Fragrant Foliage - Page 8 of 11 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Scented geranium
Pelargonium crispumThis 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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Plant Guide
English wild thyme
Thymus praecox subsp. britannicusThis thyme grows to 6 inches tall, with fuzzy stems and tiny, rounded, fuzzy blue-green leaves.
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Plant Guide
Dahlberg daisy
Thymophylla tenuilobaThis fragrant annual is covered with delicate, daisy-like yellow blossoms in July and August.
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Wall germander
Teucrium chamaedrysThis 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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Plant Guide
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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Plant Guide
Yellow anise
Illicium parviflorumDime-sized, drooping, bell-shaped yellow flowers have a faint anise fragrance, but they’re hidden under new foliage in June.
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Plant Guide
Mexican anise tree
Illicium mexicanumAttractive, glossy, dark green leaves and red flowers are similar to those of Florida anise, but this plant flowers continuously from spring to fall.