Scented Gardens

Wake up and smell the... The oft overlooked fifth sense in a garden (first published for House & Garden)

Scented plants are powerfully nostalgic, even to those who don’t consider themselves plant people. Think about the piney sweetness of Christmas tree needles, the raucous hum of sweet peas on a warm July day, the first mown grass of the summer or the sweet herbal tang that fills a greenhouse full of ripe tomatoes (half the reason I go to the effort of gr…