Fragrant

Family:  Lythraceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid;  L. indica and L. fauriei
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Mahogany, cinnamon red smooth bark.  Fragrant white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.  Spreading canopy with age. 
Notes:  Reported to be mildew resistant.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Lythraceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Japan
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Mahogany, cinnamon red smooth bark.  Fragrant white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.  Spreading canopy with age. 
Notes:  This cultivar comes from Japan

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas, Southern Tibet, China; Yunnan province. Nepal, Bhutan, Northern India
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 2' - 4' tall
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms summer.  Lilium nepalense has stoloniferous stems that form new bulbs in different spots than the original plant.  In a few years plants will form loose colonies with younger and older blooming sized bulbs. Flowers are recurved, white - greenish yellow with maroon - red center.
Notes:  Dr. Wallich's collectors discovered L. nepalense prior to 1820 in Nepal but it remains one of the least known of all species Lilies.  There are two other closely related species L. majoense and L. primulinum that are just as hard to find in cultivation.  Like all species lilies, keep bulbs and roots cool by planting among other perennials and shrubs.  The tops of the plants can take full sun.  In the wild Lilium nepalense grows on grassy slopes and woodland margins between 7,000 and 8,500 feet elevation.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 6 - 11
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10' - 25'
Bloom Time:  May to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fragrant creamy white flowers turning bright golden yellow.
Notes: An incredible display of flowers from spring into fall.
 
Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 18'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fragrant, soft yellow and white flowers in profusion.  Green and creamy-yellow speckled foliage.
Notes: Livens up the garden.

Pot Size:  Quart Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 18'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fragrant, soft yellow flowers in profusion.
Notes: Named after the great gardener and nurseryman Graham Stewart Thomas.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 18'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fragrant, creamy white flowers turning into a profusion of yellow.
Notes: Collected by Roy Lancaster on a Swedish beach and named for his wife.  Reported to be more floriferous than Harlequin.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Magnolia foveolata x laevifolia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white to pink flowers.  Medium-large leaves.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  March
Attributes: Deciduous.  Rounded, spreading crown.  Obovate leaves to 6" long.  Fragrant goblet-shaped white flowers to 6" across.  Flowers before foliage emerges.  Cone like cones turning red in late summer.
Notes:  Grown in Chinese gardens for at least 1000 years.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pyramidal when young, maturing to a spreading canopy.  Fragrant, goblet-shaped white to pink-tinged flowers to 4" across.
Notes:  One of the earliest Magnolia species to bloom in the spring.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.  Small dark green leaves with cinnamon underside.
Notes:  An easily grown Magnolia for smaller gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.
Notes:  An easily grown Magnolia for smaller gardens.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern United States
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large multi-stemmed shrub that tends to bloom at a younger age.  12" - 15" sweetly fragrant, creamy-white flowers.  15" - 20" long leaves.
Notes:  An exotic looking and hardy Magnolia that flowers even at a young specimen.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot, Medium Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 40'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Huge leaves to about 18" long.  Large creamy white flowers.
Notes:  Can grow to 80' in the wild

Pot Size:  1 gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 50'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large leaves up to 20" long with rounded, notched tips.  Large creamy white flowers.
Notes:  Upright tree for sunny but sheltered from strong winds.  Grows in the mountain forests to 2000m elevation.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Magnoliaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Southern and Central China
Soil:  Average humus rich well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous shrub or small tree with fragrant nodding white flowers to 5" across with rose-purple center.
Notes:  Best when planted in shad in warmer climates.  

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; M. hypoleuca x M. sieboldii
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' 
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  6 - 8" white fragrant flowers.
Notes:  Very hardy and floriferous selection originating from the Gothenburg Botanic Garden in Sweden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 1' - 2'

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pink and white flowers with 9 petaloid tepals early in the spring.  Upright growth.
Notes:  A rare tree both in the wild and cultivation.  Reported to only be fond on one mountain with few individuals.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3'

