I often pause for a while especially at twilight when scent from blooms are at their stongest, and feel extremely proud of effort that I have put into my garden.

This is when I really appreciate how worthwhile it has all been.

No doubt your garden is looking really special as well, but if by any chance you feel there are any gaps, or plants that you think could be doing better, might I suggest that you take some inspiration from some of these wonderful blooms which I find truly magnificent.

In my opinion these are some of blooms that will enhance any garden and delight senses with their combined scents.

Rose eglanteria - This sweet briar rose is valued for strong apple aroma which comes from leaves, but there is also much more than a pink flower in summer, it is followed by a deep red in autumn. I think that it is an extremely handsome bush, and it also makes an impenetrable hedge.

Agastache faoeniculum (anise hyssop) - This is a stately herbaceous perennial, whose silver green leaves release a liquorice aniseed fragrance. The rich violet blue color flowers are particularly loved by bees, butterflies and goldfinches among others. I find rich beautiful color delightful when it bursts into my garden in late summer, and lasts right through to autumn. Cytisus battandeiri (Moroccan Broom) - When planted around walls of house or around patio, crushed pineapple aroma which comes from cones of yellow blossom will pervade air. It truly excites senses on warm still days of June and July, with its wonderful aroma wafting into house or patio area. It should be encouraged to flower freely so that you get most from this absolutely wonderful flower.

Magnolia grandiflora - The large chalices are a joy in late summer with a wonderful lemon zest aroma. It should be helped to bloom when young by espalier-training shoots against a warm sunny wall. Train them horizontally, and shorten new shoots to five leaves in August.

Dianthus (Brymton Red) - These lovely old fashioned dianthus have a lingering clove fragrance and "Brymton red" is a true peacock among them. They yield a brilliant display of single deep red flowers laced with darker markings, and are just scintilating in June. Be sure to deadhead flowers weekly to channel your plants energy into producing more shoots and blooms.

Eucryphia nymansay - This elegant evergreen is famous for its summer and autumn display of large honey scented white flowers. The flower is coveted by nectar seeking bees. It needs a warm and sunny location. I absolutely adore these.

Ferdinand Pitchard - This is an old fashioned rose with beckoning smell of fresh picked raspberries. The globular pink blooms striped with crimson and purple will be your reward for planting this fatastic rose. It thrives on humis rich soil in full sunlight, and it will bring color to summer season most beautifully.

Other Flowers To Bring A Fesival Of Color And Delight.

As flowers in your garden start to fade, you should see seed pods begin to appear. What does this mean as far as plant's growth is concerned? How does it affect appearance of your garden?

It means that plant puts most of its resources towards seeds and creating them. If seed pods are allowed to remain, plant will not continue to give you flowers like it would if seeds were removed once flowers go by. You could end up with a garden with lots of seeds and few blooms. This of course, depends on many factors. Therefore, faded flowers should be cut off. You can go around every day as you go about youyr gardening with some type of trimmers or scissors and cut off all dead flowers. You can add this organic matter to your compost pile.

But,there are, of course, exceptions to every rule. There are a some plants that are grown because of their colored or shaped seed pods. Among these are Chinese lanterns plants. It is a low-growing plant with white flowers that some may think are not as pretty as many other flowers, but when flowers have gone by, balloon-like seed pods gradually appear. At first these are green, but in time they will change to a brilliant orange-red. They can be used in vases in house throughout winter to brighten decor.

At this time of year, you might find a beautiful flower on some plant in your garden and you just want to save seed. Tie a piece of string around stem so you can identify it later and very carefully remove other flowers from plant as they fade. Then, when seed is ready, you can cut stem bearing seed. After leaving it in a warm dry place for a few days, carefully seperate out seeds and put them away for another day. They should be kept perfectly dry. This is one technique towards creating your own special garden and an interesting gardening technique as well.

In some cases, it is a good plan to sow seed as soon as it is ready as it grows more quickly and more surely than seed that has been kept. For annuals, this may not be practical this late in season. This, of course, depends upon your growing season, how long individual plant actually takes to set seed and other factors. With perennials, you might be able to get a head start on next spring by planting seed in a protected area for winter. Maybe in a cold frame in a protected area. On other hand, there are some seeds that just do not grow for a long time. Some seeds require a certain number of hours of cold temperatures or even below freezing temperatures before planting. You will have to research individual plant you have seed from to see what is practical.