Best Fragrant Plants Seeds Bulbs in 2026

Purple top turnips are a great source of protein for deer and other wildlife.

Purple top turnips are an easy to grow, short season brassica used for cover crops.

This dual-purpose plant produces a large purple top spherical root and leafy foliage that can both be grazed.

Viola wittrockiana is a well-known and popular bedding plant for early fall, winter and spring blooms. Pansies are reliable bloomers and require so little work. This Clear Crystals variety has a pure black color with no blotch.

Growing in USDA Zones: 5 - 9 as a 6 - 8 inch tall biennial, This colorful bloom makes a dramatic display! This variety also has increased hardiness so that it handles the weather better and gives longer lasting color. They mix well with spring bulbs and are great for early color. They make nice cut flowers as well.

For spring blooms, it is best to start the seed indoors in the late winter. Press the seed into the soil and lightly cover with peat moss. Darkness aids germination so it is best to shade the starter tray. With a temperature of 65 - 70F, germination normally occurs within 21 days.

Primula acaulis S1 are known as Common Primrose or English Primrose. They grow in rosettes from the ground and are a favorite for early spring beds, borders and containers. Thanks to breeding programs, Common Primroses now are available in more colors and they are more hardy and long-lived.

Primrose grows as a perennial in USDA zones 4 - 7 only reaching a height of 5 - 8 inches.

They are a lovely addition to borders with spring bulbs. This variety, Accord Blue, has deep violet-blue blooms with contrasting yellow centers. Primulas make great house plants too!

Allium tuberosum, or Garlic Chives, has a subtle garlic flavor and is perfect for cooking. This perennial has flowers during the summer months that are edible. Their nectar attracts bees and some gardeners even cut the flowers for arrangements, and they dry well too.

Garlic chives are a 12 inch tall perennial herb growing in USDSA zones 4 - 9.

Garlic Chives have bulbs that can be used like a small green onion. Harvest the leaves by hand as soon as they reach about 6 inches. The bulbs are ready for harvest once flowers have budded.

Primula acaulis S1 are known as Common Primrose or English Primrose. They grow in rosettes from the ground and are a favorite for early spring beds, borders and containers. Thanks to breeding programs, Common Primroses now are available in more colors and they are more hardy and long-lived.

Common primrose in a 5 - 8 inch tall perennial plant growing in USDA zones 4 - 7.

They are a lovely addition to borders with spring bulbs. This variety, Accord Scarlet, has brilliant red blooms with contrasting yellow centers. Primulas make great house plants too!

This beautiful flowering poppy plant will grow 24 - 36 inches tall.

This perennial poppy grows in USDA zones 4 - 9 and reaches 24 - 36 inches in height.

It prefers full sun and blooms most frequently in late spring through early summer.

Viola wittrockiana is a well-known and popular bedding plant for early fall, winter and spring blooms. This Swiss Giant Pansy ‘Alpenglow’ has large 3 – 4 inch blooms that are cardinal red with a black blotch. Pansies are great performs with little maintenance, and they look great in the flower bed or in containers.

Pansy Alpenglow grows in USDA zones 5 - 9 as an 8 - 10 binennial flower plant with cardinal red flowers.

They mix well with spring bulbs and are great for early color. These large pansies are quite charming and old fashioned coming from Switzerland in the early 1900s. They make nice cut flowers as well.

White dutch clover seed is a perennial used for erosion control, lawn alternative, food plots, green manure crop, pasture mixtures, ground cover, and many other uses.

This perennial seed can be grown across the country for deer food plots, erosion control, pasture mixtures, and cover crops in USDA Zones 3 - 10

White clover helps boost soil nitrogen levels, taking nitrogen from the air and fix it in the soil. It can also be used an a lawn alternative.