Fragrant Flowers - Page 9 of 34 - Fine Gardening

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    Lily tree

    Magnolia denudata 'Forrest's Pink'

    This cultivar creates a fragrant cloud of rich bubblegum-pink blossoms on bare branches in spring.

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    Bigleaf magnolia

    Magnolia macrophylla

    This deciduous species has remarkable leaves that are over 3 feet long and 1 foot wide.

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    Cinnamon clethra

    Clethra acuminata

    Larger in all respects than common sweet pepperbush ( Clethra alnifolia ), this sizable shrub or small understory tree grows 8 to 12 feet tall and wide.

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    Corydalis flexuosa

    Corydalis flexuosa

    From late spring to summer, this species produces clusters of brilliant blue flowers over ferny foliage.

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    Corydalis elata

    Corydalis elata

    This fragrant, blue-flowered species is more vigorous and heat tolerant than the blue cultivars.

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    Sweet pepperbush

    Clethra alnifolia

    This upright, suckering shrub has fragrant, white or pink terminal flower spikes in late summer.

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    Red valerian

    Centranthus ruber

    This clump-forming perennial has deep to mid-green leaves and dense clusters of small white, pale rose-pink, or dark crimson flowers in long, slender stems.

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    ‘Blue Panda’ corydalis

    Corydalis flexuosa ‘Blue Panda’

    The first of the coveted blue corydalises to be introduced, it produces fragrant clusters of long-spurred, azure flowers on a compact plant.

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    Pagoda dogwood

    Cornus alternifolia

    This plant owes its name to its distinctive layered branches, which resemble the tiered, spreading roofline of an elaborate pagoda.

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    White fringetree

    Chionanthus virginicus

    This North American native is unrivaled in beauty for its pendulous and diaphanous clusters of fragrant white blossoms, which appear in May or June.