"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Planting fast-growing shrubs is another way to bring color and fragrance to the garden. One large hardy ...

Known for its incorrigible, fastidious nature, daphne odora is perhaps one of the most challenging landscape shrubs to cultivate. Getting a daphne established is critical, but it’s also important to ...

Do you remember your grandmother’s favorite rose? If you do, you probably remember how fragrant it was. For me, one of my grandmother’s favorite plants was the peony named "Festiva Maxima." It is a ...

What: Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance is a smaller, yet outstanding, shrub for the garden, especially if you are seeking nature’s perfume. An abundance of exceedingly fragrant, white blushed ...

Now that the glow of holiday lights has dimmed, and with gray winter skies above us, gardeners may want a little pick-me-up. Fortunately, the climate of Coastal Virginia allows us to grow many plants ...

When many gardeners think of winter flowers, they envision classics like camellia, fragrant tea olive and daphne. But there are many more that can be added to the lineup, increasing one's olfactory ...

This column, at one point, was going to be about us finally finishing the two-year front porch project from hell. After all, we were down to the painting, and how long could that possibly take? The ...

This week's weather change was the most abrupt I've ever experienced. On ­Sunday, snow covered the entire garden. By Monday afternoon, it was gone and crocuses were gaping at the sun. It was lovely to ...

Daphne Eternal Fragrance – Daphne x transatlantica ‘Blafra’. This plant was growing in Stan Brown’s yard in Clarksville. It had been in the ground several years. It is evergreen, blooms from late ...

It's hard to deny the integral role that fragrances play in our everyday lives. The scents in the soaps and cleaners we use, the deodorants and perfumes we apply, the candles and essential oils that ...

Breathtakingly beautiful but all too brief, the first blossom is one of the highlights of the gardening year ...

Pansies say spring unlike any other plant. If you do not have any pansies, plant some now. Put them in a pot on the steps or fill a bed with their smiling faces. It is that time of the week to choose ...