Daphne odora, commonly known as winter daphne, is a popular winter flowering shrub, grown for its highly fragrant and attractive flowers. It can certainly add something unique to your garden, with purple-pink buds emerging in fall, going on to open in early winter and revealing delicate pale petals.
As with other winter flowering shrubs, such as witch hazel, winter jasmine or wintersweet, having blooms in your backyard at this time of year can help to brighten up your backyard, with floral pops of color and a sweet fragrance much needed after the excitement of fall is over and the holidays have gone by.
