Lonicera fragrantissima ‘Winter Beauty’

With creamy-white flowers scattered along bare stems for weeks, this is one of the first shrubs I recommend for winter scent. At a time when the garden can feel quiet and colour-starved, it fills the air with fragrance on the mildest days. The flowers themselves are modest, but the perfume is remarkable, I like planting it close to the house, where that fragrance can drift indoors on a mild day.