in the garden: pretty but no smell

For one brief growing season, I worked at a greenhouse. It didn’t pay a lot, and I tended to bring my paycheck home in the form of plants. When we moved I brought many of them with me, and several are still thriving in the garden here, including this pretty exochorda shrub. It’s kind of an awkward plant to grow, since it has a long gangly habit, and despite its resemblance to orange blossoms it has no smell whatsoever. But when it’s in bloom it’s ever so pretty, and the flowering branches can be entwined through other bushes, up walls or over furniture.