Wealden Times | WT224 | Nov & Dec 2020 | Christmas supplement inside

Witch hazel Hamamelis x
intermedia ‘Sunburst’
start to grow. Winter Sweet (Chimonanthes praecox) is one
of these humble bushes, with small cream coloured flowers
perfumed with hints of citrus. Lonicera ‘Winter Beauty’ is a
winter flowering shrubby honeysuckle that produces masses
of sweetly scented flowers in January. It is the scent that is
beautiful, not the bush, so make sure that it isn’t centre stage
once the flowers have finished. Viburnum x bodnantense
‘Deben’ is better behaved with small pink buds opening to
become highly fragrant white flowers. These shrubs are well
suited to a path-side position, but they’re best grown in a
sheltered place, or somewhere that traps the fragrance.
Fragrant foliage
You might need to brush past a plant with aromatic leaves in
order to enjoy their scent, or even cut some to bring inside
and add to winter arrangements. The fragrance is usually
held within the concentrated sap in the stems and leaves,
rather than flowers. We are all familiar with rosemary and
lavender, but many pines, firs and spruces have distinctive
aromas. Much maligned, conifers can have lovely fragrances
when their leaves are bruised or crushed. Some have the
typical conifer type foliage, but Cupressus macrocarpa (the lime
green one sold as bedding), releases a fresh citrus fragrance.
Myrtle is an ancient and revered plant, once believed to
have magical properties and associated with Aphrodite and
Venus, the goddesses of love. It is an attractive, small
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