As I’ve been ordering the final seeds for 2026, I noticed my attention lingering on one thing in particular: scent. While choosing varieties of Nicotiana, I wasn’t thinking about how the plants would look, but about how they would smell. That soft fragrance that drifts through the garden on a warm summer evening, almost unnoticed at first, until it draws you in. And it made me realise how much of what I grow is guided not by colour or form, but by fragrance. The narcissi are