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Flowers with a strong aroma and beautiful long flowering are a real decoration of the garden and home gardens. Recently, fragrant plants have also become especially popular and are widely used for home and interior decoration.

Popular garden flowers with a strong scent

For giving, fragrant annuals and pleasantly smelling perennials can be used. To get a spectacular and fragrant flower bed for a long time, you need to know which are the most unpretentious garden plants that form a fragrant flower.

The most fragrant garden flowers

Garden fragrant flowering crops can be annual and perennial, which allows you to create attractive compositions:

• sweet pea- an annual plant with a pleasant pronounced smell. It is distinguished by a variety of coloring, which helps to create front gardens or planters in different styles and colors. Varieties and hybrids of bush type look spectacular in flower beds and discounts;

• flowers Alyssum or sea lobularia smell like honey and are not afraid of spring frosts, so they are ideal for growing in cold regions;
• undersized Lily of the valley grows well in the shade. This perennial plant forms small flowers, and goes well with peonies and carnations;
• the most common daffodils white-colored and yellow-colored varieties have a very delicate and very refined aroma, which new varieties and hybrid forms are deprived of;
• spring hyacinths especially popular in early flower beds and flower beds. The plant is represented by numerous varieties with all kinds of flower colors, which allows you to choose the best option for decoration;

• shade-loving violas it is best to sow before winter, which improves resistance to negative weather factors. This is an ideal solution for decorating difficult-to-cultivate areas and tree trunks of garden plantings;
• many varieties carnations distinguished by flowers with a persistent aroma that can effectively repel mosquitoes and many plant pests. The most unpretentious species include lush, blue-gray and feathery carnations.

No less popular with gardeners are lilies, roses, chrysanthemums and peonies that bloom profusely with fragrant flowers.

Flowers that smell at night

The flower, fragrant in the evening, is popular in the design of home gardens and flower beds located in close proximity to the house. Night flowering plants or ornamentals that smell amazing at night:

• tropical annual Mirabilis able to bloom profusely throughout the summer season, and forms deliciously smelling delicate white, pink, red and yellow inflorescences that open in the evening;
• evening relatively small fragrant flowers tobacco not only attractive, but also very fragrant. The category of the most popular varieties includes winged, forest and jasmine;
• title Mattiola known to many amateur growers. This annual opens flowers to smell in the late afternoon and does not tolerate sunny areas, so it is sown in flower beds and flower beds in shading of lilac or dahlia;

• blooming Levkoy is a relative of mattiola, but a significant difference is represented by magnificent flowers that have many shapes and colors;
• garden Mignonette fragrant especially highly valued by landscape designers for the beautiful shape of the leaves and the pleasant unusual aroma that persists at night;
• night violet or female hesperis - the most common decorative type of violets in home gardening, characterized by abundant flowering and a characteristic pronounced aroma.

The annual flower Moonflower is best suited for evening garden decoration, and the delicate aroma intensifies after sunset. The plant is best suited for areas with hot and sunny climates.

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Spicy herbs and fragrant plants

Spicy-aromatic fragrant plants with characteristic healing properties are widely cultivated in most regions of our country. The most popular plants include:

• Peppermint, long-leaved, curly, garden and apple is perfect for growing in garden plots, and is a valuable ingredient in salads, soups, meat dishes, various drinks and homemade cakes;
• Melissa officinale is a popular perennial essential oil herb called lemon mint, due to the pleasant smell of lemon that persists in the plant even when dried;
• Kotovnik or catnip - the culture is not only useful, but also very decorative, thanks to purple or lilac flowers, as well as grayish-blue leaves;

• Oregano or oregano refers to beautiful ornamental plants with a very pleasant aroma that is enhanced on sunny days. The flowers have an attractive pale lilac or pinkish color;
• ordinary, creeping or lemon Thyme known as thyme or Bogorodskaya grass and has a delicious smell, as well as a spicy taste;
• Hyssop or St. John's wort refers to semi-shrub spicy plants with a tart taste, blooming with attractive spike-shaped blue inflorescences;
• essential oil and decorative Monarda or garden bergamot refers to medicinal and spicy-flavoring plants, and cut bright red, pink, are great for composing compositions.

