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Listing of most violently fragrant plants - opinions wanted

pierce_phillips
16 years ago

I've been working on compiling a list of the most violently fragrant plants (perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees). These are all confirmed to grow in Vance County, North Carolina (zone 7a, 7b, or 8a, depending on who you ask).

I intend to plant all these in my yard, as my salary and time afford.

Opinions are always appreciated.

*VINES*

Paniculata clematis-----Clematis ternifolia

Etruscan honeysuckle-----Lonicera etrusca

Common honeysuckle-----Lonicera periclymenum

Italian honeysuckle-----Lonicera caprifolium

Goldflame honeysuckle-----Lonicera x heckrottii

Japanese honeysuckle-----Lonicera japonica 'Purpurea'

Hall's honeysuckle-----Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'

Winter honeysuckle-----Lonicera fragrantissima

Poet's jasmine-----Jasminun officinale

Winter jasmine-----Jasminum polyanthum

Arabian jasmine-----Jasminium sambac

Pink summer jasmine-----Jasminium x stephanese

Moonflower-----Ipomoea alba

Sweet peas-----Lathyrus odoratus

Chinese wisteria-----Wisteria sinensis

*PERENNIALS*

Creeping phlox-----Phlox stolonifera 'Bruce's White'

Ginger lily -----Hedychium coronarium var. chrysoleum 'Yellow Spot'

Hyacinths -----Hyacinthus 'Blue Jacket'/Hyacinthus 'Anna Marie'/Hyacinthus 'Carnegie'

Lily of the valley-----Convallaria majalis

Swamp milkweed-----Asclepias incarnata

Sweet violet-----Viola odorata

Woodland phlox-----Phlox divaricata 'Blue Perfume'/Phlox divaricata 'White Perfume'

*SHRUBS*

Coast azalea-----Rhododendron atlanticum

Sweet azalea-----Rhododendron arborescens

Pinxterbloom azalea-----Rhododendron periclymenoides

Roseshell azalea-----Rhododendron prinophyllum

Swamp azalea-----Rhododendron viscosum

Banana shrub-----Michelia figo

Carolina allspice-----Calycanthus floridus

Gardenia-----Gardenia jasminoides

Lilacs-----Syringa 'Henri Robert''/Syringa 'Vauban'/Syringa 'Miss Kim'

Sweet box-----Sarcococca hookeriana/Sarcococca confusa

Viburnum-----Viburnum carlesii

White forsythia-----Abeliophyllum distichum

Winter hazel-----Corylopsis glabrescens

Wintersweet-----Chimonanthus praecox

Angel's trumpet-----Brugmansia 'Dr. Seuss'

*TREES*

Sweetbay magnolia-----Magnolia virginiana

Southern magnolia-----Magnolia grandiflora

Black locust-----Robinia pseudoacacia

Japnese apricots-----Prunus mume

Small-leaved Lime-----Tilia cordata

Yellowwood-----Cladrastis lutea

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