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 ...

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 ...

Even if you have a courtyard or patio garden, scent can fill the air.

Susan Spradley, a volunteer for California Botanic Garden's Native Designs group, assembles a bouquet made from native foliage and flowers, including glossy hollyleaf cherry branches and sunflowers, ...

If you're looking for inspo when it comes to fine-tuning your options for front yard path planting, there are several things to consider before you start. First think about whether you want a smart, ...

Full disclosure: I wasn’t always a fan of California native plants because, honestly, I didn’t know anything about them. I was too busy being googly-eyed over show-stopper ornamentals like roses. My ...

Everyone loves walking into a room that smells wonderful. But artificial fragrances can be potentially toxic, especially to children or pets, and adults with sensitivities, lung issues or breathing ...

Mother’s Day is a milestone that arrives at the same time as the historic no-more-chance-of-frost date in southcentral Pennsylvania, when it’s “safe” to plant the summer annuals and warm-weather ...

In a recent column, I mentioned that sweet almond shrubs I’ve cultivated in Central Florida were scentless, even though the species is widely deemed intensely fragrant. It’s possible that ancestry ...

For many gardeners, the seasonal scents from fragrant outdoor flowers are reason enough to put in the work of planting and maintaining a garden. With the bloomers on this list, you can surround ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don't work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn't an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...