• medium-sized spicy-aromatic lovage it has very beautiful pinnately dissected leaves and can become a real decoration not only for garden beds, but also for flower beds;
• perennial spicy Fennel has bluish-green split leaves and a characteristic, very pronounced smell of anise, due to which it is widely used in soups, vegetable, fish and meat dishes;
• Tarragon known to many as tarragon. The leaves of this medium-sized plant are widely used in a variety of fish dishes in French cuisine and in the preparation of poultry.

No less popular among domestic gardeners and gardeners are such spicy and aromatic crops as dill and basil.

Fragrant flowers for indoor breeding

In the conditions of modern indoor floriculture, not only highly decorative, but also fragrant plants with a long flowering period:

• or Stefanotis belongs to semi-shrub vines, and prefers good lighting. Star-shaped white flowers have an exquisite aroma, but the perennial requires the use of support and careful regular care;
• capricious fragrant gardenia needs good lighting, warmth and moisture, therefore it is most often grown only by experienced flower growers;
• exotic or Eucharis It has a very pleasant and delicate fragrance. differs in large dark green foliage and umbrella refined inflorescences;
• Hoya or wax ivy forms flowers with a strong sweetish smell, which intensifies in the late afternoon. Liana is unpretentious and drought-resistant, and also has attractive leathery leaves and long shoots.

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Any parts of the following indoor ornamental crops have a pleasant pronounced aroma:

• coniferous plant Araucaria often grown at home and is characterized by a pleasant coniferous smell, and is also able to saturate the air with useful phytoncides;
• room mint or Plectranthus highly valued by indoor flower growers due to unpretentiousness in care and decorative attractiveness of foliage;
• evergreen perennial Myrtle has leathery leaves and single or numerous white flowers collected in short racemose inflorescences.

When placing fragrant plants in the house, you need to remember that fragrant crops are not recommended for growing in the bedroom and children's room.

Fragrant ornamental shrubs and trees

This category of decorative fragrant crops is very much in demand in the design of the backyard landscape. Many fragrant ornamental shrubs and trees go well with beautifully flowering and decorative deciduous annuals and perennials. Particularly popular in the decor of the backyard territory are:

• tall decorative witch hazel, which in early spring forms a huge number of yellow-orange flowers with a characteristic almond smell;
• Unusually attractive Mahonia Biel it has a pronounced lily of the valley aroma, and reaches a height of two meters;
• low growing ornamental shrub Daphne ordinary blooms in early spring, immediately after the main snow mass has disappeared and resembles garden lilacs with its aroma;
• The tall unpretentious reaches a height of 6-7 meters and is distinguished by early spring flowering with nondescript flowers that have a characteristic smell of cinnamon, vanilla and caramel;

• Medium-sized spikelet corylopsis blooms in early spring with attractive yellow flowers with a slight smell reminiscent of primrose;
• Tall and widespread bird cherry blooms with abundant and large white inflorescences in the last decade of spring;
• undersized shrub Fothergill mountain has a strong honey smell exuded by white May inflorescences;
• Medium height Japanese skimmia distinguished by white flowers with a relatively subtle lily of the valley scent;

• Common lilac and Chinese forms inflorescences of various sizes and colors with a rich lilac smell;
• Tall Rhododendron yellow has a sweet smell that comes from golden inflorescences that bloom in the last decade of spring;
• A characteristic strong smell has a medium-sized and unpretentious ornamental shrub. Mock orange crown;

• Popular honeysuckle honeysuckle distinguished by long shoots and yellow flowers with a pleasant honey fragrance;
• A spicy and very pronounced smell has a profusely flowering medium-sized garden plant.
  Calicant brownish red blooming;
• Long and very abundant flowering with a spicy aroma has a backyard plantwhose height often exceeds a couple of meters.

Perhaps the most popular and widespread in landscape decor is still fragrant viburnum with fragrant pink flowers.

