Fill your garden with sweet scents and beautiful blooms with these amazingly fragrant flowers. Here are our top 10 picks. Click on the plant names to learn more about them.
Rosa 'Madame Isaac
Pereire'
Considered one of the most fragrant roses in history, 'Madame
Isaac Pereire' bears petal-filled, deep raspberry-rose flowers in
spring and again in summer.
Rosa 'Gertrude
Jekyll'
Most English roses are wonderfully fragrant, so it's no surprise
David Austin's 'Gertrude Jekyll' made the list. This easy-growing
stunner offers great disease resistance and wonderful medium-pink
flowers on a vigorous plant.
Rosa 'Heritage'
Another outstanding English rose, Heritage bears petal-filled
soft-pink blooms that smell of sweet lemons. Many gardeners
appreciate that it has fewer (at least than most roses) thorns on
its canes and good disease resistance.
Rosa 'Just Joey'
You can't beat this hybrid tea rose's rich, warm color -- it's a
beautiful blend of rich apricot and glowing orange. While 'Just
Joey' appeals to the eye, it's really the way the rose appeals to
your nose that makes it a garden favorite.
Rosa 'Madame Alfred
Carrière'
Another old-rose classic, this climbing rose was born in 1879
and features pink-blushed white flowers with a strong spicy-sweet
scent. It bears a continuous supply of blooms and is perfect for
clothing a wall or pergola (especially since it bears fewer thorns
than most roses).
Rosa 'New
Dawn'
Climbing roses can be just as fragrant as their bushy cousins --
a fact proven by gorgeous 'New Dawn'. It features big, soft-pink
flowers throughout the summer. Be sure to give 'New Dawn' plenty of
room to climb!
Rosa 'Roseraie de
l'Hay'
Among the hardiest of all roses, this rugosa-type shrub bears
magenta-purple blooms filled with a very strong, sweet fragrance.
It's long blooming and wonderfully disease resistant, too.
Rosa 'Fragrant
Cloud'
An award-winner that offers offers a captivating fragrance in
its big coral-red blooms. 'Fragrant Cloud' is a vigorous hybrid
tea.
Rosa 'Fragrant
Delight'
Given the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the RHS this
lovely floribunda rose produces clusters of fragrant, double,
coral-pink flowers.
Rosa 'Fragrant
Memories'
The pure-white flowers are packed with petals and a sweet
fragrance.