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Welcome to the Garden's Fragrance Library
Ginkgo Fruit — The Unwelcome Fragrance Record
Tomato Leaf — Summer Tending
Jane Magnolia — A Flower at the Threshold of Spring
Peony — The Fragrance of a Flower Remembered
Chinese Fringe-flower — A Quiet Spring Fragrance
Glossy Abelia — A Small Flower's Soft Sweetness
Yellow Cestrum — A Scent That May Wait for Evening
Wisteria — Fragrance Hanging Overhead
Fragrant White Mistflower — Vanilla at the Edge of Autumn
Vitex — Aromatic Leaves Beneath the Flower Spires
Dill — Green, Feathery, and Bright
Catmint — Cool Aromatic Foliage
Lavender — Flowers, Foliage, and the Difference Between Them
Rosemary — A Fragrance That Stays on the Hands
Cinnamon Basil — Sweet Spice in Green Leaves
Holy Basil — A Fragrance With Cultural Memory
Dark Opal Basil — Purple Leaves, Warm Spice
Thai Basil — Anise Among the Purple Stems
Genovese Basil — The Scent of the Summer Kitchen
Lemon Basil — Lemon Woven Through Basil
Lemon Bee Balm — Citrus in a Texas Wildflower
Lemon Balm — Lemon on a Soft Leaf
Lemon Verbena — The Clearest Lemon
Ebb Tide Rose — Cloves in a Magenta Flower
Banana Shrub — The Tiny Scent Mystery
Gardenia — The Fragrance That Enters the House
If you would like, tell us more about your favorite fragrant flower or herb. Please share in the comments, or share a photograph and tag Olive_and_Edith on Instagram so we can visit your corner of the living world, too.
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