Fragrant Foliage - Page 9 of 11 - Fine Gardening

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    Wintergreen

    Gaultheria procumbens

    This creeping, rhizomatous shrublet grows to 6 inches, with scalloped or bristly toothed, glossy, dark green leaves.

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    ‘First Choice’ Blue beard

    Caryopteris × clandonensis 'First Choice'

    'First Choice' is ideal for a mixed or shrub border.

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    Sunshine blue bluebeard

    Caryopteris incana 'Jason'

    'Jason' has bright yellow-green foliage with rich amethyst blue flowers in late summer and fall.

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    ‘October Skies’ aromatic aster

    Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’

    'October Skies' is a dwarf aster that is low to the ground and mounding.

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    Silver thyme

    Thymus  × citriodorus ‘Argenteus’

    This plant is an elegant addition to an herb or ornamental garden.

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    Sunset hyssop

    Agastache rupestris

    True to its name, sunset hyssop encapsulates a Western sunset in its flowers: bronze with hints of orange and yellow, and streaks of magenta and pink along the margins.

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    Red flowering currant

    Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'

    This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms.

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    Salvia hians

    Salvia hians

    This short-lived perennial from the Himalayas has scented, hairy leaves and forms a small shrub 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide.

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    Harlequin glorybower

    Clerodendrum trichotomum

    This large shrub offers a late-summer display of jasmine-like white flowers encased in red tepals and scent.

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    Thyme

    Thymus 'Pink Ripple'

    In early- to mid-summer, this mat-forming thyme erupts with masses of 6-inch-high spikes covered with pink flowers.