Prized for its heavenly perfume, Daphne has become a popular choice for UK gardens.
Daphne are prized for their amazing winter scent and their pink flowers that open from late February to April, filling the garden with early perfume and colour. This selection called Aureomarginata also have lovely gold-edges contrasting deep green leaves, providing colour interest all year round. Grow them in big pots, or deep, fertile soils. They are a slow growing evergreen shrub, which will only reach 1.5M tall in 10 years or so. They need little pruning or maintenance. Our stock is almost 3 years old, and is well-rooted and branched, at about 20-25cm tall. Daphne are very difficult to propagate from, and slow growing to start, so are often very expensive but we have managed to secure a very good deal with this specialist grower, and pass on these great savings! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
Quite possibly the most fragrant shrub on the world, Daphne 'Perfume Princess' certainly lives up to its name! Coming into flower in March, a little earlier than other Daphnes, this incredible shrub boasts the most incredibly powerful, although not overwhelming scent. The fragrance is sweetly spicy and comes from flowers that are up to four times larger than any other Daphne. Borne in clusters along the entire length of the stems, they begin as purple buds before opening to beautiful pale pink that gradually fades to white. Mature plants can easily have ten flower clusters per stem, and whole stems can be cut for vase displays, bringing the divine fragrance indoors. 'Perfume Princess' is the perfect size for growing in containers as well as in borders and if you position it near to doors or beneath windows its scent will drift through your home. Evergreen, with long, slender leaves, it looks good all year round and will be happy growing in sun are partial shade. It's slow growing and requires little maintenance apart from the removal of damaged stems, forming a neat, rounded shrub. Supplied as an established plant in a 15 cm pot, ready to plant, growing to a height and spread of 1.2 m (4 ft).
What could be better than the sweet, heady fragrance of a daphne in the garden! Recently introduced to UK gardens, this daphne is a superb alternative to the popular 'Eternal Fragrance' and will provide you with flowers for months on end - often right up to autumn. 'Pink Fragrance's' perfumed blooms are produced in abundance from April until October every year and being a compact and slow-growing variety' it's perfect for smaller gardens or for growing in a container on your decking or patio. One of the remarkable things about this beautiful semi-evergreen is that rather unusually for a daphne, it produces flowers on new growth, meaning the lovely pink blooms just keep on coming right through the summer. Grow it in a pot and place on the patio or near a garden path so you can fully enjoy the delightful scent. Height and spread 90 cm (3ft). Supplied approx. 20 cm tall in a 9cm pot.
Daphne tangutica is a medium-sized evergreen shrub with clusters of purple buds crowding the tips of each branch, opening to reveal star-shaped, white flowers with a reddish purple flush on the outside. The collection of blooms produced in summer have a wonderful scent and are followed by rounded red fruits as the flowers fade. With a compact habit and dark green, oblong leaves, this Daphne is perfect for even the smallest borders, ideally close to a path or doorway where the scent can be fully appreciated every time you pass. Height and spread: 100cm (39).
For a long-flowering, semi-evergreen, highly fragrant shrub, you can't go wrong with Daphne 'Pink Fragrance'. Beautiful clusters of pink flowers bloom over an exceptionally long period from March right through to October. This lovely daphne variety will keep some foliage all year round, dropping only some of its leaves.
A new introduction for 2019, Daphne x transatlantica 'Summer Ice' is set to become a favourite with gardeners. Not yet widely available, we've managed to secure some stock of this exquisite variegated gem for the new gardening season. 'Summer Ice' is notable for its blue-green leaves edged with clear ivory giving it a frosted look - something rather special in Daphnes. These form a delicate crown, topped with soft pink-flushed, fragrant blooms - the plant's pièce de résistance! Be prepared to be intoxicated by the provocative perfume which will pervade your garden as soon as the flowers open in spring - and plants may repeat bloom right up to the autumn! Daphnes grow into a mound of neat leaves, and 'Summer Ice' is no exception - keeping its leaves in mild winters, it's classed as semi-evergreen, providing a good backdrop of colour in your garden. Really easy to grow in rich, moist soil in sun or light shade, plants look fabulous too in pots and containers, and have the advantage that you can move them around your garden so that you can appreciate their fragrance wherever you are - we think that a pair either side of your front door make a unique and eye-catching (and nose-catching!) feature. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting out and reaching an ultimate height and spread of 1m x 1m (3ft x 3ft).
Buy both these lovely new Daphnes together and fill your garden or patio with stunning fragrance. One each of Daphne Eternal Fragrance (AGM) and Pink Fragrance. Pink Fragrance and Eternal Fragrance - What could be better than the sweet heady fragrance of Daphne in the garden! The 'Fragrances' perfumed blooms are produced in abundance from April until October every year. These sister varieties are compact and slow growing variety so are perfect for smaller gardens. These semi-evergreen Daphnes produces flowers on new growth, meaning the lovely pink blooms just keep on coming right through the summer! Grow them in planters and place on the patio or near a garden path so you enjoy the delightful scent! Height and spread 90 cm (3ft). Supplied approx. 20 cm tall in a 9cm pots.