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Your guide to SUMMER SCENT

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August 2025

Choose fabulously fragranced flowers to add an extra-special touch to your summer garden

Your guide to SUMMER SCENT

Scented plants can really help set the scene. They let you create ambience with blooms in the same way you would use candles and diffusers to evoke a mood in the house. Early mornings and balmy evenings are all the better if you've filled your patio pots and flowerbeds with intoxicating fragrance to add to the feelgood factor of being out in the garden. Don't hide these magical plants away in a corner though. Instead, make them the star of the show. They are particularly welcoming positioned near the path leading up to your front door or planted around the entrance so you can enjoy the fragrance every time you pass.

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