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that are braving the cold can’t rely on colourful blossom as they might in warmer months. Instead they lure in the scarce pollinators still lurking about with their scent – and it often has to be quite powerful in order to catch the attention of a sleepy beetle or slow witted winter fly. It’s heartwarming to think that in our synthetically scented world there are some wonderful winter plants around wafting delicate, natural fragrances into the darkest and coldest of days. I like to imagine that along with the perfume comes a little chink of hope; although we are in the midst of winter and spring is still far away, this is a small sign that it will eventually show up. Christmas lights do a lot to lift our mood in bleak midwinter, but Christmas scents go straight to our hearts, or rather to the deepest parts of our brain, stirring memories and (let’s hope) bringing about feelings of comfort and joy. In the garden Scented shrubs Garden Seasonal Scentedness Jo Arnell’s recommendations for naturally festive fragrances to raise your Christmas spirits You’d be forgiven for thinking that Christmas fragrance comes in the form of a mulled wine sachet or a garden centre scented candle as a pervasive blend of cinnamon, cloves, orange and nutmeg takes hold, drowning out all other scents for miles around. Useful if you’ve burnt the turkey, but not subtle by any means. The spiky sunburst flowers of Mahonia seem incongruous in mid-winter You would also not be frowned at for thinking that the outdoor plants have given up bothering to smell nice until the spring, it is the dormant season after all. Out in nature though, not everything is sleeping and the few creatures that are around need extra help in finding food. Light levels are low to non-existent and such flowers Sarcococca, or the Christmas box, to use its easier to pronounce name, is a low growing, easily overlooked evergreen, someone insensitive might even call it dull. I’ve taken to calling it the Cyrano de Bergerac shrub, as I once overheard some visitors to Kew Gardens exclaiming over a fabulous scent and then pointing to a showy Camellia, not realising that the source of the powerful perfume was the Sarcococca nearby, its tiny flowers hidden among the leaves. The spiky sunburst flowers of Mahonia seem incongruous in midwinter; yellow flowers are not traditionally Christmassy like Holly or Ivy, but they are such a cheery sight in the middle of winter, like a burst of sunshine – and they are beautifully scented too, with a perfume like Lily of the Valley. Winter blossoms are often yellow, cream or white, as paler colours shine out from shady corners, and in the gloom of a winter days. They tend to be smaller too, blossoming on bare stems and relying on their perfume to pack a punch and lure in the pollinators. Many of the early flowers appear on bare stems, long before any leaves
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