Want to add more color to your landscape this season? Start by incorporating one or more of these stunning landscaping plants ...

If you want to attract pollinators but struggle with plants dying in the heat, this purple perennial is the perfect solution.

Texas lilac, also known as chaste tree (Vitex), is a beautiful specimen with purple flowers that bloom in midsummer, imparting a delightful scent that wafts through gardens in zones 6-9.

ABOVE: This March 3, 2023, image shows a bed of fragrant purple hyacinths blooming at the Philadelphia Flower Show. BELOW: The fragrant Palabin lilac blooms on Long Island in this May 14, 2024, photo.

Magnolia, especially the southern grandiflora species (7-9), is another highly aromatic shrub or tree that puts forth large, sweetly fragranced flowers you’re not likely to forget. The more cold-hardy ...

Syringa meyeri Palabin, the dwarf Korean cultivar I grow, is among the most powerfully fragrant. It’s suitable for zones 3-7. Other lilac varieties that stand out for their scent include Syringa x ...

Setting aside a spot in your yard to grow flowers just for cutting all summer to make into bouquets is a goal of many ...