Different plants can fill your home with pleasing scents throughout the year:
Spring: • Citrus • Cyclamen (some) • Cytisus x spachianus • Daphne (forced, some) • Freesia (some) • Gardenia • hedge wattle (Acacia paradoxa) • herbs • Hyacinthus • Jasminum polyanthum • lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) • mimosa (Acacia dealbata) • Narcissus (some) • orchids (some) • rose bay (Nerium oleander) • Stephanotis • Viburnum x burkwoodii (forced)
Summer • angels’ trumpets (Brugmansia, some) • Bouvardia longiflora • Citrus • Coelogyne cristata • Cymbidium (some miniature hybrids) • frangipani (Plumeria) • Gardenia • Heliotropium • herbs • lilies (Lilium, some) • myrtle (Myrtus communis) • pinks (Dianthus, some) • Rosa (some) • rose bay (Nerium oleander) • star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) • Stephanotis • wax flower (Hoya)
Autumn • Bouvardia longiflora • Citrus • Gardenia • herbs • myrtle (Myrtus communis) • Pelargonium (scented-leaved) • Stephanotis
Winter • Citrus • Cyclamen persicum (some) • Daphne (forced, some) • herbs • Hyacinthus (forced) • Jasminum polyanthum (forced) • mimosa (Acacia dealbata) • paper-white narcissus (Narcissus papyraceus) • Pelargonium (scented-leaved) • Primula (forced, some) • tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
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Grow hyacinth as a houseplant for its pleasant aroma.
