Fragrant Plants Plants For Sale In Downey

These native shrubs are also notoriously slow to leaf out in spring and often wait until May to do so in our zone 8B gardens and nursery. Withstands wet soils and seaside locations.The Clethras or Sweet Pepper Bushes are naturally suckering deciduous...

The cultivar 'Water Lily' is considered to be distinct from the 'Waterlily' cultivars. Provide a well-drained, acid to mildly acid soil in full to partial sun with an organic mulch.

Excellent for sturdy arbors, trellises, and along fences. Established plants will flower continuously from late spring and into fall. Evergreen Wisteria is a non-invasive species, unlike the common Chinese Wisteria, and can be evergreen in mild winter...

Checkout our new Grows To: 6-10'H x 4-6'W in containers, 15-30'H and wide in tropical climates The Plumeria is an easily grown, summer flowering, heat and sun loving small tropical tree that makes a great addition to tropical gardens or containers.

If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit. The flowers are only open for a short time at night and are typically pollinated by bats and large moths. May be at their best when grown in hanging baskets where the flat arching stems...

Attracts butterflies! A popular garden shrub for mild climates. A woody shrub-like tropical producing clusters of blooms in summer. Evergreen above Zone 9. Fragrant 2" blooms were purple yesterday, lavender today, and white tomorrow.

To learn more about this tough and easy heirloom perennial see " Four O'Clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) " by William C. A tough and reliable, long-lived, heirloom, pass-a-long perennial which produces a large tuber from which it returns to grace your garden...

Like the Sweet Olive, the flowers of the Banana Magnolia are small, only about 1" long or a little longer in this case, and yet their sweet fragrance can easily permeate a large area.

Rainlilies know the difference between rainwater and the water hose. They do their best flowering when grown in full or mostly sun locations. These are exceptionally hardy bulbous plants that multiply freely and are tolerant of a wide range of soil types...

The flowers of Marbles Yellow & Red Four O'Clock open in the afternoon or evening, or earlier on cloudy days. They grow from large tubers which can weigh up to 40 pounds and prefer average moist sites but are drought resistant once they are well established...

Be sure to plant it where you can enjoy its powerful evening and night fragrance. Angel's Trumpets, Brugmansia in this case, can develop into small trees in their native habitat but in garden settings are generally seen as medium to large shrubs.

Rainlilies know the difference between rainwater and the water hose. Use rainlilies at the front of the border, as an accent plant, in rock gardens, along stepping stones and walks, or allow them to naturalize in meadows and lawns.

Gardenia flowers are, generally speaking, the most fragrant near sunset and during the early evening hours making them obvious choices for Moon Moth gardens as well as in containers.

Full sun is preferred for the best growth and flowering but as long as they receive 6-8 hours a day they seem to do just fine and midday or afternoon shade is often desirable in hot summer climates.

Selected field grown plants. Selected from 50 choice varieties, expertly chosen for constant blooming, huge blossoms and vibrant colors. A carnival of color and these big blossoms stay beautiful right through summer's heat.

Provide them with a well-draining, average moist, humus rich, acidic soil with a mostly sunny position and preferably with a deep organic mulch. Medium green foliage follows the flowers in spring and for us it often attains yellow and brown fall color.

By training them horizontally the hormones that induce flower production are spread out all along the stems, whereas on a vertical stem all of those hormones go to the tip and you will only get a few, if larger, flowers at the top.

Extremely hardy. Brownell developed the superb hybrid tea rose for sub-zero climates. A vigorous rose, they can survive bitter cold as well as burning hot summer heat. Fully double, produce months of beauty for the landscape.

They are late to sprout in spring but quickly reqrow and begin flowering in just a few weeks once they do. A tough and reliable, long-lived, heirloom, pass-a-long perennial which produces a large tuber from which it returns to grace your garden year after...

An excellent choice for large containers. Large, dark pink trumpets with an almost glossy appearance are borne in summer on this Angel's Trumpet.

In the colder portions of its range provide it with a loose breathable winter mulch and a sheltered position to help ensure its return each spring. Provide your Clear Sky Passionvine with a full to mostly sunny location in a well-drained, fertile soil...

If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit. Great in hanging baskets. An easily grown cactus-like plant with 1.5" wide, flat, scalloped branches to 8'. Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found...

The Plumeria is an easily grown, summer flowering, heat and sun loving small tropical tree that makes a great addition to tropical gardens or containers. Easily grown in a patio pot, needs a fast draining soil.

For an excellent article on adding gingers and other tropicals to your Louisiana garden (or other south central or southeastern garden) see " Louisiana Gardeners Enjoy a Taste of the Tropics " by Dan Gill, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist.

* Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong, and the Tenth century artist Xu Xi

Plant in the garden in mid to late spring to early summer and once soil temperatures have begun to warm (late spring for zone 8) to help ensure strong establishment over summer before dormancy sets in to allow for the strongest possible crown for overwinter...

Akebia has the potential to be invasive in some regions, particularly the eastern US, please plant and dispose of plant parts responsibly. The flowers may be followed by 3-4" long purplish fruit.