The sweet, heavy perfume of the fragrant evening primrose wafts in the sunset on balmy summer evenings. The first night moths will soon come to pollinate the buds. The plant is just one of many that ...

While there are many thousands of different plants to choose from, incorporating some of the best fragrant shrubs to your yard can be transformational, adding a sensory dimension wherever they are ...

When it comes to making your landscape look great, few plants have more mileage in the garden than evergreen shrubs. The foliage lasts for multiple seasons and during the growing period, many ...

Relaxing in a backyard pool, hot tub or bathtub is so much sweeter when you're surrounded by perfumed plants.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Full disclosure: I wasn't always a fan of California native plants because, honestly, I didn't know anything about them. I was too ...

If you enjoy aromatherapy, you may want to consider adding some fragrant plants to your porch or in your landscape. They come in a variety of flower colors, amount of fragrance (ranging from light to ...

Night-blooming jessamine Night-blooming jessamine grows best in light, sandy soil. It is tolerant to a variety of conditions and usually requires little care except for frost and salt protection. It ...

Fragrant Sumac, Rhus trilobata*: Medium-size deciduous shrub for fall color* Rhus trilobata, with the common names fragrant sumac or skunkbush sumac, is a native shrub with gorgeous fall foliage.

Lilac season is about over. For the lasts two weeks I have been enjoying the amazing fragrance of "Miss Kim," a species lilac (Syringa patula) with light purple blossoms. It was sold to me some 25 ...

Fragrance has the ability to transport us to another time, another place, and — when employed in the garden — it can create magic. Many of our emotions and memories are closely linked, due to the ...

If you choose plants just for the way they look, you’re missing out. It’s time to take a fragrance inventory. By Margaret Roach In his latest book, Ken Druse candidly admits to a particular botanical ...