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This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon:The Complete Garden.

List Of Fragrant Plants. A. Fragrant Flowers

The plants in this group are valuable because of the fragrance of their flowers . It is an interesting fact that many species of the same genus are not equally valuable because of the flower fragrance. This is true especially with the mock orange. a. Shrubs: Azalea arborescens Smooth Azalea Azalea canescens Fragrant Mountain Azalea Azalea viscosa Swamp Azalea Buddleia veitchiana Summer Lilac Calycanthus floridus Strawberry Shrub Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepper Bush Corylopsis spicata Flowering Hazel Daphne cneorum Garland Flower Itea virginica Virginian Willow Lonicera fragrantissima Early Fragrant Honeysuckle Lonicera spinosa alberti Large-fruited Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum Fly Bush Honeysuckle Magnolia conspicua Chinese White Magnolia Magnolia glauca Swamp Magnolia Osmanthus aquifolium Fragrant Olive Philadelphus coronarius Common Mock Orange Philadelphus zeyheri Hybrid Mock Orange Pyrus angustifolia

Narrow-leaved Crab Pyrus baccata Siberian Flowering Crab Pyrus coronaria Wild Crab Pyrus floribunda Flowering Crab Pyrus ioensis bechteli Bechtel's Crab Pyrus spectabilis riversi Rivers' Semi-double Chinese Flowering Crab Rhododendron azaleoides Hybrid Pinkster Flower Ribes aureum Flowering Currant Ribes gordonianum Flowering Currant Rosa (in variety) Rose Rubus deliciosus Rocky Mountain Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus Flowering Raspberry Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac Viburnum carlesi Korean viburnum b. Trees: Catalpa speciosa Western Catalpa Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust Paulownia tomentosa Empress Tree Robinia pseudacacia Black Locust Tilia (in variety) Linden c. Perennials: Arabis albida Rock Cress Artemisia laciiflora Southernwood Asterula odorata Sweet Woodruff Cheiranthus cheiri (tender) Wallflower Clematis davidiana David's Clematis Clematis recta Herbaceous Clematis Convallaria majalis Lily-of-the-valley Dianthus plumarius Scotch Pink Dictamnus fraxinella Gas Plant Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus Funkia (in variety) Plantain Lily Hemerocallis aurantiaca Fragrant Orange Lily Hemerocallis flava Lemon Lily Hemerocallis thunbergi Lemon Lily Hesperis matronalis Sweet Rocket Iris germanica

German Iris Lavandula vera Lavender Malva moschata Musk Mallow Monarda (in variety) Bergamot Oenothera (in variety) Evening Primrose Paeonia albiflora sinensis Chinese Peony Phlox paniculata Garden Phlox Trifolium repens White Clover Valeriana (in variety) Valerian Viola odorata semperflorens Violet Yucca filamentosa Adam's Needle