Smaller specimens carry the day over their taller cousins almost every time when it comes to bringing sweet scents to the yard. You can also train some shrubs and vines to grow as small trees by removing their lower branches—such creations are called “standards.” Here are 10 good choices if you are looking for a tree to add fragrance to your landscape. The variety is selected so that you can base your choice on whatever characteristics are most important to you: foliage, fruit, maintenance, flower color, or size. The varieties grown for edible apples are mostly cultivars from Malus domestica. One of the more popular multitasking varieties to grow is ‘Honeycrisp,’ which matures to about 20 feet tall with a similar spread. The flowers generally appear in April, giving way to full-bodied fruit that matures in early to mid-fall. The Cameron Select brand of ‘Honeycrisp’ is a dwarf tree, standing just eight to 10 feet tall.

USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 9 (depending on variety)Color Varieties: White or pinkish whiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium-moisture, slightly acidic, well-drained soil

Crabapples produce a spectacular flush of blooms for about 10 days in mid- to late spring. The fruit is sometimes used in pies and jams, but these trees are generally grown for their flowers, which have a decidedly sweet smell.

USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 8Color Varieties: White, pink, purple, redSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium-moisture, slightly acidic, well-drained soil

These trees grow 12 to 30 feet tall with about the same spread. A similar plant for warmer zones is Gardenia jasminoides. These shrubs can become eight feet tall (and up to eight feet wide), essentially functioning as small trees if trained properly. Grow them in zones 7 to 11, in partial shade.

USDA Growing Zones: 5 to 7Color Varieties: YellowSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Rich, medium-moisture, well-drained soil

USDA Growing Zones: 2 to 8Color Varieties: WhiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Rich, moist, well-drained soil

USDA Growing Zones: 6 to 9Color Varieties: PinkSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained soil

This 8-to-40-foot plant (15 to 25 feet wide) is suited to zones 7 to 9. Beyond the fragrance of its flowers, its benefits include resistance to powdery mildew and attractive peeling bark in a cinnamon color.

USDA Growing Zones: 7 to 9Color Varieties: Rose to redSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained soil

USDA Growing Zones: 5 to 9Color Varieties: PurpleSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Humusy, well-drained, slightly acidic soil

USDA Growing Zones: 5 to 8Color Varieties: WhiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained loam

USDA Growing Zones: 5 to 9Color Varieties: WhiteSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Acidic, medium moisture to wet soil

As an evergreen, this plant is also great for the winter landscape. In fact, you can harvest the sweet-smelling boughs and use them in natural Christmas decorations. Canadian hemlocks can make for great hedges if maintained as shrubs.

USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 7Color Varieties: Non-floweringSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained soil