Viburnum carlesii, Korean Spice Viburnum

Daphne odora

All the spring fragrant viburnums; common lilac; Abelia mosanensis; Clethra alnifolia.

My most fragrant shrub would have to be either daphne perfume princess or Azara microphylla

The scent of miss kim lilacs waft a hundred yards.

Buddleja

I don't have many shrubs, but Buddleja. My Table Mnt pine can be smelled many yards away -- not exactly a flowery smell tho.

Daphne odora, Osmanthus x fortunei, Sarcococca orientalis, Elaeagnus x ebbingei

I dont have many fragrant shrubs… my edgeworthia is my favorite. right by front door and smells so nice when everything else is still sleeping

Mamaham, do you protect that shrub? I would love to grow one but not sure if they can handle the same temps up here like there. I am a Zone6b

Does that shrub ever see below 0 temps? What's the coldest temps that shrub has taken?

@Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.) I am in zone 7 right on a/b line. We don't see 0 temps here. We do have the occasional rare 20s. I do not do anything for it, but mine are very established. The plant description says zones 7-10 but it also says it is not heat tolerant. It is very hot here in summer and it does fine. The only thing that I do to it ever is remove some suckers. It puts out a lot of suckers.

I am new to gardening so I don't really know, but I would imagine that the flower buds would be damaged with below zero. It starts putting them on late fall, I think.

In addition to the fraghrant viburnums mentioned above, star magnolia and a ”weed tree” russian or autumn olive perfumes the entire yard and hillside.

Some Septembers see the hiilside perfumed with ripe concord type fox grapes. The birds are mad about the (“wild”) grapes and the grapes climb high into the oak, maples and beech trees. They are not as prolific as they were a few years ago. Someone told me to prune or whach them wasy back for more grapes. Zone 5a in deciduous woods, wetland setting with clearings.

In Indianapolis

Calycanthus floridus 'Athens' followed very closely by the previously mentioned Viburnum carlesii

Thanks. restorephoto. I want one of these.

About this plant:

https://landscapeofus.com/calycanthus-floridus-athens/

Daphne odora, Daphne X hybrida, Syringa vulgaris, Osmanthus fragnans, Eleagnus (something-or-other), Viburnum carlesii, Viburnum X Burkwoodii, and even Pittosporum Silver Sheen(?) (with very small green leaves) which I always forget will smell beautiful when in flower. Every Spring it surprises me.

Love the Dapahne, but I loose mine every winter. I don't get it((

Calycanthus floridus 'Athens'!! My God, if anyone loves fragrance they need one of these. I gave my sister a rooted piece of this tree and it's her best, along with mine. In fact, it's just budding up now as we speak and boy it whaffs in the air!

the Korean Spice bush yes!! but also, the Knockout Sunny rose...the yellow rose smells wonderfully of citrus.

I guess mine would be the Magnolia grandiflora trees. I need to replace a Magnolia virginiana that I lost several season ago due to drought not maintaining proper watering. The M. virginiana is even more intense than the grandiflora, for those that cannot grow the M. grandiflora due to zonal issues, I highly recommend this species, which for some reason is very much underrepresented in gardens local to me.

Lilacs!

Lilacs, buckthorn (it's invasive and a volunteer, but wow, does it perfume the yard). It's not a shrub, but I always notice my Actaea when it blooms.

I second the Lilacs! :^)

Bill! As in Bill Mn, retired engineer? If yes, where have you been? Need an update to your various seed starting / tsuga growing threads!

Sigrid: "buckthorn (it's invasive and a volunteer, but wow, does it perfume the yard)" I don't think I've ever noticed much of a fragrance from buckthorn flowers. Would it be Autumn-olive you're smelling?

Viburnum Valley mentioned Abelia mosanensis (apparently now called Zabelia tyaihyonii) - It may be my favorite of the few fragrant shrubs I have in the yard (I really enjoy the Heptacodium also) . There was a Nessus sphinx visiting the Abelia flowers the last couple evenings (edited: photo this evening 6/3/22).

Thanks IGG.

Same Bill_Minn.

Lurking and traveling this winter. Toured some botanical gardens and old plantations, did some shrimping and spent a few nights overlooking Myrtle Beach. :-)

Been a late start here. Hardly made the 50'sf in April (glad we were gone) and barely 60's all of May. We missed May frost though it came close the third week. Still cooler than normal so far in June. Got good rains last week and everything planted has broke bud and growing. Not much to show & tell yet. We need some 70's & 80's.🤞

Glad to have you back, Bill. 🙂

Bill - what kind of lilacs are those? Common lilac varieties are basically done here, but there's a Miss Kim in full bloom at a property across the road (6/3/22).

I think they're common lilacs.

The blooms were sub par last year with the dry conditions, that's maybe why they're making up for it this year.

Temps have been on the cool side and we had significant snow melt early along with several rains totaling several inches so moistures been good. We've only had a handful of days in the 70's the last two months so everything has been slow in developing.

Lonicera periclymenum (Harlequin honeysuckle).

chokecherry makes the most heavenly scent. That’s mine

I didn't plant them, but they are around to smell -- Multiflora Rose.