A beautiful blooming shrub, Daphne odora—also known as winter daphne—is one of the best plant choices for year-round benefits. Long known for being early to flower, even in winter, it’s ...

Many varieties of winter daphne have variegated or two-tone leaves that give the shrub year-round interest. Here's how to grow winter daphne in your garden. Plant fragrant winter daphne where you ...

Alex Ivancevich, a plant specialist with SPRIG Bennett Valley Gardens in Santa Rosa, said he’s a big fan even though the nursery where he works currently doesn’t have daphne in stock.

Q: I want to grow winter daphne but understand it is not an easy plant. Is any one of the different varieties easier to grow than the others? – Betsy W., Cullman A: Winter daphne, Daphne odora ...

But probably the worst thing we do to daphnes is plant them in the wrong soil. Almost every daphne wants well-drained but moist soil. Does that sound like a contradiction? It isn't. Well-drained ...

A: You should be giving advice about growing daphnes, rather than soliciting it. Yours is a most remarkable success story, equaled only in Dr. Hort's experience by a Daphne odora 'Alba' in ...

While daphne is one of my favorite plants, I should start by saying it can be a difficult plant to grow. If you’re new to gardening, daphne might not be the plant for you. If you’re a ...

Recently I wrote about edgeworthia, a shrub with fragrant blooms in the winter. Although winter-blooming plants are rare, edgeworthia is far from the only one. In fact, this week we’ll look at ...