Plant Ideas for a Sensory Garden- Fragrance

Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum)

True to its name, this plant fills the air with the scent of curry. It has silver-gray leaves and long-lasting yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. Curry Plant looks very similar to Lavender in its leaf stage. But, as the picture to the right shows, it looks totally different in bloom. Curry Plant likes it warm and dry. It is native to Turkey and thrives on sunny slopes where it attracts beneficial
insects to its unusual flowers.


 

Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)

Long, arching clusters of sweet-scented flowers bloom midsummer, attracting butterflies and bees. Beautiful flowering shrub, makes good cut flowers. Can be planted in very nearly any landscape site. Butterfly bush is an old favorite of many gardeners, however it's popularity comes and goes with the passage of time. Butterfly bush holds it foliage into the fall season but does not show any fall color. Butterfly bush flowers from June-July to fall and colors vary from white, pink, lavender, purple and to near red, depending on the variety. Butterfly bush prefers a well-drained, moist, loamy type soil and tolerates heat and drought after it becomes well established. Butterfly bush will attract hoards of bees and butterflies to your garden. Butterfly bush can grow  5 to 10 feet high and wide, but can be trimmed to 4 to 6 feet. The more you trim, the more it blooms.

Chocolate Scented Daisy (Berlandiera lyrata)

This spring and summer bloomer has flowers with chocolate-scented, light green centers surrounded by brown or yellow ray-shaped florets. The "Chocolate Fragrance Award" goes to the Chocolate Scented Daisy (Berlandiera lyrata), a quarter-size, vibrant, yellow daisy with striking red striped undersides and chocolate-colored stamens. A small plant with an airy habit, Chocolate Scented Daisy  (sometimes called Chocolate Flower) makes a nice, informal edging plant, and is most impressive and most fragrant when planted in groups.