I dont know about the Gainesville area but I have seen them for sale in Mandarin at the older Ace Hardware store. Also there is a nursery in Dinsmore that has named brugs from time to time. I think it might be called Gore's Nursery.

Annuals: Sweet Alyssium/Lobularia maritima - my favorite for containers. Plant with Autumn Crocus like speciosum or sativus(Saffron) for a fall show. Honey scented. Mirabilis jalapa and M. longifolia/4 oclocks open in late afternoon. Basil/Ocimum - for spagettii sauce. Tagetes tenuifolia - citrusy smelling miniature Marigolds in yellow, red and orange. Petunia old fashoned ones check newer ones for fragrance Nicotiana sylvestris/Flowering Tobacco have a Petunia-like fragrance Pansy- Orange and yellow varieties have a honeyed scent. Other colors have little or no scent. Perilla frutescens Purple or Green Shisho- use for tea. (Purple Coleus to some) Stock/Matthiola - Petunia-like scent Cheiranthus cheiri/Wallflower - marshmallow/Hawthorn fragrance Coreopsis tinctoria/Calliopsis- some people say it is sickly sweet but I like it. There are tall and short kinds. Dianthus gratianopolitanus/Cheddar Pink - Its evergreen foliage resembles a juniper from a distance. Salvia coccinea - wild scarlet sage. Most all Salvias/Sages are fragrant in flower or foliage. The Zone 8, S.melissodora is always in flower and has a Kudzu flower scent. Cleveland Sage is another semi-hardy favorite of mine. Perennials: Lilium phillipenense- Tall stemmed trumpet clusters in August. Allium tuberosum and A. odorum - These onions have the same fragrance as the August Lily. A. odoratum flowers in July followed by A. tuberosum in August. Pinch off seed heads or cut later for dry arrangements. Hosta plantaginea and hybrids/cvs. of it like 'Venus', 'Royal Standard', and 'Sweet Sue'.(These like some mid-day shade) They also share the Lilium phillipenense fragrance. Pycnanthemem muticum/Mountain Mint- This ironclad has pennyroyal scented foliage dusted with a white coating. For shade or sun.- A favorite of tiny green bees and other pollinators. Menthol scented P. virginianum and thread leaved P. tenuifolium are also good growing Se. natives. Bulbs: For winter/earliest spring in a large pot/tub that can remain undisturbed: plant Winter Aconite/Erianthus, Crocus chrysanthus cvs. and Hyacinths- Roman Hyacinths are the wild forms. Dutch Hyacinths are the big spike headed ones commonly available. All these are very fragrant on sunny winter/spring days. Galanthus imperatii like the Ginn's forms have a moderate Hyacinth fragrance as well. Gal.nivalis'Samual Arnott' is also said to be fragrant on sunny days. Narcissus x jonquilla hybrids all have good fragrance. They flower early to mid-spring. My favorite is 'Kinglet'. 'Thalia' is widely available. Vines: Gelsemium sempervirens has yellow spring flowers with a marshmallowy scent. Evergreen and hardy. Clematis virginiana/paniculata is a group of similar, vanilla scented, late summer, white flowered non-evergreen vines. As easy as they come. Clematis stans is hard to find, but has small blue autumnal flowers with a grape candy/Kudzu flower scent. Herbs: For touchy/feeley experiences Catnip/Nepeta cataria soft gray foliage with original or lemon scent. The N.x faassenii has a less pleasant smell. Calaminthas have a strong almost ether-like smell that attracts cats even more than Catnip Melissa officinalis 'Aurea'/Golden Lemon Balm- Strong Lemon candy scent. Scented Geraniums are tropical houseplants usable as annuals. They come in a wide range of scents. Rosmarinus officinalis/Rosemary - The variety 'Arp' from Texas is much hardier than most at Z6. Beautiful small evergreen bush. There is a larger one named 'Barbeque' with stems just right for Shish-ka-babs. Thymus herba-baroni/Caraway Thyme is the easiest or toughest Thyme for me. Flat cascading mats of tiny leaves. It is used to flavor a famous beef dish. Mints come in many new flavors. Spearmint, Pennyroyal, Wintergreen, Pear, Marshmallow, even Hilary's Sweet Mint. Mailorder Richters carries many of these new designer mints. These are all things that scent the air, more or less, and which would stand a greater chance of surviving in mid-south containers. With larger containers you can have more options, especially with woody things. Logees Greenhouse also offers a number of fragrant container plants, mostly indoor for the winter.

Hi G, There aren't that many fragrant perennials for your zone however there are some. Peonies and lilies are classics that come to mind. I personally have always been curious about gas plant (Dictamnus fraxinella purpureus) however I know me and I'll want to move the poor things around and they have tap roots and hate having their roots disturbed. ;) Of course if you consider shrubs then there's plenty of roses, mock oranges, lilacs and Viburnum carlesii hybrids to choose from. Here's a link from from Fine Gardening that would be a good start. You might also want to check some books out from the library. Good luck! -Robert Here is a link that might be useful: fragrant perennials

Any of the old fashioned nicotianas especially the Aztec variety, (dogs will not touch them.)The dwarf hybrids you buy at the garden departments of the big discount stores are generally unscented, look for seeds from mail order. Easy easy to start. Any of the brugmansias which are night scented like the nictiana. They come in white, various shades of yellow to orange to peach, the versicolor which starts of waxy creamy ivory and turns pink and I have seen lilac to purple too. Commonly called Angels trumpet and used to be datura sp. These will grow and bloom indoors although not many flowers. My very old dog has lived under one for 14 years and has never shown any interest in eating it, but have no idea how toxic it might be. I suspect not very because sheep eat it with no apparant ill effects. It will grow tall & straggly and does not mind being (it NEEDS TO BE) chopped back to one or two stem/trunks. Prune to the shape you want! This is a fun plant to train into weird shapes (wire cage) if that is what turns you on as it grows very fast and is relativelt pliable when young. Flowers on lateral branches. It can also be grown in a large pot in which case it benefits from periodic root pruning too. Bucket of water method of propagation, it grows roots very rapidly. Its blossoms are tied to the phases of the moon, more when the moon is full, right now all of mine are loaded. For me it has not dome well out in the teeth of the gale but I see it (white single) growing on the side of the road across from Hale Kuhio in Waimea (BI) where it gets plenty wind. Oh the scent! Just glorious if you can imagine tuberose x 10