Despite the fact that almost all fragrant flowers are among the unpretentious ornamental crops, they must be fully cared for to maintain their attractiveness and abundant flowering. Among other things, it must be remembered that crops with a very pronounced plume aroma cannot be planted under the windows of a bedroom or kitchen.

Flowers are a beautiful creation of nature, in addition to their pleasant appearance, they have their own and unique aroma. With the help of smells, flowers attract insects for pollination, helping them to subsequently produce seeds. The fragrance can also serve as a warning to insects and animals. Few people wonder why flowers smell. The fragrance of each flower originates inside the buds and diffuses around due to sunlight - when the flower opens. In other words, the smell comes from the essential oils inside the flower.

The process of creating a smell is actually very simple: the evaporation of oil from exposure to temperature. A lot of flowers smell really nice, drawing attention not only by their appearance, but also by the creation of fragrance in the air.

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It is rather difficult to explain why the fragrance of flowers is felt at a distance, because the plant itself does not move. There is an opinion that it is insects that spread the fragrance of flowers over a long distance, since the flower itself cannot do this. However, this is not connected in any way, insects only collect pollen and carry nectar, which subsequently has a beneficial effect on plant reproduction.

In flowering plants, there are aroma molecules, which, under a certain external influence of temperatures, dissolve in the environment and are carried through the air due to diffusion processes. It is these molecules that give a person a unique sensation of the fragrant aroma of flowers. Molecules, reaching the nasal receptors, allow you to feel the whole gamut of shades of smell, enclosed in a single bouquet of floral aroma.

Shades of floral fragrances

The aroma of flowering plants depends almost entirely on which insect pollinates the flower. For example, if the main insect is a fly, then the smell will be rotting, actually cadaverous. Such flowers are predominantly predatory, luring flies with their smell, feed on them, for example

The most fetid flower in the world Amorphophallus titanic / Amorphophallus titanum

The appearance of a flower almost always directly corresponds to its aroma. But there are also pleasant-looking flowers that smell just disgusting. This mechanism is similar to an animal: a plant protects itself with a strong and unpleasant aroma, like some reptiles have an aggressive color, while being harmless. Likewise, flowers with a strong fragrance often do no harm.

It is worth noting that especially fragrant flowers usually have a white or yellow color. And brighter ones, on the contrary, have a mild aroma.

The smell is felt when combining essential oils into a single bouquet of aromas when exposed to sunlight. Flowers can be called nature spirits.

Why do flowers smell and what does it depend on? Summary »

• the smell is necessary to attract insects, as well as repel herbivores and pests;
• the aroma appears due to the essential oils contained in the plant;
• the smell of the plant depends on the color.

The fragrance of a flower is necessary for life, because without it there would be no pollination and reproduction.

The most fragrant flowers - top - 15

Flowering plants undoubtedly attract attention with their beauty, spectrum of shades and unique aromas. There are many different colors all over the world, each of which really smells different. There is even a kind of top 15, which contains the most fragrant flowers in the world.

plumeria

The most fragrant exotic flower - plumeria

This exotic flower grows in the tropics, preferring islands in the ocean and near the Caribbean Sea. The shades of these beautiful flowers are truly unique. There are a wide variety: from soft pink to passionate red, from faded white to bright yellow. Only the core of the golden color is unchanged.

Plumeria smells distinctly of the tropics - a juicy floral aroma with fruity inclusions, and releases its fragrance closer to dusk. And it is considered immortal, because the flower does not burn in a hot fire, and is also able to be reborn even from its leaves. But, despite the attractive external beauty and aroma, plumeria is poisonous. In the conditions of the Russian climate, it is grown as a houseplant.

Alyssum

Sweet Alyssum also has other names - mason and beetroot. An annual flower that blooms all summer. The fragrance of this baby is incredibly long-lasting and, as the name suggests, suffocatingly sweet. Unpretentious in care, perfectly decorate or

Black kosmeya

Black kosmeya, flower with vanilla and chocolate aroma

It grows in Mexico, and due to its unique color it is called chocolate cosmos. The flowers of the Black Cosmos are reddish-brown, and the persistent aroma is associated with vanilla. And again, the innocent appearance is deceptive - the plant is poisonous, and the inviting smell just attracts insects. Moreover, the aroma intensifies along with the temperature: the hotter, the stronger the flower smells.

