Daphne ‘Perfume Princess
Daphne 'Perfume Princess' is an amazing hybrid with an extremely long bloom period of intensely sweet, citrusy fragrance.
Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ is an amazing hybrid with an extremely long bloom period from mid winter to late spring with an intensely sweet, citrusy fragrance from masses of extra-large flowers clustered at the stem tips or produced all along the stems. It is a cross of January blooming D. bholua with its sweet and intense baby powder fragrance and February-March blooming D. odora with its incredible sweet and tropical fragrance. In habit and foliage it most resembles to D. odora growing 3 feet tall and wide. Plant in part sun/part shade with morning or late afternoon sun (protect it from the hottest sun of the day) in rich, well-drained soil.
Common Name: Daphne
Family: Thymelaeaceae (The Daphne Family)
Zone Hardiness: 7-10
Light: Part Shade Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Late Winter
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Bees Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: In the shade of upland trees around 1000m.
Award: GPP AGM
Geographical Origin:
