Hi Boo. It's good to be back.
It's interesting how profoundly one can be affected by the delightful scents of a garden. And how moisture can help them carry.
I have found dianthus to be the perfect thing here for producing delicious clove-like scent. I planted Firewitch (from HCG - although there are many better sources) a few years back. On a still day, the flowers from three plants perfumed a nice large spot in the garden. I now have nearly a dozen and they are just now starting to bloom. I love the pale foliage. And that the plants require hardly any care at all. Here they hardly even need watering - they survive on water left over from my nearby roses. My only complaint is that after a few years they can get scraggly. I'm wondering if they can be revived by dividing an pruning them in the spring.
Another good smeller (also from HCG) is the Ribes odorata Crandall, a berry bush that makes tiny yellow flowers a little earlier in spring.
I need to find plants that extend the good smelling season into the summer and fall.
