The Maximalist loves scented garden flowers! And she especially loves the ones that come up every year and can be had for peanuts. Today I am reveling in the aroma of scented daffodils, lilacs, wisteria and broom plants!
All of these can be had very reasonably. Daffodil bulbs are always a bargain online and not all are the scentless yellow trumpets. Daffodils = narcissus and are the stuff of glorious parfums like Caron's classic Narcisse Noir. Lilacs come in blue, red, white and many shades of lilac of course. They perfume the air like nothing else, look spectacular massed in vases and are reliable bloomers. The wisteria is hanging in long grapey clusters now and the fragrance is from a distance fabulous and a bit too much close up. Wisteria is rarely an addition in parfum for this reason I would surmise, but I do own an old bottle of Houbigant's Wisteria soliflore that retains its beauty to today.
My most recent scented shrubs are the broom plants with their fluttery yellow blossoms and incongruently heady fragrance. Butterflies love them as do the honeybees...and the Maximalist. They are largish plants and that bloom from top to bottom and survive the harsh winter weather. My shoveling service dumped piles of snow on them and they returned as marvelous as ever.
I should aslo give a shout out to crab apple trees. Many colors, deep apple blossom scent and a long season as different varieties blossom at different times. They brighten the ladder of our day to day life and ask for a little water.Mine also get a little neem oil spray to harmlessly combat the pests!
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