Wisteria

Wisteria profusely flowering

Wisteria grows in southern latitudes, and blooms in clusters hanging like grapes. The petals are white-purple, and the sweet fragrance is said to be a harbinger of spring. Cultivated plant species are more adapted to the Russian climate, for example, Blue Moon wisteria can withstand fairly low temperatures in winter.

Sweet pea

Sweet pea

The perennial plant Sweet Pea has an extensive range of flowers, and the aroma is so persistent that it is difficult to forget it. At the same time, it is completely unobtrusive. Unfortunately, this plant is also slightly poisonous.

lilies of the valley

Small white flowers have a wonderful tart smell, as if cool. The plant is perennial and fairly easy to care for in the garden. At the same time, the fragrant aroma is not intrusive and creates a pleasant atmosphere, which is why the flower is often grown in gardens.

Gardenia

Gardenia jasmine

Gardenia blooms almost every year, but is a very capricious plant. However, its atypical, rich and sweet aroma is worth all the effort. After all, the silky smell of gardenia even served as inspiration for a line of perfumes from Chanel and Jacobs.

night beauty

Night beauty will delight you with her fragrance in the evening

An interesting flower that opens only in the afternoon, contrary to the usual saying that flowers reach for the sun. The British even called it "the flower of the four hours."

The night beauty lives up to its name in the color scheme. Hues of purple, yellow and white flowers, coupled with a strong aroma, give the plant a special charm.

Jasmine

Mock orange or garden jasmine

Grows in warm climates. Jasmine is known all over the world, its white flowers smell delicate and sweet. Essential oils based on this plant are widely used in cosmetology and aromatherapy. Dried flowers are even used to make jasmine tea.

The peculiarity of the flower is that the root system of the plant is poisonous, and the buds smell much stronger than flowers. And the aroma can be felt only after sunset.

In the Moscow region, mock orange or garden jasmine are successfully grown.

Narcissus

Bright yellow flowers attract attention. And the aroma of narcissus is incredibly strong. The sweet smell with bitterness literally intoxicates, because it is not for nothing that the flower bears the name of a narcissistic young man.

Mimosa

Delicate mimosa balls exude an unforgettable aroma

Beautiful yellow balls attract attention with their appearance even before the smell is felt. And the aroma of mimosa flowers is unusual: sweet, combining honey and the bitterness of wood. It is not for nothing that the smell of mimosa is associated with late spring.

Hyacinth

Hyacinth - fragrant spring flower

A delicate white-lilac flower is not in vain considered a symbol of happiness. So its honey aroma intoxicates the head and excites, bringing a person into a state of bliss. The bright smell is not forgotten and not confused even after a while.

lilies

Lily "purple rain" Asian hybrid

Lily is truly recognized as a royal flower with its sophisticated and noble appearance. The aroma of the lily is thick and sweet, like balsamic. And the floral notes add a wonderful charm to the plant.

Tuberose

Tuberose

Snow-white flowers, despite their innocent appearance, are a symbol of forbidden passion. The aroma of the flower is unusually intense, sweet and heavy. It intoxicates and conquers, and the essential oil of this plant, thanks to the aroma, is one of the most expensive.

Rose

Musk rose grade "Guirlande d'Amour"

The list is completed by the queen of all flowers - a rose. Roses, as a rule, are incredibly beautiful and have an extensive range. Surprisingly, even the aroma of each species is different. But one thing is invariable - the sweet aroma of roses is always extraordinarily captivating.

And, of course, these are just the top lines. In the world there are an incalculable number of beautifully smelling flowers, which seem to be designed to please people.

The fragrance of flowers has a great influence on people. The aroma of rose bushes uplifts the mood, driving away sad thoughts and dispelling stress. Not to mention the fact that roses are certainly associated with love. The smell of jasmine has a beneficial effect on concentration and performance, and bergamot seems to encourage. And the heat of the summer months perfectly smooths out the aroma of snow-white magnolias. Thus, flowers are not only a wonderful decoration of the garden, but also saturate the air with their aromas.

