This fragrant and beautiful shrub adds instant charm to your entryway — but there are a few important things to watch out for ...

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 ...

As drab and cold as it is outdoors, take heart — there is a spring flowering shrub with a beautiful citrus-like fragrance that is nearing bloom. Daphne odora, or winter daphne, is an evergreen shrub ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shrubs are key pieces of any garden design and can offer both beauty and structure to a space. Coming in a plethora of shapes, sizes, and colors, many of the most popular shrubs are suitable for ...

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 ...

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.