Both gardener and garden writer for twenty-five years, Jeff Cox resides in northern California and is a regular columnist for Organic Gardening magazine. His previous books include The Perennial Garden and Landscaping with Nature . Traditional and Original Garden Designs and to many leading gardening publications. The scent of roses dominates this private garden in Santa Barbara, California, at least until the lemon trees bloom. Bottom Campanula persicofolia 's cheery bells ring out the news that the rose is opening and its scent is beginning to spill out.
Red roses tend to have more scent than lighter-colored ones.
This combination is growing in the garden of the Marquess and the Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Hatfield, England.