5 of the Best PERFUMED PLANTS

PEONY ‘DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS’ With a sweet perfume and silky crumpled petals, this blooms between May and July.

HONEYSUCKLE ’BELGICA’ This easy-to-grow climber drips with heavily scented flowers in shades of deep pink and apricot. A great all-rounder.

STAR JASMINE These bloom all summer from June to August with delicate starshaped flowers, lush evergreen foliage and a sweet scent.

LILAC ‘SOUVENIR DE LOUIS SPAETH’ Vibrant panicles of pink-purple blossom and a gorgeous scent, this flowers in spring and summer.

SWEET PEA ‘MATUCANA’ More old-fashioned varieties of sweet peas like this one tend to have the most intense fragrance.