Ann Lovejoy: Fragrance in Bloom. Cultivating the Scented Garden Throughout the Year

Most advice to gardeners pertains solely to the visual aspects of flowers. Now Ann Lovejoy-noted garden ing expert and author of The Year in Bloom-describes her favorite scented flowers and furnishes the particulars for their cultivation. Here are lush profiles of such longtime fragrant favorites as lilacs, peonies, and roses as well as welcome new ideas such as night phlox, intoxicating datura, and extravagantly scented tobaccos. Both savvy and sensual, with a chapter devoted to night-fragrant flowers, plus seasonal garden plans, Fragrance in Bloom will inspire gardeners to rethink their borders and beds according to the enchantment of fragrance all year round.