Sensory Gardens (click here for printable PDF)

Acacia smallii – Sweet acacia. Has very fragrant yellow puff-ball flowers in the spring. (Note: This tree does have thorns, so it would need to be lifted over head level.)

Aloysia triphylla – Lemon verbena. The leaves of this shrub smell and taste like lemons.

Chrysactinia mexicana – Damianita. This small shrub has very aromatic foliage.

Hyptis emoryi – Desert lavender. A large, narrow shrub with a pungent fragrance.

Larrea tridentate – Creosote. What a heavenly fragrance after summer rains!

Leucophyllum laevigatum – Chihuahuan sage. The flowers of this shrub provide a delicate scent in the late summer and early fall.

Leucophyllum pruinosum – Sierra Bouquet™. This shrub blooms in the summer and fall with flowers that smell like grape bubble gum. 

Muhlenbergia capillaries – Regal Mist™.  The narrow leaves of this ornamental grass are slick and waxy. It also has plumes of soft, misty flowers in the fall months.

Osmanthus fragrans – Sweet olive. The tiny flowers on this shrub have an incredibly sweet fragrance!

Sophora secundiflora – Texas mountain laurel. This large shrub/small tree has clusters of purple flowers that smell like grape bubble gum.

Salvia clevelandii – Chaparral sage. This large shrub has very aromatic foliage.

Tagetes lemmonii – Mount Lemmon marigold. This shrub has extremely aromatic foliage.

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