
Daphne
- Botanical Name
- Daphne x burkwoodii
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 3 to 4 feet
- Width
- 3 to 4 feet
- Flowers
- Spring: pale pink to white, very fragrant
- Fruit
- Tiny red drupes in fall, poisonous to mammals
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Requires loose, well-drained soil with consistent moisture
- Can be short lived in clay soils because of water retention
- Provide supplemental water during dry spells
- Best planted in spring in a sheltered location out of the wind
- Transplant from container stock
- May need winter protection
- Problems
- Leaf spots, canker, twig blight, crown rot
- Varieties
- Carol Mackie - variegated foliage, dense mounded habit, extremely fragrant pink flowers
- Brigg's Moonlight - yellow leaves with a green margin
- Silveredge - green leaves with white margins, pink flowers
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