5 top fragrant shrubs to give you a scent-sational winter Blowing the cobwebs away on winter walks or by pottering in the garden for an hour or two after the festive season can be all the richer if you can breathe in the rich scent of fragrant shrubs.
Also known as the Christmas box, this compact evergreen shrub is one of the most useful in winter, its glossy, dark green leaves forming the backdrop to the delicate fragrant flowers which emerge in late winter and early spring.
If you’re thinking of planting a pot close to a window, where you can enjoy their colour and aroma over the cooler months, or want something which will create a scented showstopper in your beds and borders, here are five good candidates for winter scent.
Ideally placed at the back of the border, its waxy, creamy yellow flowers appear on bare branches emitting a scent which hangs in the cold winter air.
It may look a bit plain, but this deciduous shrub produces sweet-smelling, sulphur-yellow flowers on bare stems in the depths of winter, often lasting until mid-spring so it’s a plant which keeps on giving.
