13 Fragrant Shrubs

Powerfully fragrant, the mock orange has pure-white double flowers that appear on this dark-green deciduous shrub in early or midsummer.

Producing fragrant white flowers in summer, the star jasmine is an evergreen, woody climber with oval leaves.

A compact deciduous shrub, the viburnum offers clusters of pink buds that produce fragrant white flowers in mid- to late spring.

Christmas box is a dense, dark-green evergreen that blooms in winter with intensely fragrant white flowers.

Choisya 'Aztec Pearl', commonly called Mexican Orange Blossom, is an evergreen shrub with slender, glossy, dark green leaves and clusters of fragrant, pink-tinged white flowers in late spring.

Deep green leaves of Burkwood Osmanthus provide high contrast of small, white, sweetly fragrant flowers. Because of its sweet scent, it makes a great shrub near walks and entrances.

The daphne is a deciduous shrub that produces purple-pink flowers in early spring before the leaves appear. Daphne is fragrant but toxic.

The gardenia is native to China and Japan. Hardy to zone 7, it’s valued not only for its wonderful fragrance but also for its elegant long-blooming waxy white flowers and thick glossy evergreen leaves.

The lovely pink 'Gertrude Jekyll' rose has a classic strong, rich old rose fragrance.