Fragrant Foliage - Fine Gardening
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Plant GuideThe Princess™ Spanish lavender
Lavandula stoechas 'IBPR901-2'This Spanish lavender features the most intense pink blossoms in the species
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Plant GuideLacey Blue Russian sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Lisslitt’Hardy and heat tolerant with a sturdy, compact form that does not flop over. Lavender-blue floral sprays enhance the scented foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Annie Hall’ thyme
Thymus serphyllum 'Annie Hall''Annie Hall' forms a prostrate mat with small, narrow leaves and is covered with pale purple-pink flowers in late spring.
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Plant GuideNorth American hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobulaThis fern's lacy foliage smells of freshly mown grass and carpets the woodland or a moist, partially sunny site.
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Plant GuideChamomile
Chamaemelum nobile and cvs.A hardy perennial, chamomile has aromatic, threadlike leaves that fill the air with a pleasing apple-pineapple scent.
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Plant GuideWrinkled giant hyssop, Korean hyssop, purple giant hyssop
Agastache rugosaThis 4-foot-tall and 18-ich-wide, bushy perennial, very similar to the more common anise hyssop ( Agastache foeniculum ) has strongly mint-and-licorice-scented leaves and short spikes of lavender-blue flowers from midsummer to…
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Plant GuideVariegated sweet flag
Acorus calamus ‘Variegatus’Variegated sweet flag is a deciduous, aquatic perennial with 5-foot-long bright green leaves with creamy, longitudinal stripes.
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Plant GuideAgastache ‘Tutti Frutti’
Agastache ‘Tutti Frutti’
This is an erect, bushy perennial with scented gray-green leaves.
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Plant GuideJapanese onion
Allium thunbergiiThis is the last of the ornamental onions to flower, when mop-like heads of rose-purple flowers appear with orange anthers.
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Plant GuideTexas hummingbird mint
Agastache canaThis is a 36-inch-tall hyssop with showy rose-pink flower spikes in late summer and fall and licorice-mint scented foliage.
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