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It was my nose that led me to clethra, a plant I was unfamiliar with until it bloomed in my garden (established by the former owner). Wondering at the source of an extraordinarily sweet perfume, I ...

* Botanical name: Clethra alnifolia 'Compacta' * What it is: Also known as 'Tom's Compact' summersweet, this plant is a compact variety of a Pennsylvania native flowering shrub. It produces upright, ...

Summer time and gardens are fragrant. The swamp magnolia are sweet but the linden is the most fragrant of all. Our citrus plants are so full of blooms you can smell them at a distance, nicotiana is ...

It’s the end of the gardening season, and those of us who’ve endured a less-than-perfect layout may be itching to move shrubs around. But proper timing is imperative. I inadvertently planted a Clethra ...