Winter Daphne Flower

The unsurpassed winter daphne. Leaves are evergreen and narrow about 1 2 long.

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Winter daphne flower

It grows to about four feet tall with narrow glossy leaves. Collina this little daphne just gives and gives. This type is the most likely to die without an obvious cause.

Daphne odora commonly called winter daphne because of its late winter flowers is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that is native to china and japan it typically grows to 3 4 tall and to 2 4 wide. This highly fragrant flowering bush grows well in woodland and in cottage. I took these photos at aldridge gardens in hoover alabama this week.

Four feet tall with narrow glossy leaves it is the type most likely to suffer from sudden death syndrome. Aureo marginata is a popular winter daphne with variegated leaves. The plant is a nice little shrubby thing growing only to 12 x12.

The flowers bloom in late winter. Daphne odora aureo marginata beautiful rosy pink flower buds that open to white sweetly fragrant flowers in winter and early spring. It features intensely fragrant reddish purple flowers with pale pink to white insides in terminal inflorescences.

All this from a dense rounded shrub less than 18 inches high. I didn t know it was there until a wave of sweet spicy perfume nearly knocked me off my feet. The shrub reaches no more than 4 feet in height and usually grows to just 3 feet high and the same in width.

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