Purple flowers contrast beautifully against green foliage for a striking yard. These options are ideal for shadier garden ...

Lots of the best-smelling plants need sunlight to thrive, but there is also, fortunately, a good selection of fragrant flowers for shade you can choose from that also deliver on beauty and style.

As native flowering plants go, Blue Moon is one of the showiest and most fragrant. This violet blooming native from Green Promise Farms creates displays that are resilient and delicate.

It has creamy yellow, fragrant flowers that smell sweet, like bananas. It blooms in spring. Plant it in partial shade in a rich acidic soil; its water needs are moderate.

If you have shade, there are two ways to add a wonderful fragrance to these beds. Certain yellow primroses, most notably yellow Primula acaulis, have a surprisingly sweet, almost fruity, fragrance.

Native plant fans rave endlessly about their fragrance. I contacted 13 experts in SoCal's native plant world, asking for their five favorite-smelling plants, but most sent a list of 10 or more.

Gardening Fragrance for the shade? Try this little white-blooming groundcover: George's Plant Pick of the Week Published: Apr. 28, 2018, 1:00 p.m.

Fiddlewood (Citharexylum spinosum) produces fragrant white flowers from the spring through the fall. This plant can get 8-10’ tall with a 5-12’ spread. Find a location that receives full sun to ...

Stock is quite fragrant, can grow in part shade or sun and is available in many shades of pink, purple and white. Shrubs for full sun: Roses are good choices. ‘Mr.

This plant can get 8 to 10 feet tall with a 6- to 8-foot spread. Find a location that receives full sun to partial shade, and if you live on the beach, that’s OK as it has high salt spray tolerance.

Elaeagnus is a disease- and deer-resistant, shade-tolerant, broadleaf evergreen shrub. A single plant is enough. It’s best planted in a woodland garden as an accent along a path.

"Meerlo" is a compact plant, growing 2-3 feet high and about as wide. The pale blue flower spikes appear in midsummer. Plant this fragrant perennial in well-drained soil where it will get full sun.