Want to keep your rooms full of intense aroma naturally? Grow these Houseplants that are Literally Fragrant Air Fresheners!
Keeping your room fresh with natural elements elevates mood and senses. Here are the best Houseplants that are Literally Fragrant Air Fresheners that will help to keep your home naturally perfumed all the time!
Snake Plant
Botanical Name: Sansevieria
Yes! Snake plants do bloom! Though seeing it flower indoors will be a rare sight but once it does, the plant will fill up your home with its intense fragrance in no time!
The flowers come on tall spikes with cream and white-green hues. Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’ has the best aroma of all!
African Gardenia
Botanical Name: Mitriostigma axillare
The dense white flowers of the African Gardenia have a sweet fragrance. It is surprisingly easy to grow and also does well in partial shade.
Jasmine
Botanical Name: Jasminum polyanthum
Place this fragrant plant on a sunny spot in your home for the best flowers. If you want an intense aroma then go for yellow star jasmine.
Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula
To make sure the plant thrives indoors, provide it plenty of bright light—this will help lavender bloom profusely. The more it will flower, the more fragrant your house will be!
Tip: Grow French Lavender (Lavandula x intermedia ‘Provence’) for amazing aroma indoors in full sun.
Orchid
Botanical Name: Cattleya spp.
Some corsage orchids bloom once a year, other flowers twice. It emits strong cinnamon and vanilla fragrance that can fill the entire house in no time! Cattleya pot Sakura Candy, ‘Little Mermaid’, and ‘Yucatan Magenta’ are some best aromatic options.
Note: Zygopetalum Orchids, Brassavola Orchids, Cycnoches spp, Oncidium Sharry Baby, and Vanda spp. also offer great fragrant blooms.
Mint
Botanical Name: Mentha
The fragrance of mint is undoubtedly calming and relaxing—it’s also quite easy to grow. It looks great in hanging baskets and you can crush its leaves anytime to have an instant minty aroma in rooms!
Paperwhite Narcissus
Botanical Name: Narcissus papyraceus
Many plant lovers grow Narcissus papyraceus bulbs indoors—this hardy sweet-smelling plant with a musky scent likes cool temperature and indirect sunlight.
Tip: For consistent flowering and fragrance, plant indoor paperwhite bulbs at 2-week intervals.
Chinese Perfume Plant
Botanical Name: Aglaia odorata
In cooler areas, this plant, with bright yellow blooms, is grown as a houseplant for its sweet and lemon-like scent. Keep the plant near a south-facing window for best growth.
Basket Plant
Botanical Name: Callisia fragrans
Basket plant is a cute green specimen that you can grow on a bright windowsill. The white flowers have a soothing fragrance and also pair well with the glossy green foliage.
Hoya
Botanical Name: Hoya
Hoya comes in so many fragrances that you will love to grow many of them! Hoya australis, Hoya carnosa Rubra aka ‘Krimson Princess,’ Hoya obovata, Hoya retusa are the best fragrant ones.
Four O’Clock
Botanical Name: Mirabilis jalapa
The trick to growing Four O’Clock plants is to provide them lots of sunlight, 3-5 hours minimum. A window box will be the best location for them as the winds will carry its fragrance to the room.
Madagascar Jasmine
Botanical Name: Stephanotis floribunda
This jasmine displays starry white fragrant blooms with a waxy texture over glossy dark green leaves. It prefers a warm room with medium to bright light.