They are one of nature's greatest scented gifts, everyone loves to enjoy their fresh scent. You can give them as a gift, decorate an interior to add a delightful scent to your home, but why do flowers actually have such an attractive fragrance?

The smell of flowers is usually a complex mixture of low molecular weight substances, and is the most important factor in attracting pollinators. Although the flowers may be the same in color or shape, no two floral scents are the same. Thus, smell is a signal that directs pollinators to the flower. Individual floral scents attract certain pollinating insects. Flowers with fragrant and sweet scents are pollinated by bees and flies, while flowers with spicy and fruity scents attract beetles.

As with all life forms, it is the process that allows reproduction. Pollinators are animals and insects that, in contact with flowers, and then, moving from flower to flower, transfer pollen, so new plants appear. The intensity of the floral scent can be affected by temperature and light levels, and there are some types of flowers that can intensify at certain times of the day or night. Snapdragons, for example, are more fragrant during the day, when pollinating bees are more active. Fragrant tobacco is more fragrant at night, and attracts moths with its aroma.

As you can see, the fragrance becomes stronger after rain, when the air is humid, this is because the scent molecules are much easier to spread. one of the sweetest smelling flowers, the most popular scent, often used in products such as candles, perfumes, soaps, lotions, and creams. The scent of the lilac is often associated with spring, and the flower has a rather strong, sweet fragrance, although the degree of sweetness can vary depending on the type of lilac. known for their rather strong, fragrant aroma, a bouquet of such flowers will fill the room with a delightful aroma. However, if you are sensitive to smells, opt for other, less fragrant flowers.

Flowers decorate our home, plants with their wonderful aromas and variety of colors are used in landscape design and as a gift, as one of the ways to express love and respect. What could be better than a fragrant bouquet!

Plants are amazing organisms. They are used for a variety of purposes: design, medicine, culinary seasoning. They also have one more function - many representatives have very fragrant aromas that can be inhaled both at home and in their country house.

Picking flowers that smell good is a special challenge. In this case, you need to take into account several important points at once:

• the right combination of flavors;
• harmonious combination of plants in terms of design;
• what conditions are suitable for different plants for their joint flowering (soil, light, and others).

Important! In the case of the selection of aromas, it is important to take into account the presence of an allergy in one of the household to certain smells. And if plants with a smell are supposed to be grown at home, accordingly, you need to keep in mind pets, who may also not like too odorous flowers.

Gloxinia - plants with incredibly beautiful flowers in the form of gramophones

The most saturated, delicious-smelling plants can be placed on your balcony. The most popular include:

1. Gloxinia- plants with incredibly beautiful flowers in the form of gramophones. They have a variety of colors and patterns and have a delicate, peculiar aroma.
2. Hyacinth- These are very popular flower plants that are grown from bulbs. They have a very intense aroma, which exude flowers of various colors: blue, red, white, pink, lilac, etc.
3. Sweet pea blooms all season until early October, if the Indian summer is delayed longer than usual. The plant is creeping and needs trellis, netting or taut ropes.
4. Lavender- an elegant plant with purple flowers that enrich the atmosphere with a pleasant smell until the end of summer.
5. Nasturtium- it can be grown like a vine on a trellis, or it can be grown in ordinary containers. The aroma is pronounced, with rich honey tones.

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Strongly scented flowers for the garden

The choice of fragrant plants for giving is wider. Along with flowers, this includes some herbs, low-growing shrubs and, of course, garden trees.

Fragrant shrubs and trees

A lot of garden shrubs and, of course, trees have fragrant aromas:

• bird cherry;
• lilac;
• different types of honeysuckle (Tatar, Maaka);
• hydrangea paniculata;
• alder leaf clere;
• different types of mock orange;
• garden apple tree;
• robinia pseudoacacia and others.

They are usually not planted next to each other. However, some types of trees, for example, bird cherry and apple, the smells of which do not contradict each other, are quite appropriate to plant next to each other.

