Farthest carrying orchid scents

[rbarata]

It's always best to choose native species or cultivars thereof.

In this case, several species are native here. In gardens they're used often to make what I think it's called a bower (not sure of the correct term).

Anyway, in orchids the only one I've smelled was my den nobile...and I need to put its flowers inside my nose to feel the scent.

[gngrhill]

[QUOTE=Leafmite;812264]Another tropical plant. There are quite a few outdoor shrubs that live in our climate that have lovely scents. Lilacs, mock orange, maypops, all are rather nicely fragrant and suitable for our climate.[COLOR="Silver"]

I do have lilacs all around my house and a couple of mock orange shrubs. They are beautiful and smell wonderful. The other trees that are really fragrant are the local black locust trees. they come out just after the lilacs and smell heavenly. In my garden I love my tall garden phlox. They are intoxicating.