FIVE SCENTED SHRUBS

1 HAMAMELIS X INTERMEDIA ‘VESNA’ A lovely form of witch hazel with heavily scented, deep yellow flowers with large, ribbonlike petals, right.

2 LONICERA ‘WINTER BEAUTY’ This shrubby honeysuckle boasts clusters of white, strongly scented flowers on bare branches from early winter.

3 MAHONIA ‘WINTER SUN’

Capable of reaching 15ft or more, it produces large spikes of fragrant flowers from November to March.

4 SARCOCOCCA ‘PURPLE STEM’

An evergreen shrub with purplish stems, slender leaves and perfumed, pinkflushed flowers.

5 VIBURNUM ‘CHARLES LAMONT’ Clusters of sweetly perfumed, candy-pink flowers appear on its naked branches from late autumn until mid-April.