Lavender is an elegant plant with purple flowers that enrich the atmosphere with a pleasant smell until the end of summer.

fragrant herbs

Some herbs, despite their unprepossessing appearance, have very pleasant aromas. At the same time, they can be successfully used in the decoration of flower beds, rockeries and other flower arrangements. Here are some of the most popular representatives of fragrant herbs:

• caraway;
• tarragon;
• fennel;
• dill;
• basil;
• leaf mustard;
• chervil and others.

It is no coincidence that most of the herbs on this list are used as spices. They got into the culinary business thanks to their exquisite aroma, which gives a piquant taste to any dish.

Some herbs, despite their inconspicuous appearance, have very pleasant aromas.

Fragrant annual and perennial flowers

Almost all flowers have their own unique aroma, which allows them to attract insects for pollination. However, few can emit really rich odors that are pleasant to humans.

These include, for example, such annuals:

1. Sweet pea. This plant prefers cool, rainy weather. It can be planted in protected ground in winter or early spring.
2. Mirabilis, which is also called the "Peruvian miracle". It opens its flowers after 5-6 pm and emits a pleasant smell until sunset.
3. Heliotrope- quite tall (up to half a meter) beautiful flowers with a pleasant aroma of vanilla.
4. lobularia, also called alyssum. It blooms almost all summer and partly September. Grown by seedlings (seeds are sown at the end of March).
5. Fragrant tobacco along with planting a house, it is also quite suitable for decorating a summer cottage. Fills the air with a strong floral scent.

Sweet Pea - This plant prefers cool, rainy weather.

Among the perennial flowers, the most common are the following:

• dahlias;
• monarch;
• Levkoy (biennial);
• meadowsweet;
• mignonette;
• peonies;
• thin-leaved marigolds.

Choosing a place for planting perennial fragrant flowers should be especially careful so as not to disturb them later with transplants.

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Flowers that smell in the evening and at night

In general, the flowers bloom and exude fragrances in the morning and afternoon to attract insects. However, there is a whole group of plants that are fragrant in the evening and even at night. These include:

1. decorative tobacco- This plant has been cultivated for a long time. It reveals all its aromas from late evening until dawn. The aroma is sweetish, subtle, unobtrusive. A characteristic feature - it can bloom until the beginning of October. The plant loves open sunlight, a well-ventilated place, so placing it on a balcony facing south or east is a very good option. He likes systematic watering and fairly good soil.
2. Mattiola- a plant that does not have a special decorative value, but is very fragrant. She is planted in containers, often in the vicinity of flowers that are more interesting in terms of appearance. The plant is quite demanding on watering and soil quality, grows well on the sunny side. In order to maximize the flowering of matthiola and enjoy its fragrantness for as long as possible, it is better to plant the seeds in several lines at intervals of 10-15 days.
3. Levkoy- This is a plant related to Matthiola. It not only emits a pleasant, fragrant smell, but also has pleasant colors - white and scarlet, pink. If you alternate them with each other, sowing seeds of different varieties, it will look especially beautiful.
4. night violet flowers(another name for this plant is mattiola bicorne) are small and rather inconspicuous in appearance, but in aroma it will yield to very few even the most beautiful flowers. When they open, a delicate, sweet fragrance appears throughout the room, beginning in the evening hours and continuing throughout the night. These are annuals, so new plantings should be made every year. The advantage of such plants is that aromas can be inhaled literally a few months after planting.

Decorative tobacco - this plant has been grown in culture for a long time

fragrant bulbous plants

There is a whole class of garden plants that are distinguished by pleasant smells and magnificent flowers: these are bulbous flowers:

• daffodils;
• hyacinths;
• tulips;
• crocuses;
• blueberry;
• whiteflower and others.

Almost all of them have a high decorative value and are grown not only for aroma, but also for aesthetic purposes.

Tulips have a high decorative value and are grown not only for fragrance, but also for aesthetic purposes.

Rules for creating a fragrant garden in the country

Creating a fragrant garden is an original and interesting task. The main requirement for work is the formation of plantings of such plants that will constantly give flowers at different times of summer and autumn. In a word, you need to create a garden of continuous flowering and fragrance.