Family:Lamiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 14"
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Bees, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: April to June
Attributes:Deciduous.  White flowers with purple lip.  Scented flowers and foliage.
Notes:Flowers look like bees.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Oleaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Turkey
Soil:  average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen shrub.  Small, fragrant white flowers.
Notes:  Roy Lancaster collection from Turkey.  Also known as Phillyrea vilmoriniana, Phillyrea decora.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Oleaceae
Zone:7 - 11
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 4' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attributes: Evergreen shrub.  Dwarf evergreen white, gray and green splashed foliage.  Sweet fragrant flowers in fall. 
Notes:  Does best when sheltered from the hottest sun.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Oleaceae
Zone:7 - 11
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 4' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attributes: Evergreen shrub.  Dwarf evergreen with gold leaves turning chartreuse with age.  Sweet fragrant flowers in fall. 
Notes:  Does best when sheltered from the hottest sun.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern and Southern United States
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20' - 50'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Gray, fissured  bark with age.  Glossy green leaves to 8" long.  Crimson red fall foliage.  White flowers on drooping panicles to 8" long.  Light fragrance.
Notes:  Found growing on wooded slopes in combination with other members of the same family.

Pot size:   Medium Band Pot

Family:  Buxaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern United States
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, shade
Height: 6" - 12"
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Semi-evergreen to evergreen in warmer climates. A ground cover with slowly spreading rhizomes.  Matte blue-green leaves mottled with purple and white.  Foliage turns bronze-pink with green in fall and winter.  Fragrant white flowers on 2-4" long spikes. 
Notes:  Flowers before new foliage emerges.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PP34,296; CBRAF
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  3' - 4'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Fragrant creamy white flowers.  Green foliage with yellow variegation.
Notes: Great foliage texture.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Fragrant creamy white, double flowers.
Notes: Discovered near the Smith River in Del Norte County.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist to average, Drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Numerous, fragrant white flowers in summer.
Notes:  Philadelphus are elated to hydrangeas and are found throughout the northern hemisphere.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Arching branches with large fragrant white flowers with purple center.
Notes: Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:Primulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern Tibet; Tsangpo
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 47”
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts:Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Resistant to: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Rosette forming. Butter yellow to orange bell flowers a top of the scape. Lightly scented.
Notes:An easy and rewarding perennial that has proven to be shade tolerant and still floriferous.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Oblanceolate to elliptic leaves up to 7" long.  Erect shrub to small tree.  Openly funnel campanulate, white flowers. Open truss holds 7-12 flowers.  Fragrant
Notes:  Dramatic white flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China; Sichuan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May
Attributes: Evergreen. White or pale pink blushed, fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers.
Notes:  A very widespread species that also grows from relatively low elevation to high elevations.  These are from our collections in 2013 from Dragons Elbow Mountain in Sichuan Province.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Flowers are funnel shaped white with pink flush.  
Notes:  Cuttings from WC seed of 1917 George Forest expedition.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Santa Catalina Island, Baja California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 1' - 3'
Attracts:  Birds
Attributes:  Evergreen, ground-cover-like shrub.  Red stems with reddish flowers, reddish fruit.  Thick, waxy leaves. 
Notes:  Fragrant, spicy foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Quart Pot

Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

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Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, 3" long, rounded, glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, greenish white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.  Scarlet fruit.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot, 4" Band Pot

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Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  November to January
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, narrow, glossy leaves.  Extremely fragrant greenish white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Thelypteridaceae
Zone: 7 - 9 
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 2'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Feathery leaves, forming colonies by rhizome.
Notes: In the summer Thelypteris nevadensis has a sweet, earthy fragrance.  I can't help but imagine being in the mountains when the scent catches my nose during a warm summer day!  In the wild this species grows in shady forests and wet mountain meadows often with Lilium pardalinum, Aconitum occidentale, and even swamp Allium.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Melanthiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern US
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 12"-20"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Deciduous, Trifoliate leaves with purple, red -  brown mottling.  Yellow blooms in spring.
Notes: Like all Trilliums, this is the first plant that comes to mind when thinking shade garden.  Trilliums will add both foliage and blooms to the early spring shade garden.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Korea, Japan
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes:Deciduous, upright, slow-growing shrub. Red buds and white flowers and reddish orange fruit.  Red fall foliage.
Notes:Very fragrant flowers.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Fabaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Sun
Height:  10' - 25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fragrant purple-mauve-white flowers in dangling racemes to 4' in length.
Notes: Old Japanese cultivar with a dramatic curtain of flowers.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot