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Texas DIY Garden & Patio Revamp
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items My top selections for a garden upgrade including seasonal flowers that will thrive in Texas' chaotic weather. #myretailtherapy
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DIY UPGRADES
SPRING (LATE FEB-MAY)
SUMMER (JUNE-AUG)
FALL (SEPT-NOV)
WINTER (DEC-FEB)
DIY UPGRADES
A gazebo option to create a covered patio. Just add some camp fans for air circulation.
MIXPATIO 10x13 Outdoor Gazebo with Curtains
I think this is a great option for our back patio, off the sun porch. It allows for shade without blocking our amazing view of the water.
Mirador 111S Outdoor Aluminum Pergola with Adjustable Louvered Roof & Reviews | Wayfair
I love the idea of using this to connect the carport to the house so you don't have to walk in the rain or blazing shade. Instead, walk-through the veil of amazing smelling flowers.
Zaer Ltd International 13.25ft. Long Iron Gazebo with Planters "Georgia 2019" | Wayfair
I love this birdcage style arbor and I have the perfect place for it around our bird bath fountain. I am still debating what to grow on the trellis. I'm considering night blooming jasmine and something else. Perhaps something for each season so it ha...
Metal Garden Trellis Arbor Arch Off White
SPRING (LATE FEB-MAY)
powerfully sweet; evergreen; peak bloom April–May.
Trachelospermum, Star Jasmine
honey-sweet, late winter into early spring; evergreen twiner.
Carolina Jessamine
almond/vanilla scent, late Feb–March; evergreen in 8b/9a.
Clematis 'Apple Blossom' (Evergreen Group)
classic jasmine perfume; spring flush then repeats.
Poet's Jasmine
soft, fruity fragrance; vigorous, repeat-bloomer.
Rosa 'New Dawn' (Climbing Rose)
I LOVE these hot pink roses. They give a rich old-rose scent; nearly thornless (great for walk-through arbors).
Zéphirine Drouhin
I have always adored Wisteria and they grow so well naturally in this area. grape-sweet; lighter and safer than Asian types that are invasive.
1 gal. Wisteria Amethyst Falls Plant with Purple Flowers
intense perfume; fall-sow or late winter for spring bloom; annual.
Sweet Pea Seeds Fragrant Colorful Climbing Flowers for Garden Trellis Arbors and Bouquets Spring Summer Bloom
This pink jasmine has a very strong scent; treat as container-climber you can tuck into the arch (protect on rare freezes).
Jasmine POLYANTHUM Pink Winter Vine Plant Fragrant Spring Flowers Starter Plant
foliage is aromatic; blue flowers late winter–spring; can be tied in as a loose climber.
Tuscan Blue Rosemary
Train as a fan espalier on your arbor post; you’ll get intoxicating spring bloom and that ruby flesh later.
Blood Orange Tree
SUMMER (JUNE-AUG)
This is one of my absolutely favorite scented flowers and it is wildly fragrant after dusk. This is a shrub you can limb up and tie into the arch.
Cestrum nocturnum , Night Blooming Jasmine in 6" Pot
These flowers are absolutely wild looking and they fruit! This tropical-sweet, native, edible fruit; blooms summer–fall and attracts Gulf Fritillary butterflies like crazy! This is a great option to carry you from Summer to Fall.
Nancy Garrison Passion Fruit Vine
OMG these are huge and fragrant, excellent for a moonlight garden. Enormous white night-scented blooms; annual twiner, perfect for summer evenings.
White Moonflower Vine. 15 seeds grown in USA. Flat fee of 4.25 for all seeds.
Heady, gardenia-like fragrance; treat as root-hardy/large container.
White Mandevilla Live Plant 4 - 9 Inches, Mandevilla Plant for Outdoor Garden and Containers
This one is bridal-sweet; best in a big pot trained onto the arch (protect in hard freezes).
Madagascar Jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda, rare seeds, white blooms, wedding flower, easy vine, moist shade, perfect houseplant
These climbing roses are simply gorgeous. they have a tea/fruit fragrance and repeats into summer with heat tolerance.
Climbing Rose Eden. Pretty fast grow Rose.
Ah, the strong honey scent of honeysuckle. For this plant, avoid invasive Japanese types.
Proven Winners 'Scentsation' Honeysuckle (Lonicera) Flowering Shrub in 1 -Quart Pot 1.0 -Pack with Yellow Blooms
Lightly sweet, showy and fast; annual.
