Scented Flowers

Scented flowers add not only color but also a wonderful fragrance to any space. In this blog post, you’ll explore flowers known for their aromas, such as roses, jasmine, and lavender, and learn how to incorporate them into bouquets and garden designs for an extra sensory experience.

It’s lovely to come home to be welcomed by the fabulous scent of flowers. A feast for your nose. Every flower has its own fragrance and colour. For example, a hyacinth has a very strong scent, while a tulip is scentless. Why do flowers actually have a fragrance? We would like to answer that for you in this blog. We would also like to tell you more about two scented flowers, namely the freesia and the lily.

Why do flowers have a fragrance?

It’s always lovely to have a bunch of scented flowers in your home. But did you know that the fragrance is also very important for the flowers? Insects are attracted to the flower by the scent. These insects are needed for the propagation of many flowers, because they ensure that the pollen is carried from flower to flower. Which means that many flowers would not exist without the insects.
But not all flowers have a beautiful fragrance. That’s because some flowers don’t need it to survive. These flowers often have beautiful colouring with which they attract insects. The more appealing and brighter the colour, the more insects the flower attracts.

Scented freesia

Alongside the distinctive flower combs, freesias are known for their popular fragrance. The scent of the freesia touches you. It probably takes you back to beautiful memories of the past when you were little. The various colours of freesias have different fragrances, from spicy peppery to beautifully sweet. The freesia’s scent is strongest when all the petals have fully opened.

Freesias are widely used in perfume making. Freesia’s note is floral, green/fresh, slightly sweet, fruity and somewhat powdery.

Scented lily

The lily is known as a fragrant flower. We buy a large proportion of our lilies from the grower Bredefleur. We asked them which lilies they recommend for a beautiful fragrance. They emphatically suggested Nymph and Zelmira.

Nymph lily

The Nymph has a beautiful sweet scent. The Nymph also draws the eye with its unusual two colours: pale yellow and pink.

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Zelmira lily

Zelmira has a salmon colouring, making it one of the most unique lilies. The flower is exceptional in every detail: the beautiful salmon colour, lemonish in the centre combined with charming darker freckles on the flower’s petals.

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