Tea Laurel! Grows like a wildfire around here. Smells like Home.

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The plant you are talking about is most likely Eleagnus (latin name), commonly known as "Silverthorn". It is also affecionately known as "Ugly Agnes". It is currently blooming and does smell similar to Gardenias. The bloom is fairly small and cream colored and hard to see from a car as you drive by. Despite the nickname, it is an attractive shrub, but it does grow to be huge unless you constantly prune it. It can get to be 15 feet high and 20 feet in diameter if left unpruned. You may not want to have such a beast under your window unless you just love pruning bushes. A better location would be on the back of your property if you have the space. It makes a great screen, which is why you see it planted along the road in front of Peeple's Elementary and along the r.r. tracks on 74 north. But if you plant it in the wrong place, it might drive you crazy from all of the pruning, and it does grow fast in Georgia. Here's a link for more info: http://www.floridata.com/ref/E/elaeag_p.cfm (you'll have to cut and paste - I don't know how to do a hyperlink). Hope this helps.

I know what the plant looks like but I don't know the name. There is a bunch of it growing close to several of the cart paths...it is a bush with shiny green leaves and tiny white, bell-shaped flowers...maybe Jasmine or Honeysuckle?

Take a walk close to where you smell it and break off a clump and take it to Pikes Nursery...they'll know what it is. Let us know if you find out!