Licorice-scented foliage and tubular orange-pink flowers that hummingbirds and butterflies find irresistible. Thrives on neglect.
Huge pendant trumpets release intense evening fragrance over a long warm-season bloom.
Lavender-blue spikes with licorice-scented foliage. A pollinator powerhouse that blooms for months.
Spidery yellow flowers with sweet fragrance on bare branches in late winter. The earliest tree to bloom.
Shaggy, crown-shaped flowers that hummingbirds fight over.
Coral-pink blooms with a tangerine beard. Named for the opera star and just as elegant.
Blooms in spring, then reblooms summer through frost. Compact habit with classic lilac fragrance.
A mammoth shade-garden hosta with thick, corrugated blue-gray leaves up to 18 inches long that slugs leave alone, topped by fragrant lavender flower spikes in midsummer.
Hot pink outer petals cup a creamy center of narrow petaloids. Dramatic and unmistakable.
Long, arching flower wands that butterflies absolutely lose their minds over.
One of the first vines to bloom each year, smothering itself in fragrant bright yellow tubes in late winter and early spring.
Tidy, dome-shaped habit that never flops open. Stays compact without shearing.
Billowy lavender-blue haze that blooms all season if you shear it back.
Tiny daisy flowers with apple-scented foliage. Brew into tea or let it naturalize between pavers.
Long lavender-blue spikes cover this heat-loving shrub all summer. One of the few shrubs that actually blooms in August.
Spidery yellow, sweetly scented flowers bloom on bare branches in late winter.
Creamy white rose-like flowers with sweet fragrance and feathery seed plumes on a tough Rocky Mountain native.
Slow to start but spectacular once established, covering shady walls with flat-topped white lacecap flowers and exfoliating bark.
Fragrant, walkable ground cover. Bees love it, foot traffic can't kill it.
Spiky purple blooms above silver-green aromatic foliage. A kitchen herb that doubles as an ornamental.
Spicy clove-scented pinks with fringed petals in pink, red, white, or salmon, one of the best long-blooming edgers and front-of-border perennials for sun.
Deep velvety red climber with classic rose fragrance. Repeats reliably on a strong, vigorous plant.
Creamy white petals blush to strawberry red at the edges. Knockout fragrance matches the looks.
Slow-growing dwarf with dense rounded habit. Perfect for small gardens and foundation plantings.
Pure white double blooms flecked with crimson at the center. Beloved since 1851 and still unmatched.
Tubular flowers that release sweet fragrance at dusk. A cottage garden classic that attracts moths and hummingbirds.
Fragrant white bottlebrush flowers in spring give way to some of the best orange-red fall color of any small native shrub.
Clouds of white fringed petals dripping from branches in late spring. Fragrant and underused native.
Billowing clusters of fragrant summer color. A butterfly magnet.
Glossy evergreen foliage frames intensely fragrant white flowers from late spring into summer.
Rich golden-yellow cups with an intense tea rose fragrance. David Austin's most famous creation.
Chartreuse-gold leaves with dark green margins and sweetly fragrant white flowers that perfume the shade garden.
Lemon-yellow rebloomer with light fragrance. A bit taller than Stella with softer color.
Compact and intensely dark purple. The standard against which all other lavenders are measured.
Tubular, nectar-rich flowers with a fragrance that defines summer evenings.
The undisputed queen of shade gardening. Foliage in every green and blue.
Dense, intensely fragrant spikes. One bulb can perfume an entire room.
Tall, pale lemon-yellow, sweetly fragrant blooms on an heirloom variety that's been cherished since 1925.
Reliable rebloomer with pure white ruffled falls. Blooms spring, then again in fall.
Elegant sword-leaved perennials with intricate, ruffled blooms.
A vigorous twining vine with intensely sweet-scented white or yellow star-shaped flowers, the scent of warm southern evenings.
Fragrant silver-green mounds beloved by bees and humans alike.
Intensely fragrant clusters that define spring in northern gardens.
Tiny bell-shaped flowers with one of the most intoxicating fragrances in the plant world. Spreads into lush carpets under trees.
Goblet-shaped blooms on bare branches. One of spring's most dramatic moments.
