'
Botanical:
Gardenia
Size: 5-6' H x 4-5' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: White - Highly Fragrant
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Water Needs: Low
Features: Very sweetly fragrant double white blooms stand out nicely against the deep blue-green glossy foliage of this attractive evergreen shrub. Excellent near sitting areas such as decks and patieos.
Companions: Soft Touch Holly, Junipers, Abelias, Dwarf nandinas, Dwf Spireas, Snow Indian Hawthorne, and others.
 

Name:
Rosemary 'ARP'
Botanical:
Rosmarinus
Height x Width: 3-4' H x 3-4' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: Blue
Bloom Time: Winter
Water: Low once established
Features: The hardiest of Rosemary for Zone 8. Very decorative , evergreen, wondefully fragarnt foliage useful in cooking. A well-branched shrubby Rosemary producing an abundance of small blue flowers during the winter months. Excellent for use as an evergreen accent in perennial gardens & pots..
Companions: Excellent evergreen accent for the garden. Plant nearby decks to enjoy the aromatic foliage and dainty little flowers.
 

Name:
Dianthus (Perennial)
Botanical:
Dianthus
Height x Width: 4-6"H - Space 18-24" apart
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Red, Fushia, Pink, or white shades - Clove fragrance!
Bloom Time: Spring into Summer
Water: Low once established
Features: Attractive silver to grey evergreen foliage becomes covered in Spring with fragrant flowers.
Companions: Excellent as a border in sunny shrub beds or along a walkway or path.
 

 

Name:
Lilies - Hybrids
Botanical:
Lilium
Height x Width: 3-4' H x 18-24" W
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Assorted - Many are Fragrant!
Bloom Time: Late Spring or Early Summer
Water: Low
Features: Hardy garden Lilies are a great addition to the garden. They provide vibrant splases of color and make excellent cut flowers. The trumpet flowers attract hummingbirds and many are fragrant. Plants multiply every season.
Companions: Plant in any sunny garden.
 
Name:
Jasmine 'Confederate'
Botanical:
Trachelosperum jasminoides
Height x Width: 10' Long+ x 2-3' W
Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom Color: White - Highly Fragrant
Bloom Time: Late Spring thru mid Summer
Water: Low once established
Features: Fast growing, evergreen vine with attractive foliage and an abundance of highly fragrant, long-lasting flowers produced thru Spring and into Summer!
Companions: Plant near sitting areas or windows so fragrance can be enjoyed!
 

 

Name:
Phlox 'Creeping' - White Thrift
Botanical:
Phlox`subulata
Height x Width: 3-4" H x 18-24" W
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: White - fragrant!
Bloom Time: March - May
Water: Low
Features: A carpet forming Phlox that is covered with fragrant white flowers in Spring. Excellent for use as a border in the landscape or perennial garden, or on slopes. Very drought tolerant.
Companions: Almost any perennials or shrubs.
 

 

Name:
Spanish Lavender
Botanical:
Lavendula
Height x Width: 10-12" H x 18-24" W
Exposure: Full Sun or Part Shade
Bloom Color: Lavender-Blue - fragrant foliage
Bloom Time: Spring & Fall!
Water: Low
Features: Pretty lavender-blue flowers are produced abundantly in spring and fall above attractive, aromatic, grey-green foliage. This lavender has survived over 15 years in our garden.
Companions: An excellent selection for the border of the herb or perennial garden.
 

Name:
Lemon Balm
Botanical:
Melissa officinalis
Height x Width: 18-24" H x 18-24" W
Exposure: Full Sun or Part Shade
Bloom Color: White - fragrant foliage smells strong of lemons
Bloom Time: Summer
Water: Low
Features: White flowers are seconfdary to the wondefully lemon-scented foliage. Useful in cooking and for teas
Companions: Other herbs or in the fragrance garden.
 

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