Perfume Princess™ Daphne is the earliest and longest flowering daphne ever bred – from mid winter to late spring. It covers itself with an astonishing profusion of large flowers, not just at each branch tip, but can also be along each stem. Perfume Princess Daphne has that unmistakable, blissful daphne fragrance – but with a citrus undertone – on a bush that’s a great shape with attractive evergreen foliage.
Masses of flowers are up to four times larger than a traditional daphne, with added clusters on the stems of mature plants. Flowering mid winter to late spring, there are also spot flowers in summer: a highly fragrant daphne with a beautiful light citrus undertone. Available in soft pink and pure white.
To top it all off, this daphne is not fussy and will grow almost anywhere and anyhow. Landscapers and gardeners value Daphne Perfume Princess because it needs no fancy maintenance: no pruning, no fungicides, no pesticides. And because of its thick growth, you can reliably plant it as a hedge, topiary or just planted on mass. Want to shape the plant, just use shears and cut back in early summer
H1–1.5 metres x W0.5–1 metres
Time to ultimate height 10–20 years
aka Daphne 'Dapjur01' | Daphne odora 'Perfume Princess'
TOXIC if eaten.
Synonyms Daphne 'Dapjur01' | Daphne odora 'Perfume Princess'
