Daphne x burkwoodii
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- DAF-nee berk-WOOD-ee-eye
- Description
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Burkwood Daphne is a rounded, dense semi-evergreen shrub that grows 3-4 feet tall and nearly as wide. Daphnes can be difficult to grow and are reported to sometimes died for no apparent reason. The early summer blooms are quite fragrant and beautiful but the red berries that follow are poisonous to mammals.
Give your Daphne a well-drained area and moist soil and mulch to grow in. They need protection from the hot afternoon sun and cold winds. Once planted it is best to leave it undisturbed as they are slow to establish.
Use in a woodland garden, as a specimen or foundation shrub.
Potential diseases include leaf spots, canker, twig blight, crown rot and virus. Potential insect pests include aphids, mealybugs and scale.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Briggs Moonlight'
Yellow leaf with green edges
'Carole Mackie'
- 'Silveredge'
Variegated leaves and pink flowers
Variegated leaves - 'Briggs Moonlight'
- 'Briggs Moonlight', 'Carole Mackie', 'Silveredge'
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Briggs Moonlight'
Yellow leaf with green edges
'Carole Mackie'
- 'Silveredge'
Variegated leaves and pink flowers
Variegated leaves - 'Briggs Moonlight'
- 'Briggs Moonlight', 'Carole Mackie', 'Silveredge'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Daphne
- Family:
- Thymelaeceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Stem Cutting
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Asia, Europe, N. Africa
- Dimensions:
- Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Mounding
- Multi-stemmed
- Rounded
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Maintenance:
- Medium
- 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:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Small red drupes in summer to fall. Poisonous to mammals
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Umbel
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- Pink-tinged flowers which open white in 2-inch umbels in May-June. May rebloom in early fall.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Oblanceolate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Width:
- < 1 inch
- Leaf Description:
- Lanceolate dull blue-green leaves are 1-2 inches long by 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide.
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Bark:
- Bark Color:
- Light Brown
- Light Gray
- Bark Description:
- Smooth light gray to tan.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Asian Garden
- Cottage Garden
- Garden for the Blind
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Foundation Planting
- Specimen
