Aromatic Flowering Shrubs

Florida Anise

• The Florida anise boasts pink and red-violet blooms during the summer. These flowery shrubs easily attract birds with their open and inviting petals. Growing up to 10 feet in height, the Florida anise grows best in shady areas in very moist soil. Place Florida anise plants as background flowers in your garden or under a windowsill. These plants are most hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture zones 7 through 10, especially when fed organic plant food in spring, late summer, or early fall.

Orange Tea Olive

• Produce citrus-perfumed fragrances in your yard with orange tea olive shrubs. These large shrubs can reach 20 feet in height and 8 feet in width when grown in well-drained soil with full to partial sun. Wilson Bros. Nursery recommends trimming them to 8 feet in height and planting them near windows. Orange tea olive shrubs bloom in fall and late spring with bright orange-yellow flowers. Feed them with organic plant food right after blooming. Orange tea olive shrubs thrive best in USDA zones 7 through 10.

"Pink Delight" Butterfly Bush

• "Pink Delight" is a butterfly bush that produces arching, pink blooms. The clusters can be up to 15 inches in length and are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. If you don't trim this plant, it can be up to 12 feet tall. "Pink Delight" bushes grow fast, so water them only once every week or two. They grow best in USDA zones 5 through 9 when planted in amended clay or well-drained soil. Feed with slow-release granules in spring and as needed during summer.

Winter Daphne

• Winter Daphne shrubs emit a deep-scented perfume in the late winter right after they bloom. The flowers start off as cone-shaped, red-violet petals that unfurl into pink and white petals. Winter Daphne shrubs grow up to 4 feet in height and width, so they are perfect as small border shrubs in front of larger hedges or along the walk way. They thrive best in USDA zones 7 through 9, needing water only once every two weeks. Fertilize with shrub fertilizer after the spring bloom.