How to produce scent in your garden at Pembridge Parish Hall

The Mid Wales and Herefordshire Hardy Plant Society will welcome guest speaker, Gail Plant to Pembridge Parish Hall on Saturday 14th October. “ Mrs Plant’s Scented Garden” a talk by Gail Plant, plants woman and sculptor, is open to non- members. Booking is advised via www.mwhhps.org.uk

Gail Plant specialises in designing gardens with the emphasis on scent, not just summer scent, but all year-round scent. Many of us, I am sure, don’t think of scent in the winter but Gail will  show, that plants can and do produce scent in the winter. Scent is a very individual thing; it is scientifically proven that women can detect scent better than men and brunettes better than blondes! What is an attractive scent to some is too sickly for others and some scent is detectable by one person but not another. Gail will give  advice as to where and what to plant to get the most out of the garden in winter.

The list of plants that produce winter scent is surprisingly long:- 

Winter scented plants:

saracococca, confusa and hookerii digyma.
prunus beni mume chidori
chimonanthus praecox ;winter sweet
hamamelis;witch hazel
viburnum; bodnantense “Dawn” and farrier
Daphne odora aureomarginata
Rosemary;lodden pink, capr, and prostrate.
Mahonia, charity
Snowdrops
Winter clematis, Cirrhosa “jingle bells” “freckles” and “armandii”, “wisley cream”
Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima “mint crisp” and “winter beauty”
Viola odotata   ( wood violet)
Iris reticulata
Perennial wallflower Erysimium Bowles Mauve
Chamomile (lawn variety)
primrose vulgaris

Kay Ingram