Fragrant Foliage - Page 8 of 11 - Fine Gardening

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    Scented geranium

    Pelargonium crispum

    This plant is a lemon-scented, shrubby, upright pelargonium with pale pink flowers and crinkled leaves.

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    ‘Terracotta’ yarrow

    Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta'

    Flat-topped corymbs of small, daisy-like flowers in colors of salmon-peach to yellow-orange are borne simultaneously on one plant up to 2 feet tall and wide.

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    English wild thyme

    Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus

    This thyme grows to 6 inches tall, with fuzzy stems and tiny, rounded, fuzzy blue-green leaves.

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    Dahlberg daisy

    Thymophylla tenuiloba

    This fragrant annual is covered with delicate, daisy-like yellow blossoms in July and August.

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    Wall germander

    Teucrium chamaedrys

    This evergreen or deciduous subshrub is grown for its attractive, dark green aromatic foliage and its light pink to deep purple flowers, which blossom in summer and early fall.

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    ‘Blue Hill’ meadow sage

    Salvia × sylvestris 'Blue Hill'

    This drought-tolerant perennial bears abundant pure blue flower spikes in early summer and until fall if spent flowers are removed promptly.

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    Basil

    Ocimum basilicum

    The herb of kings combines superbly with roses.

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    English lavender

    Lavandula angustifolia

    English lavender has silvery gray, aromatic foliage topped in summer with lavender-blue to dark purple flowers on long stems.

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    Yellow anise

    Illicium parviflorum

    Dime-sized, drooping, bell-shaped yellow flowers have a faint anise fragrance, but they’re hidden under new foliage in June.

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    Mexican anise tree

    Illicium mexicanum

    Attractive, glossy, dark green leaves and red flowers are similar to those of Florida anise, but this plant flowers continuously from spring to fall.