Along with the conditions of design and agrotechnical (according to the conditions of care) combination, it is necessary to take into account so that the flowers bloom in turn, and their fragrances do not interrupt each other:

• The first to open the season of aromas in the country hyacinths and daffodils. They are planted in the form of seedlings, which begin to be prepared at the end of summer. A bulb is planted in a container, and already at the very beginning of October it is dug into the ground along with a seedling. The next year, with the onset of the warm season, the pots are taken out, the plants are removed and planted in specific places.
• Next, a shrub, popular in our latitudes, begins to bloom - lilac. This is a fairly unpretentious plant that chooses different types of soil. Along with the usual tall trees, you can also plant decorative shrubs that grow no more than one and a half meters in height. Such trees not only bloom beautifully, but also look great in rockeries and other flower arrangements.

The first to open the season of aromas in the country are hyacinths and daffodils

• Blooms around the same time. bird cherry whose flowers smell like honey. Its flowering time is mid-May. At about the same time, a garden apple tree is laid down, saturating the air with a delicate aroma.
• Following (second half of May) bloom lilies of the valley. These flowers are undersized, have a very peculiar, recognizable appearance, so they are most often planted separately from others. With their help, you can mark garden paths, plant circles or drawings along the edges of flower beds, and also plant in the form of a solid green carpet.
• Next comes the time mock orange. It blooms at the very beginning of June and all July. Not all of its varieties smell, so it is important to choose fragrant ones. It is fragrant with such pleasant smells that it is called garden jasmine. The aroma is pronounced, rich, harmonious. It is best to plant this plant in open, sunny places and do not forget about regular watering.

Flowers smell thanks to the phytoncides contained in essential oils. Phytoncides- special substances that are produced by the plants themselves to protect against diseases and insect pests. The term is derived from the Greek words fiton - plant and cedere - to kill. These protective substances inhibit the growth of bacteria and kill germs. In different types of plants, phytoncides have a different chemical composition.

It can be organic acids, essential oils (like marigolds). Most phytoncides are volatile and are released only by living plants. It is necessary to harvest herbs in a certain period in order to preserve phytoncides. After cutting, only a wild-growing peony retains the ability to produce phytoncides from flowers.

Essential oils act as regulators of transpiration - the evaporation of water by plants. Evaporating, essential oils surround the plant with an invisible cloud and protect it from overheating during the day and from hypothermia at night. Air mixed with essential oil vapor is less permeable to heat rays. Many have an aroma, but it is not always pink, there are roses with an atypical aroma for her, for example, hycinth, musky or violet.

The smells of some plants repel insects, even cattle bypass strong-smelling herbs. Thanks to their aroma, such plants are better preserved and win the struggle for existence.

The strong pungent smell of wormwood, mint, lavender repels mosquitoes, midges and moths, and marigolds, due to their smell, free the land around them from pests.

Small doses of camphor or musk, present in the aromas of plants, excite the activity of the brain; increases the force of contraction of the heart muscle bitter smell of wormwood. It is known that the aroma of roses drives away sad thoughts and uplifts the mood, while jasmine enhances efficiency, increases perception and gives peace of mind. As for the aroma of violets, it inspires optimism and gives strength to self-healing. The smell of iris improves the sense of smell and gives new life impulses. The aroma of bergamot fruit (an evergreen citrus tree) has harmonizing properties and is considered a valuable remedy for depression, as well as difficult mental states. Smells of citrus increase the energy of the body and revive the joy of movement. The aroma helps to find inner balance and keep calm, and the smell of honeysuckle helps to perceive problems calmly and sensibly.

Aromatic clove oil has been used in perfumery and medicine since ancient times. As far back as the 3rd century BC, cloves were used as a deodorant. In China, before meeting with the emperor, it was necessary to chew a clove so that the smell from the mouth when talking was pleasant. The flowers are added to tea to enhance its flavor. Frankincense essential oils, isolated from various types of frankincense tree, are indispensable in aromatherapy. Since ancient times, incense has been famous as an ancient incense.