Whether you enjoy flowers in your garden or in your home. One outstanding reason why they’re so popular is their fragrance and beauty. A bouquet of flowers is not only a pleasure to have in your home. They also have healing benefits, used for relaxation in aromatherapy. We’ve put this article together in case you love to have flowers in your home. But perhaps aren’t sure which ones would be the best to use. Which ones last well and which ones don’t. Which flowers make great thank you gifts. What flowers you might use for a proposal or perhaps even for a first date. How to make your flowers last as long as possible!
Read on to discover some truly wonderful, highly fragrant flowers that can adorn your home. Bringing nature one step closer to you.
The Tuberose
It is strongly scented and can be grown in pots on balconies and near windows. Once you plant it, it continues to produce it signature white fragrant flowers for years.
Stephanotis
A popular choice for wedding bouquets, this flower has starry white flowers with a waxy texture. Each bloom is a bomb of floral scent. Place it in sunlight away from drafts and water and fertilise it in summer and watch them bloom and spill their fragrance all over the place.
Roses
Roses aren’t just attractive and colourful they have their own unforgettable fragrance. Grow them in any colour and size and enjoy their fragrance.
Lily Of The Valley
Delicate and shy, these flowers bloom in the spring and have cute bell-shape flowers that spread their unusual fragrance wherever they are.
Jasmine
You can’t have a garden without jasmine and their perfume pervading your garden. Highly fragrant, they are popular for their fragrance and are grown in several of their species. They are perennial climbers and can easily grow in large pots.
Night-flowering Coral Jasmine
This is a night blooming shrub. They are nocturnal plants that bloom at night and leave a carpet of flowers in the morning. They leave their signature fragrance in the silence of the night.
Cestrum
Cestrum is yet another nocturnal beauty that can easily be grown in pots or as a shrub. Your atmosphere will be filled with the fragrance of this beautiful flower.
Sweet Pea
Grow these climbing plants for the many colours of their flowers and their strong incense. Your sweet pea flowers could be any shade of blue, or red, magenta, pink, white, cream or purple.
Plumeria
Intensely aromatic, plumeria are small in size and belong to the same generic family as Magnolia, Michelia, Plumeria and others. This is a tree famous for its beautiful flowers and refreshing fragrance and you can find them in a wide range of colours, such as pink, red, yellow, red, white, orange and mixed shades.
It grows well in a warm, sunny spot and if well protected from drafts. Though in the winter, its leaves may fall and it may go dormant, yet when it turns a bit warm, it will spring to life again with its charming flowers and telltale fragrance.
Gardenia
Loved for its perfume, Gardenia is an excellent choice for your home because of its beautiful blooms, fragrance and foliage. If you live in a hot country, these evergreen shrubs will do well all through the year. They do well in partial shade and moist and well-drained acidic soil.
Oriental Lily
The powerful scent of this delicately speckled flower makes it a winning choice to have in your home. The Oriental Lily grows in three colours–shades of white, pink and yellow. It can surprise you by growing up to six feet. They grow up to six feet and often continue to bloom right through the summer when most other flowers have finished. Give them six to eight hours of direct sunshine and watch them grow strong and healthy.
Flowers are also used to clean the air and reduce indoor stress, but their scents linger with us, whether flowery, balmy or spicy.
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