Tag Archives: fragrant

Dianthus / Pinks

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Dianthus x ‘Blue Hills’ – An eye-catching combination of intense bright pink single blooms (emerging from May to June) over some of the bluest foliage you are ever going to find. The 1/2″ wide flowers are fragrant and the foliage … Continue reading →

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Lavender / Lavandula

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Lavandula stoechas ‘Silver Anouk’ – A 2008 Dutch introduction with distinct silvery-grey evergreen foliage and spikes of deep purple, caterpillar-like blooms topped with a pale purple wing or bract. Blooming from spring and well into summer, some might describe its … Continue reading →

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Species Rhododendrons II

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Rhododendron decorum – This native of China and Burma bears open trusses of fragrant  white to pale pink flowers with a greenish-yellow throat from April to May. It is an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner and tolerates neutral to … Continue reading →

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Perennial Primula V

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Primula veris ‘Sunset Shades’ – Imagine the much-beloved Cowslip in a variety of colours such as orange, red and yellow, or even bicolor blooms. The flowers are still fragrant and appear from March to May in coastal gardens (later in … Continue reading →

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Rock Garden Perennials II

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Erodium x variabile ‘Bishop’s Form’ – This Storksbill much resembles a miniature hardy geranium, to which it is closely related. It forms a flat pancake-shaped mat of  dense scalloped green leaves with bright pink flowers (with dark purple veins) from … Continue reading →

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Magnolias II

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’ – An old-fashioned Saucer Magnolia that provides the typical tulip-shaped blooms (purplish-pink base with shell pink tips, near white inside) from March through April. This deciduous trees carries its large pussy-willow-like flower buds through winter – … Continue reading →

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Native BC Perennials II

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Viola adunca (syn. Viola bellidifolia) The Hookedspur or Western Dog Violet is widely distributed across North America. It bears fragrant blue to deep violet blooms (from March to June) with darker purple veining and a white throat. Found in open … Continue reading →

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Daphne II

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Daphne x rollsdorfii ‘Wilhelm Schacht’ – This cross between Daphne collina and Daphne petraea bears very fragrant purplish-pink blooms (in clusters of 10-15 flowers) in May, re-blooming summer into the fall. It is a mounding evergreen shrub with deep green … Continue reading →

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Wave Petunias / Petunia x hybrida

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Petunia x hybrida EASY WAVE RED – The next generation of wave petunias, EASY WAVE grow a little more mounded and have a more controlled spread than the original. EASY WAVE RED features intense pure red blooms (2.5-3″ wide) that … Continue reading →

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Miniature Roses II

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Rosa GIZMO (Carruth 1998) (syn. WEKcatlart) – A cluster-flowered floribunda-type miniature with eye-catching single blooms of intense reddish-orange punctuated by golden stamens (with a prominent white eye) that really show well from a distance. These are nicely contrasted by the … Continue reading →

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