The Queensland Gardening Pages

Information & resources about plants & gardens for Brisbane & Qld

Fragrant Gardens

This is a new page (June 2008), so not a lot to see here yet, but you may nevertheless find some some useful information below.

The purpose of this page is to provide a few ideas for people wanting to create a garden of predominantly fragrant plants, particularly in tropical and subtropical areas.

While there are many fragrant plants on the market, the dream of walking into a garden that is filled with fragrance is not as easily achieved as you might think. Some problems include:
1. The perfume compounds being quickly evaporated and carried away in hot, dry and/or windy conditions
2. Many flowers produce their best fragrance at night, when you might not be able to appreciate it
3. Having frangrance year-round, as many plants only in flower for a quite short time
4. Some supposedly fragrant plants might not be strong enough

Some plants can produce a lot of fragrance even thought their flowers are not particularly showy.

Some fragrant plants

A more extensive list to come in future updates.