Category Archives: scented

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  Azara Microphylla

  Posted on August 11, 2017 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, evergreen, Foliage plants, scented, shade tolerant, Trees

  This hardy small upright evergreen Chilean tree is a must in the garden with its light upright habit, its tiny gross green leaves and its incredible perfume. I have several around my garden as they make great quick screening plants that don’t grow too wide and I get to appreciate the scent from all over […]

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  Sambucus nigra ‘Linearis’

  Posted on July 17, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Edible, Foliage plants, scented, Shrubs

  If you hanker after a cut leafed Japanese maple but can’t have one due to climatic constraints then perhaps this is the plant for you. It is a hardy deciduous shrub to 1.5metres tall and wide with foliage so fine that from a distance it looks like green smoke! and it has clusters of tiny […]

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  Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’

  Posted on June 1, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Good for cutting, scented, Shrubs

  I have a love hate relationship with Lilacs I love the flowers but in general hate the bush. They are one week wonders and scruffy for most of the time. Sorry if I have offended anyone! What I would like is to have friends with lots of well established bushes that would kindly give me […]

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  Cercidiphyllum japonicum

  Posted on May 3, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, scented, Trees

  This stunning large tree from Japan and China is rarely seen or planted in Australia and I guess that it would be all but impossible to grow in most districts due to heat but anyone who lives in the cooler hill station parts of Australia should consider getting one (or several for a copse or […]

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  Corylopsis sinensis

  Posted on March 30, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, scented, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest

  Winter is just round the corner and what better time to consider and plant something that will give colour and joy in the late winter? This tall arching shrub exudes elegance with its soft green hazel nut like leaves that turn yellow in autumn and it is even better in late winter when its drooping […]

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  Clerodendrum chinensis var. chinensis

  Posted on March 7, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, scented, Shrubs

  Yes I know I’ve done this Genus twice before but I promise this will be the last time unless I find some more cold hardy species! This one is a suckering shrub up to 1.5metres tall in my climate and it will wander quite a distance (you have now been warned!) but it wouldn’t stop […]

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  Mahonia oiwakensis

  Posted on February 20, 2014 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant, scented, Shrubs, winter interest, Woodlanders

  Well here we go again, another much loved plant has had a name change. So if you are looking for this stunning shrub in a book more than a few months old then look up Mahonia lomariifolia and it will have the same description as it is the same plant. What ever the name is […]

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  Asarum caudatum ‘Album’

  Posted on December 21, 2013 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Ground cover, Perennials, scented, Woodlanders

  This North American woodlander has become one of my favourite ground cover plants for moist shade. Its lovely kidney shaped leaves cover the ground with a weed suppressing mat year round and in only a couple of years it has covered about 2 square metres. It grows to about 30cms. tall and falling leaves drop […]

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  Dahlia ‘Stephen Ryan’

  Posted on November 15, 2013 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Good for cutting, Insect attracting, Perennials, scented

  Yes there is a plant named after me!! Wait till Canna ‘Stephen Ryan’ hits the market. In the mean time for the record this plant (and the Canna) were named after me not by me! My Dahlia is type cast, it is simple,single, virginal white, self supporting and slightly scented! It flowers for ages and […]

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  Chimonanthus praecox

  Posted on June 17, 2013 by stephenryan in autumn colour, drought tolerant, Good for cutting, scented, Shrubs, winter interest

  I know that this isn’t the rarest thing around but of all the scented plants I know  Winter sweet has to be my favourite. Forget your Daphnes and Jasmines I would take this plant above all others for perfume and it is tough as they come as well. It is a large deciduous shrub from […]

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