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Botanical name: Aglaia odorata
Common names: Chinese Perfume Plant, Chinese Rice Flower, Mock Lemon
Family: Meliaceae
Origin: South China
USDA Zone: 9-11









This plant is an easy to grow bush. It produces fragrant yellow flowers - that are as small as a grain of rice, with a very strong perfume. The fragrance is outstanding! Aglaia has many medical uses: odorine and odorinol obtained from this plant has cancer chemopreventive activity. Relatively cold-tolerant.
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Botanical names: Ajania pacifica, Chrysanthemum pacificum
Common name: Pacific Chrysanthemum
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Japan
USDA Zone: 5-9










Ajania pacifica forms a bushy mound of lobed green leaves, attractively edged with silver, remaining attractive all season long. Some gardeners grow this plant primarily for its foliage. Small yellow button flowers appear very late in the fall, sometimes lasting until Christmas. It is quite hardy in cold climates, going completely dormant in cold-winter regions, but in warmer climes it is more-or-less evergreen (though at its best in spring and summer).
Botanical name: Akebia quinata
Common names: Chocolate Vine, Five-leaf Akebia
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Origin: Japan, China
USDA Zone: 5-8










Akebia quinata grows to 10 m (30 ft) or more in height and has compound leaves with five leaflets. The flowers are clustered in racemes and are chocolate-scented, with three or four sepals. The fruits are sausage-shaped pods which contain edible pulp.
Plants are evergreen in mild winters. Since the chocolate vine growth rate is so fast, it makes an excellent cover for arbors, trellises, pergolas or fences.
Botanical name: Akebia trifoliata
Common names: Chocolate Vine, Three-leaf Akebia
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
USDA Zone: 5-8









Akebia trifoliata is a deciduous Climber growing to 9 m (29ft 6in) at a fast rate.
Flavor varies greatly in akebias, even within the same species, with some individuals displaying a complex flavor profile resembling a mixture of banana, passionfruit and litchi, with others being mild, or even insipid.
Botanical name: Albizia julibrissin
Common name: Silk Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Origin: Asia
USDA Zone: 6-9









This tree has attractive fragrant pom-pom- like flowers, and interesting fern-like foliage. In gardens this fast growing tree grows to 20-30 ft. It has a single trunk with smooth, gray bark. Each bi-pinnate leaf is made up of hundreds of tiny leaflets coated in white hairs, giving the foliage a silvery cast. In late winter or spring, the domed crown is decked in sprays of small, globular, off-white to baby-pink flower heads. Prefers a rich, light, well drained soil. The flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.
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