This summer I want to focus on making shady garden corners more rewarding. It’s so easy to disregard these leftover spaces and leave them unplanted until the weeds move in. My solution is to make wasted corners into “destinations” that I’ll want to visit. And it wouldn’t hurt if something sweetly scented was wafting out of those corners. I’m going to use long-blooming scented … [Read more...] about Scented plants for shade grown from seed
scented plants
Heliotrope behind her ears
I like flowers with a vanilla scent, and always try to plant some annual heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) in containers and also in the ground near yellow Corydalis lutea. Heliotrope is an old Victorian favourite, and I remember its sweet fragrance from my grandmother’s garden. She also liked the scent of vanilla, and even put dabs of it behind her ears when baking a cake … [Read more...] about Heliotrope behind her ears
