Nothing makes a garden feel a little empty like walking past your flowers and seeing no butterflies in sight. The blooms may be colorful, the beds tidy, but without those flitting wings, your garden ...

Fragrant flowers are a wonderful addition to any garden. Not only do they produce beautiful blooms that fill your landscape with color, but their scent creates a calming, welcoming atmosphere. Like ...

For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to plants with fragrant flowers and foliage. The added bonus with growing many of these is the butterflies and hummingbirds that they will attract to ...

IF YOU ENTERTAIN in the evening, or just like to go out and enjoy your garden after dark, add a sensory treat by planting night-fragrant plants in key areas of your garden. Some of the best aromatic ...

This fragrant and beautiful shrub adds instant charm to your entryway — but there are a few important things to watch out for ...

For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard comments on the deliciously strong scent emanating from the two lilac shrubs ...

The scent of lavender is unmistakable: clean, fresh and soothing. This aromatic member of the mint family gets its distinct aroma from the oil produced by the plant’s leaves and stems. Lavender oil’s ...

A FRAGRANT GARDEN is one of the greatest pleasures of summer. We’re already past the midpoint of the season and sliding toward the equinox, which makes the perfume of lilies and roses even more ...

My friend Janet asked me a few days ago what flowers she could grow this summer that would be easy and above all, fragrant. Well, easy was easy to suggest, but fragrant not much so. Janet’s question ...

Perfumes had captivated the ancient Greeks and through many sources, we can still venture through the world of perfumes in ...