Chimonanthus praecox

Description

Winter Sweet. Winter flowering shrub producing roughly bell-shaped, pendant, pale yellow flowers with deep purple centres. Admittedly not the most eye catching plant but the scent is phenomenal. Cut a few stems and allow the spicy aroma to fill your house. Plant it in the shrub border where other, more exciting plants will surround it in summer but allow you to get to it in winter, or else train it as a wall shrub. Height 3m (9ft).