CZ Grain 20 Hyacinth Bean Vine Dolichos Lablab Plant Seeds
After spring peak, you’ll often get sporadic fragrant summer blooms.
Star Jasmine
plant this shrub at the arbor base and espalier fan-style onto it for those classic summer wafts.
Southern Living Plant Collection Jubilation Gardenia Flowering Shrub in 2 -Gallon Pot 1 -Pack with White Blooms
FALL (SEPT-NOV)
Imagine clouds of vanilla-scented blooms from Aug–Oct. However, choose non-invasive selections/hybrids from reputable nurseries.
Sweet Autumn Clematis Vine - Clematis paniculata - Fragrant - 2.5" Pot
This wildly fragrant flower keeps blooming into fall with fruit.
2 Incarnata Passion Flower Live Plant, Passionflower Plant, Ideal for Outdoor Garden, 4-8 Inch
This showy flower will give you occasional fragrant off-season flowers.
Carolina Jasmine
These gorgeous roses give a strong tea-rose perfume and they love heat and give a good fall show.
Mrs. B. R. Cant
This Fall fragrant beauty is intense. They work best in a pot woven through the arch, however bring close to the house on cold snaps.
Jasminum sambac 'Maid Of Orleans' (Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine) | Top Tropicals Plant Encyclopedia | Image 3
Repeat-flowering types can give fall fragrance.
Gardening | Perennial Clematis vine plants live-Exquisite Ornamental Blooms Stakes
A spicy-vanilla scent in season and it can be vigorous site with care.
Chocolate Vine Perennial - Edible - Akebia quinata - 2.5" Pot
Many keep perfuming deep into fall in East Texas.
National Plant Network Pink Mandevilla Mauvelous Summer Trumpet Vine in 4-in Pot 3-Pack
Many cultivars of this flower give a fall encore.
Proven Winners 'Scentsation' Honeysuckle (Lonicera) Flowering Shrub in 1 -Quart Pot 1.0 -Pack with Yellow Blooms
Flowers are lightly scented and fruit is intensely aromatic. You will want to let runners trail a low trellis at the arbor base.
Rare GIANT Climbing STRAWBERRY Seeds-very Sweet Fruit-fresh Harvested in Our Usa Farm-(non-gmo)fruit Plant Tree(combined Shipping Discount)n - Etsy
WINTER (DEC-FEB)
Extraordinary apricot-jasmine perfume in waves fall through winter. This is a shrub you can espalier on the posts at the base of your arbor.
Fragrant Tea Olive Tree
A citrus-sweet fragrance on warm winter days and it is a trainable framework shrub.
Lonicera fragrantissima | Winter Honeysuckle | 25 Seeds
Honey fragrance in late winter to warm your days. Try to plant by a post and fan-train.
How to Plant and Grow Paperbush, a Shrub With Fragrant Winter Flowers
These blooms give a vanilla-sweet fragrance and are best in shade near the arch. They are small, easily trained, and make for a great backdrop scent.
Sarcococca Sweet & Lo™ Sweet Box
I already listed this one for spring, but it starts perfuming in February in regions 8b/9a.
Clematis armandii 'Snowdrift' | Evergreen Clematis | Fragrant Blooms | Fast-Growing Climber - 1 gallon fully rooted plant | USDA Zones 7-9
This year-long hard worker is also reliably fragrant late winter.
Flowerwood 2.5 -Gallon Pot Carolina Jessamine
A fragrance that is spicy and powerful;. Treat as a wall-trained shrub near the arch.
How to grow wintersweet (chimonanthus)
Paperwhites are just gorgeous little white flowers. Plant them in pots tucked at the arbor feet for piercing sweet fragrance in mid-winter.
Paperwhite Ziva Bulbs - Fast Flowering Indoor Blooms - Largest Bulbs Available - Paperwhite Bulbs for Forcing Indoors, Bonsai Plant (10 Bulbs)
Enjoy pleasant grape-sweet winter blooms. These can be loosely trained/uprighted near the structure.
Southern Living Plant Collection Soft Caress Mahonia Accent Shrub in 2.5 -Quart Pot 1 -Pack with Yellow Blooms
My absolute favorite smell is that of fresh lemon blooms. It gives unbelievably fragrant winter–spring blossoms. Grow in a large container and espalier it to the arbor frame (not a vine, but perfect scent right there).
Meyer Lemon Bush