Garden Plants

Discover daphne odora

By Julie Hollobone

Try this award-winning, evergreen, scented shrub in the garden

'The pale-pink, fragrant flowers appear in late winter and waft their scent about on warm, sunny days.'

Golden margins ('Aureomarginata')

Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’

It’s always good to have scented plants in the garden, especially in winter, and this Daphne (D. odora 'Aureomarginata') is a good choice. The pale-pink, fragrant flowers appear in late winter and waft their scent about on warm, sunny days.

This evergreen shrub forms a compact rounded mound – approximately 1.5m (5ft) x 1.5m (5ft) – with dark-green leaves, lifted by irregular yellow margins. Only prune by lightly trimming the odd wayward stem.

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