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(Daphne)
Beautiful glossy leaves, purplish-sienna branches, white flowers and red fruits comprise the ornamental repertoire of the acutiloba daphne. This evergreen shrub is native to the highland forests of western and central China. It grows about chest-high with an upright, open, and loosely oval silhouette.
The long, lance-shaped leaves are an attractive glossy emerald green. The leaves' color contrasts the striking purplish-maroon color of the branches. In mid- to late spring, branch tips beat clusters...
(Daphne)
A small, open, upright oval silhouette describes the Fragrant Cloud daphne. It produces larger and more flowers with more intense, intoxicating fragrance compared to the regular acutiloba daphne species. This evergreen shrub is native to the highland forests of western and central China. This cultivar was selected by botanist and plant collector Martyn Rix during a journey to China.
The long, lance-shaped leaves are an attractive glossy emerald green. The leaves' color contrasts the striking...
(Himalayan Daphne, Paper Daphne)
In the eastern Himalayas, this daphne's bark was used to make paper. To the modern gardener, the Himalayan daphne supplies a larger, upright-growing silhouette in the garden and fragrant white flowers. Native to the mid-elevations of the eastern Himalayas in Nepal and western China, this shrub is evergreen or deciduous in winter, depending on climate. The branching habit is open and airy.
The leaves are lance-shaped and satin-glossy dark green. Each blade is leathery in texture. In midwinter...
(Himalayan Daphne, Jacqueline Postill Daphne)
In its native eastern Himalayas, people used this species's bark to make paper. To the modern gardener, the Jacqueline Postill daphne supplies an upright-growing silhouette in the garden and very fragrant violet-pink and white flowers. Native to the mid-elevations of the eastern Himalayas in Nepal and western China, this shrub is usually evergreen or nearly so. The branching habit is open and airy. This cultivar was selected as a seedling by Alan Postill of Hillier Nurseries in the United Kingdom...
(Himalayan Daphne, Peter Smithers Daphne)
In its native eastern Himalayas, people used this species's bark to make paper. To the modern gardener, the Peter Smithers daphne supplies a medium-sized, upright-growing silhouette in the garden and abundant, very fragrant violet-purple and lavender-white flowers. Native to the mid-elevations of the eastern Himalayas in Nepal and western China, this shrub is evergreen to partially deciduous, depending on winter cold. The branching habit is open and airy. This cultivar was selected by Sir Peter Smithers...
(Gurkha Daphne, Icy Himalayan Daphne)
In the eastern Himalayas, this daphne's bark was used to make paper. To the modern gardener, the Gurkha icy Himalayan daphne is a more cold-hardy, deciduous daphne with fragrant white and pink blossoms. This selection always loses its foliage in winter to better display its flowers. It was selected from a group of plants taken from eastern Nepal in 1962. The icy Himalayan daphne develops a upright shape but with some spreading to creeping branches with an open habit.
The leaves are lance-shaped...
James H. Schutte
(Burkwood Daphne)
Arising from a cross of Daphne caucasia and D. odora, the burkwood daphne is a small semi-evergreen shrub. Planted for its fragrant blooms in late spring, it features tight clusters of white flowers flushed with light pink. Burkwood daphne may also lightly rebloom late in the growing season, especially after a hot summer. Its lance-shaped leaves have a bluish tinge and are attractively arranged in whorls.
Humusy, mildly acidic and well-drained soils are important to this plant,...
