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Homes & Gardens
Sarah Wilson

How to grow tuberose – for clusters of sweetly scented blooms right through the summer season

White tuberose flowers growing in garden.

Tuberose is one of the most deliciously fragranced flowers you can add to your planting design. The clusters of waxy white blooms have a strong spicy scent that's often used in perfumes and candles. This means they're a great cut flower for the house too, as well as star performers in the summer garden.

This semi-succulent plant is part of the agave family, so despite the name it's not a true rose. The roots are tuberous bulbs that multiply quickly if conditions are right. The clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers in white, cream and soft pink colors are held on tall slender spikes that add a vertical accent to planting.

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