19. Fragrant Evening Shade Garden
Maximize your outdoor enjoyment during cool summer evenings by creating a Fragrant Evening Shade Garden beneath your canopy trees. While many fragrant flowers prefer full sun, several exquisite night-blooming and shade-tolerant species release powerful, sweet scents that drift gently through the shaded air as dusk sets in, turning your under-tree retreat into a sensory paradise.
Incorporate plants like Night-Blooming Jasmine, Nicotiana (Flowering Tobacco), Sweet Woodruff, and shade-tolerant Sweet Alyssum around your under-tree seating zones. Complement these aromatic flowers with silver-foliage or pale white plants—such as White Astilbe, Variegated Solomon’s Seal, and Silver Artemisia—which catch and reflect the pale moonlight, glowing softly in the dark. Sitting beneath the rustling leaves of your tree at night, surrounded by glowing white blooms and intoxicating floral perfumes, offers an enchanting, sensory garden experience like no other.