The royal families of India and Persia designed night gardens with the most fragrant flowers that would perfume the night air with sensual odors. See our list below of the best fragrant flowers for your garden.
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Hedychium ellipticum
Item #: 9756
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Himalayan Mountains
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $34.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/31/2024Sold out -
Hedychium 'Kin Ôgi'
Item #: 7459
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
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Hedychium 'Raffillii'
Item #: 4693
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Himalayan Mountains, Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hedychium 'Vanilla Ice'
Item #: 8099
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $39.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Helicodiceros muscivorus 'Majorca'
Item #: 17832
Zones: 7b to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Hemerocallis altissima 'Flyover'
Item #: 6115
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 65" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Hemerocallis citrina 'Yao Ming'
Item #: 6875
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Hemerocallis 'Striped Fantastic' PP 23,154
Item #: 5199
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Cathedral Windows' PP 17,295
Item #: 6600
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 21" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Etched Glass' PP 30,748
Item #: 13527
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Flower Show'
Item #: 17527
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
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Hosta 'Menorah'
Item #: 12830
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Simply Divine'
Item #: 13313
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Stained Glass'
Item #: 4232
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Summer Snowstorm'
Item #: 13314
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Uptown Girl'
Item #: 5215
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
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Hymenocallis acutifolia 'Thad Howard'
Item #: 15705
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 40" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Hymenocallis duvalensis 'Apalachicola Angel'
Item #: 17191
Zones: 7b to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Hymenocallis x maxialis 'Wetmax'
Item #: 17187
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid, Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 06/04/2027Sold out -
Iris lazica
Item #: 2523
Zones: 7b to 9b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Caucasus Mountains, Mediterranean Europe, Turkey
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $0.00Regular priceUnit price perThis plant is available for JLBG Members only.
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Iris unguicularis 'Dazzling Eyes'
Item #: 9823
Zones: 6b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mediterranean Europe, Northern Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Iris unguicularis 'Francis Wolseley'
Item #: 6636
Zones: 6b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Jasminum officinale 'Frojas'
Item #: 6245
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 120" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Lavandula x intermedia 'Phenomenal' PP 24,193
Item #: 6216
Zones: 4a to 7b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Fragrant Flowers
The Most Fragrant Flowers in the Garden
(Stop and smell the roses, and the agave, and the lavender, and the ... )
Fragrant Flowers are an often overlooked (or under-smelled) feature of the garden. But planting a garden full of fragrant flowers delights the nose, both day and night. The royal families of India and Persia knew this and designed night gardens near their palace balconies with fragrant flowers that would perfume the night air with sensual odors.
Plant Delights Nursery has a large number of the most fragrant flowers for you to choose from. Some of our favorite fragrant plants are listed below:
The Best Fragrant Flowers for Your Garden
- Agave whose flowers smell like French fries,
- Aloysia virgata with sweetly fragrant white flowers
- Berlandiera whose flowers smell like milk chocolate,
- Dianthus with flowers that smell like cloves,
- Edgeworthia with a wonderful sweet fragrance at the end of winter,
- Jasminum the flower used by the moghuls of India in their scented gardens,
- Verbesina which smells just like Tootsie Rolls,
- Hedychium features honeysuckle-scented flowers in late summer
- Tiarella is for those with sensitive noses. Some fragrances may be overwhelming, Tiarella has softly fragrant flowers.
- Nicotiana - The sweetly fragrant flowers make everyone's top 10 list
- Convallaria (Lily of the Valley) has small but fragrant flowers
- Polianthes is so fragrant that they use it in the perfume industry
- Brugmansia has large trumpet-like flowers with a pleasing fragrance
- Lavender has fragrant flowers popular in soaps.
See also our many blog posts about fragrant flowers