Daphne odora

• BOTANICAL NAME: Daphne odora
• PRONUNCIATION:DAFF-ne o-DOR-a
• COMMON NAME: Fragrant or Winter Daphne
• FAMILY: Thymelaeaceae
• NATIVITY: China
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright, mounded shrub with dense growth.
• SIZE: 4-7'
• HARDINESS: Zone 7 - 9
• CULTURE: Sun to light shade.  Light shade in the winter is beneficial; the north side of a building works well.  Soil should be loose, moist, well-drained and near neutral pH, though D. odora is not as particular about soil types as       some Daphne, and also seems to bear transplanting better.  Perhaps best treated as a short-lived plant.
• LANDSCAPE USE:  Specimen plant
• FOLIAGE:  Alternate, oblong-lanceolate, entire, 1 1/2 - 3 1/2" long, shiny and deep green.
• BUDS:
• BARK:
• FLOWERS:  Pale- to rose-pink; strongly fragrant; up to 10 florets on 1" diameter terminal heads.
• PROPAGATION: Seed.
• PESTS: Leaf spot, crown rot, twig blight, canker, aphids, mealybug, scales and viruses.
• CULTIVARS:

  `Alba' - off-white flowers