What pottable plant has a strong, attractive fragrance year-round.?

Question

This is for a patio with moderate sunlight in the northeast.

Answer 1

You cant go wrong with herbs. For all year use rosemary. It will withstand a freeze. You could use others if you bring them in when it gets too cold. Basil is wonderful. But it turns black when the weather stays at 50 degrees. Oregano, lemongrass, lemonbalm, any of the mints, scented geraniums, but really, rosemary is best. You can get regular or creeping varieties. You can make topiaries out of them, you can train them to do whatever you want. Dont let them dry out completely or they will never forgive you.

Answer 2

If your in the northeast and you want fragrance year round I imagine you would have to go with and evergreen like a pine tree or something. Frasier Fur or something. You could put it in a pot you would just have to replant once it gets to big for it's space. They do have beautiful arborvitaes that are spiral shaped with pruning and they look lovely in large containers. I imagine they give off some sort of pine smell. Well good luck but me living in Michigan I can't think of a plant that would be growing in the dead of winter besides a evergreen.

Answer 3

Lemon balm has a very nice scent when the leaves are pinched. Perennial geraniums come in many varieties. Some have wonderful smelling leaves. Oriental lillies and trumpet lillies have scented flowers.

Answer 4

Try olive tea. It blooms off and on all year. Tiny little white flowers that you can smell a block away when the wind blows. I have 2. They grow about 10' tall so you might want to prune them. m

Answer 5

Lemon or rose scented geranium has fragrant leaves which are nice all year round even indoors

Answer 6

Rosemary.

Answer 7

I have used lemon verbinia(not sure of spelling. I do live in S.F. bay area though, not sure if it would survive N.E winter