Daphne odora
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- DAF-nee oh-DOH-rah
- This plant has high severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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Evergreen, densely-branched shrub with alternate, simple leaves; flowers rose-purple or white, fragrant. Sun to partial shade in moist, well-drained soil; needs excellent drainage.
Tends to be short-lived. This plant is moderately salt tolerant.
HIGHLY TOXIC MAY BE FATAL IF EATEN!
Quick ID Hints:
- Leaves coriaceous, alternate, crowded, look whorled
- Evergreen shrub with shiny dark green leaves
- Fragrant terminal 1" cymes in winter
- Salverform, cream to purplish flowers w/4 lobes
Evergreen shrub to 6 1/2', dense and mounded.
Blooms in mid to late winter; fruits are rarely seen; variegants have a dark green center leaf; shiny, dense, evergreen foliage is nice year round; used as foundation, specimen and in containers; Daphne is poisonous - watch children, pets.
Intolerant drought; needs moisture and prefers partial shade; relatively pest/disease-free.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Deck Planting
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Variegata'
Yellow leaf margins
- 'Variegata'
- 'Variegata'
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Variegata'
Yellow leaf margins
- 'Variegata'
- 'Variegata'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Daphne
- Species:
- odora
- Family:
- Thymelaeaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- South China to Vietnam and Taiwan
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Moderately salt tolerant.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 6 in.
- Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Poisonous
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Mounding
- Rounded
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a, 9b, 9a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Description:
- Seldom produces fruit. A fleshy drupe, red.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Winter
- Flower Description:
- Rosy purple buds open rose pink; flowers in late winter to early spring; fragrant. A cyme, terminal, to 1". (5-10) creamy white to purplish, fragrant, salverform, to 1/4"; calyx a cylindrical fleshy tube with 4 spreading lobes; petals 0.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leathery
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Long-lasting
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Cuneate
- Elliptical
- Oblong
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Width:
- < 1 inch
- Leaf Description:
- Alternate, simple, leathery, shiny, dark green leaves; 2-3" long; pointed and tapered at each end. Elliptic-oblong, acute, cuneate, entire, coriaceous, shiny.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Few, erect.
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Landscape:
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Salt
