| p>Most people like to have plants around the house - | | | | heavenly fragrance to your home in winter/early |
| its soothing to bring a bit of greenery and nature into | | | | spring. |
| our houses, and many plants grow very well indoors. | | | | - Narcissi - many varieties are available that will |
| However, as well as attractive foliage, some also | | | | provide not only colour but fragrance for your home |
| produce fragrance, and can therefore add another, | | | | in spring. |
| uplifting aromatic dimension to our home. | | | | - Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) produces tall stems (up |
| Here are a few that you may want to try. | | | | to 3 ft in height) ending in white, trumpet-shaped |
| Fragrant flowering plants | | | | blooms that have a strong and heady fragrance. |
| Yesterday, today & tomorrow (Brunfelsia | | | | Fragrant foliage houseplants However, plants do not |
| calycina) is a slow-growing evergreen plant that | | | | have to flower to be able to add fragrance to your |
| produces purple blooms that gradually fade over the | | | | home. A number of plants with aromatic foliage can |
| days through shades of blue to a final white. As the | | | | also be grown indoors: |
| flowers emerge at different times, several shades of | | | | Scented geraniums (Pelargoniums) come with a wide |
| purple/blue/white can occur on a single pant. In | | | | range of aromatic foliage - scents of rose, mint, |
| addition to this attractive floral display, the flowers | | | | lemon, cinnamon, coconut, nutmeg, orange, |
| also produce a sweet delicate fragrance. | | | | peppermint, pine and strawberry are among those |
| Gardenia (also known as Cape jasmine; Gardenia | | | | available. As well as having amazing aromas, many |
| jasminoides) produces large white flowers with a | | | | scented geraniums have very attractive foliage, |
| wonderfully exotic fragrance from summer though to | | | | making them an ideal addition to any home. |
| autumn. The shrub is evergreen and so looks good all | | | | Herbs such as basil, coriander and parsley can all be |
| year round. | | | | grown from seed and as ready bought plants in your |
| Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) is another evergreen | | | | home. Try a sunny window. Not only will you benefit |
| shrub, but flowering in late winter/early spring. The | | | | from the aroma, but you can also use the herbs for |
| sweetly scented, white, star-shaped flowers open | | | | cooking. |
| from pink-tinged buds. The scent becomes stronger | | | | So, forget about artificial room fresheners and their |
| at night. | | | | synthetic chemicals - with a wide choice of fragrant |
| Heliotropes produce single, small lavender, purple or | | | | house plants available, you can fill your home with |
| white flowers in highly fragrant clusters from summer | | | | purely natural aromas. |
| to autumn. Their fragrance is supposedly reminiscent | | | | Sources |
| of cherry pie. | | | | - Bland J, Davidson W. The new houseplant survival |
| Madagascar jasmine (also known as Wax flower, | | | | manual. Quarto Publishing 1995. |
| Floradora or Madagascar chaplet flower; Stephanotis | | | | - Hessayon DG. The Flowering Shrub Expert. Expert |
| floribunda) is a climbing evergreen plant that produces | | | | Books 1994. |
| highly fragrant, white, trumpet-shaped flowers in | | | | - bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/index.shtml |
| clusters. | | | | - flowergardens.suite101.com/article.cfm |
| Fragrant bulbs | | | | scented_geranium_pelargonium |
| A number of bulbs that produce fragrant flowers can | | | | - canadiangardening.com/howto |
| also be grown indoors. | | | | ideas_fragrant_foliage2.shtml |
| - Hyacinths (e.g. Hyacinthus orientalis) add not only | | | | - Wildwood C. Aromatherapy. Bloomsbury Publishing |
| colour (shades of white, pink and blue) but also a | | | | plc, 1996. |