Longest bloomers for scent?

We know about annuals, but how long do your other scented plants last? Thought it might make a good thread if we put our observations here.

Daphnes-Jan-March (still blooming!)
Winter Honeysuckle Shrub-Dec-March (still blooming!) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/400/

Winter Honeysuckle is quickly becoming my favorite! I had friends over yesterday that never saw or smelled it before--you know they went home with cuttings. Yes, it does get a bit leggy looking, so I prune to use for my bouquets. Now it is getting the red berries and I need to see about propogating them. Anyone else grow it?

What a great idea Vi!!! Gonna have to give this some thought. I know my Lilac will stay in bloom for some time...ahhhhhh
As for that winter honeysuckle...I caved and finally ordered some...just couldn't continue to ignore everyone raving about it!!! THAT wasn't the photo I thought it was...ugh! http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/189165/

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Ahh now come on folks...don't be so shy - at least 30 of you have peeked...I'd love to hear everyone's ideas!! Let me add Tuberoses to the mix...although tender in my area they seem to stay open for a bit longer then some of the other flowers. Definitely Dianthus...love that soft scent!!!

Do roses count? I have Rosa 'Double Delight' which has a wonderful scent from June until frost. Other very fragrant roses that I have are 'Sheila's Perfume' and 'Fragrant Cloud'. The fragrance of these can be detected 8 to 10 feet away from the plant.

If roses don't count, perhaps I enjoy Lavender the most. That's one bed that I love to weed!

Oh big AMEN to weeding around the lavenders..and rosemary for that matter...but LOVE my lavender!!

Of course Rose's count! Some only bloom seasonally, right? I know that my 'Zephirine Drouhin' can only be counted to bloom in the spring here--it must not like hot, humid weather.

Perhaps we could each have a post of the ones we want to watch and come back to update them, I know that relying on my memory sure doesn't work! This way we can compare them in different zones too,

We have four plants that have been here for ten years and I have never seen them bloom for as long as they did this year. They do not seem as fragrant as years past but they just will not stop blooming. Last year I saw a bush that was 18 feet tall, with a trunk as big as my arm. I did not know they grew that big. I took lots of cuttings last year and will be planting some in my new peacock pens. I still like the Banana shrub a little more but Winter Honeysuckle is a good one.

Hi Ken! Great to see you here :) Did you & Maggie get the Banana Shrubs at Towilaga the year of the swap here or do they sell them down there?

RE: Winter Honeysuckle, did you read in PlantFiles that you can cut them down to nothing after blooming? I plan to take lots of cuttings and make a very long shrub border!

Vi - good to know re the cutting back....well when mine's big enough to prune...LOL I don't have it yet...

We got our first banana shrub " figo' years ago at Stephen F Austin state university plant sale. Then we picked up three more from a friend in south Texas. We went to a nursery with Pete somewhere in your neck of the woods and found a Port Wine and then last year we went back to SFASU and found a Skinneri. This will be the first year for the Port Wine and Skinneri to bloom so it should smell yummy. There has been years when you could smell the one banana shrub as soon as you pulled in the drive. It should be nice with six of them in bloom.

I took cuttings last year and some did take. We had a tough time last Summer so we did not take as good of care of the cuttings as we should and still managed to propagate three types of Banana shrubs, Mock Orange, Kerria, several types of Camellias, Gardenia and of course Winter Honeysuckle. Me now have a misting system so should be in business for cuttings. I am looking around at friends places to see if anyone has something interesting I could get cuttings from. I really love Camellias and now that we don't have the horses, we can fill the horse pasture with all kinds of smelly plants. LOL

Yep, Pete took you to Towilaga Nursery. Good luck with the Port Wine, I killed 2 and buddy Michael (msampler) has killed even more:( He has had great luck growing a couple other varities that I can't seem to recall the names of. Would love to hear your propagation methods for them, I'm still too chicken to cut on mine, I can't wait for them to get huge!