Ruffled golden-yellow flowers with a lavender eye, large, showy, and sweetly fragrant in the summer border.
Enormous fried-egg flowers on blue-gray stems. California's largest native wildflower. Spreads aggressively.
Sweetly scented white blossoms appear intermittently year-round and set thin-skinned lemons.
Compact lilac with pale lavender blooms and outstanding fragrance. Burgundy fall foliage as a bonus.
Arching stems carry orange-blossom-scented white flowers in late spring.
Earlier blooming and slightly softer purple than Hidcote. Gertrude Jekyll's favorite for a reason.
Spidery yellow flowers and intoxicating clove fragrance on bare branches in late fall. The last native shrub to bloom each year.
The world's most popular climbing rose. Soft blush pink, sweetly fragrant, and remarkably vigorous.
Single, apple-pink blooms followed by large rose hips that persist through winter on a vigorous Pacific Northwest native.
Tiny flowers are a pollinator magnet when allowed to bloom. Let a patch go to flower for the bees.
Huge, intensely fragrant blooms in deep pink and white that perfume the entire garden. The lily that defines summer.
Lush, ruffled blooms with intoxicating fragrance. Lives for decades.
Cascading color for containers and beds. Blooms nonstop until frost.
Survives humidity and cold that kills other lavenders. Silver foliage stays tight and full.
Fragrant pale pink to white flowers open before the leaves in early spring, filling lowland forests with sweetness.
Clusters of pink, sweetly scented blooms cover this classic tropical tree in summer.
Intoxicatingly fragrant tropical blooms. The flower of Hawaiian leis.
The queen of the garden. Modern varieties are surprisingly low-maintenance.
Aromatic evergreen herb with tiny blue flowers loved by early bees. Needs excellent drainage.
Soft rose-pink blooms with a cream throat that keep coming from late spring to frost, absolutely tireless.
Massive blooms rise above umbrella leaves in shallow water. Seedpods are as ornamental as the flowers.
Fully double, apple-blossom pink blooms so heavy they nod on their stems. The most planted peony in history.
Unique bicolor blooms with purple petals edged in white. A head-turner in any spring garden.
Huge glossy-leaved tree bearing enormous lemon-scented white flowers. The quintessential symbol of the Deep South's summer.
Glossy gold center with dark green margins, like light through a cathedral window.
Spikes of intensely sweet-scented white flowers in midsummer, one of the best fragrant natives for shady spots.
Clear pink single blooms on a native rose that thrives in wet spots, ditch edges, and rain gardens where other roses would drown.
Honey-scented carpet of tiny flowers. The best living edging plant.
Explosive late-summer bloom of thousands of tiny fragrant white flowers. Vigorous to a fault.
Small clustered flowers perfume the garden with an apricot-like scent over a long season.
Ruffled, intensely fragrant climbing flowers in every pastel shade. Cool-season annual that hates heat.
Pure white fragrant phlox with the best mildew resistance in the species. A reliable, clean performer for the late-summer garden.
Pure white, swept-back petals with two to three blooms per stem. Orchid-like elegance.
Tall summer spikes of waxy white blooms release powerful evening fragrance.
Fragrant snowball clusters in spring, then berries for birds in fall.
Fragrant white bottlebrush flowers followed by brilliant orange-red fall color on a shade-tolerant, deer-resistant native.
Perennial Plant of the Year. Billowy lavender-blue spikes that rebloom hard after a shear.
Floating jewels that transform any pond. Pads provide shade for fish while flowers dazzle above.
Highly fragrant white flowers with yellow centers appear in clusters on succulent branches.
Sweetly fragrant pinwheel flowers on a deciduous native azalea that grows from New England to Georgia. Earlier and more cold-hardy than most.
The wild cousin of bee balm. Lavender puffs alive with pollinators. Tougher and more mildew-resistant.
Loose clusters of sky-blue flowers float above woodland floors in spring on a fragrant, mat-forming native.
Clusters of pink buds open to white, intensely scented blooms in late winter.
Highly fragrant waxy yellow flowers open on bare stems in midwinter.
Cascading, fragrant racemes that create a dreamy canopy. Needs structure.
Spidery, fragrant blooms on bare branches when nothing else dares.