Winter Daphne Plant Care

How to prune daphne. Caring for daphne shrubs.

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Winter daphne plant care

It s distinguished by its variegated leaves. My first daphne plant was an accident. Daphne shrubs grow in.

Dig a planting hole 50 percent deeper than and twice the width of the winter daphne s root ball. Care for winter daphne will include removing long branches at a node without cutting into the main stem of the plant. Infrequent watering is a part of daphne plant care especially during hot dry summer days.

I went to an end of season plant sale a few years ago and came home with a small evergreen shrub that was supposed. This type is the most likely to die without an obvious cause. Daphne pruning winter care and fertilizing.

Water daphne once every two weeks during spring and fall and once each week during summer. Locate against a wall or near a patio or deck where its fragrance can be appreciated. Finally fertilize the daphne plant with a balanced fertilizer designed for shrubs when blooms are finished.

This variety has the most powerful fragrance. It grows to about four feet tall with narrow glossy leaves. Feed with a balanced 10 10 10 npk fertilizer immediately after blooming ends to help the plant recover lost nutrients.

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