Feature Article

The Scented Garden

by Charlie Dimmock

Many of us enjoy gardening and the scent of a garden is just as important as colour, form and variety. Side View magazine asked TV presenter Charlie Dimmock to share her favourite scented plant ideas to help create a sensory garden for all to enjoy. Shrubs form the backbone of many planting schemes, those with fragrant fl owers include the powerfully heady Daphne “Somerset”, with pink buds opening to blush-white in May. Charlie also recommends two mock oranges: Pittosporum tobira and Philadelphus “Belle Etoile”. P. tobria is a tender evergreen grown for its fragrant star-shaped white fl owers in late spring/early summer. P. “Belle Etoile” is a sun-loving shrub which fl owers profusely with large white fl owers with pale purple centres. Osmanthus x.burkwoodii bears pretty jasmin-like fl owers with a sweet fragrance that carries on

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Perennials also add fragrance to borders. Dianthus “Doris” is a modern pink with scented, pale pink fl owers which bloom all summer. Hosta “Honeybells” adds height to foliage displays, with large oval leaves complemented in mid- summer by bell-shaped white fl owers streaked with lavender. For a wall or pergola some climbers have fragrant fl owers. Charlie’s favourites include Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22