PERHAPS ALONG WITH viburnums, daphnes are one of those very few plants that could nearly furnish a garden all by themselves. These small to mid-sized shrubs, often evergreen and supremely fragrant, ...

Known for its incorrigible, fastidious nature, daphne odora is perhaps one of the most challenging landscape shrubs to cultivate. Getting a daphne established is critical, but it’s also important to ...

Q: I recently lost my Daphne odora and want to replace it with another daphne (not to exceed 3 feet by 3 feet). What would you recommend? If you can make room for a slightly larger shrub, look for ...

Daphne reaches about 3-4 feet in height and spread. The plant produces terminal clusters of small flowers in February that are crystalline white inside, deep purplish-pink outside. The lovely bloom, ...

Last week 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 Daphne ...

Do you remember your grandmother’s favorite rose? If you do, you probably remember how fragrant it was. For me, one of my grandmother’s favorite plants was the peony named "Festiva Maxima." It is a ...

Noted as the most fragrant Daphne ever, ‘Perfume Princess’ is a joy for the spring garden and is on offer here via You Garden. The largest, earliest flowers of any Daphne with its purple buds, open to ...

Evergreens are the unsung heroes of garden borders. They can be versatile and resilient, adding greenery to boundaries, ...

This column, at one point, was going to be about us finally finishing the two-year front porch project from hell. After all, we were down to the painting, and how long could that possibly take? The ...

Planning your garden with fragrance to the fore adds an extra dimension, in daytime as you brush past herbs and aromatic foliage, and as darkness falls, when heady perfumes scent the evening air.

Pansies say spring unlike any other plant. If you do not have any pansies, plant some now. Put them in a pot on the steps or fill a bed with their smiling faces. It is that time of the week to choose ...

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 Daphne ...