• Apricot blossoms don't smell like the fruit they produce.Eising/Photodisc/Getty Images
  
  A combined aroma of "bubblegum and tea roses and talcum powder" is how one gardener describes apricot blossoms, which smell nothing like the fruit they bear. But for those who love the delicate fragrance of apricots, there are other plants whose blooms mimic it. These include the tropical flor de fuego or fire tree, the sweet olive shrub and an herb called agrimony.
  
  

Erblichia odorata: Flor de Fuego

• The tropical Erblichia odorata is also known as flor de fuego (fire tree) in Central America and butterfly tree in Hawaii. Its large, star-shaped blossoms measure 6 to 8 inches across and range from yellow to deep orange. The tree's leaves are long, narrow and shaped like the blade of a spear. It grows well in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant hardiness zones 10 to 11 and is sold in south Florida. The tree blooms from March to April in Central America.
  
  

Osmanthia fragrans: Tea Olive

• Tea olive is a large, upright shrub with glossy green leaves that can grow 20 feet tall and 8 feet wide. According to the website Floridata, tea olive's tiny white, star-shaped flowers bloom in autumn, winter, spring and "sporadically" through summer in USDA zones 8 to 10. It thrives whether regularly pruned or allowed to grow leggy. But Floridata says to avoid planting it in poor, sandy soil. Australia's ABC television recommends the "ripe" apricot scent of tea olive's flowers as a remedy for the "gloom and doom" of the winter garden.
  
  

Agrimonia eupatoria: Agrimony

• The British website Ark Wildlife recommends agrimony as a "key plant" for a sensory garden due to the apricot scent of its tiny yellow flowers. A member of the rose family, the herb also is known for its medicinal properties. The website Alternative Nature Online Herbal says agrimony also is called church steeples, cocklebur, sticklewort and philanthropos. It blossoms in the summer and can be found growing wild in Europe, Canada and the United States. It can be grown from seed or root division in full sun or partial shade and prefers regular watering.