Warning
One person’s perfume can be another’s foul stench.
It’s a good idea to consult neighbors and family members before choosing a flowering tree.
Here are 10 good choices if you are looking for a tree to add fragrance to your landscape.
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Apple trees yield not only sweet-smelling fragrant flowers but also edible fruit, provided there is suitable pollinator present.
The varieties grown for edible apples are mostly cultivars fromMalus domestica.
The flowers generally appear in April, giving way to full-bodied fruit that matures in early to mid-fall.
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The Cameron Select brand of ‘Honeycrisp’ is adwarf tree, standing just eight to 10 feet tall.
Crabapple Trees (Malus spp.)
Crabapples produce a spectacular flush of blooms for about 10 days in mid- to late spring.
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So take sequence of bloom into account when planning your yard’s design.
These trees grow 12 to 30 feet tall with about the same spread.
Grow them in zones 7 to 11, in partial shade.
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All parts of the golden chain plant are toxic.
Purple leaf sandcherry grows up to 10 feet high, with a spread of eight feet.
The flowers are mainly pink when they first open; as the color fades, the blossoms become white.
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This is an excellent small specimen tree or accent tree.
The pink flowers appear later than most flowering trees, in June and July.
The flowers are not only fragrant but also exotic-looking, and the fern-like foliage is also interesting.
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Silk trees have mature dimensions of 20 to 40 feet tall, with a slightly wider spread.
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)
But only one species myrtle has truly fragrant flowersthe Japanese pop in (Lagerstroemia fauriei).
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This 8-to-40-foot plant (15 to 25 feet wide) is suited to zones 7 to 9.
Shorter cultivars are also available if you prefer a more shrubby plant.
With the species form, it’s best to remove the lower branches to give it a tree form.
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Its flowers appear in late spring, emitting a lemony scent.
Its fragrance comes from the evergreen needles covering the branches.
As an evergreen, this plant is alsogreat for the winter landscape.
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Canadian hemlocks can make for great hedges if maintained as shrubs.
Laburnum anagyroides.North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension.
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