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Daphne 'Spring Beauty'

Family - Thymelaeaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 2m - 3m
Width - 1.5m

Description: A medium-sized, Evergreen Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Blue-green to dark green leaves are Elliptic to lanceolate in shape. Highly fragrant flowers are lilac to soft pink and produced in clusters from late winter into mid-spring and are followed by black berries.

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Flower:

Fragrant, cruciform flowers in clusters are lilac to soft pink. The flowers are produced from February into April and are followed by round, glossy black berries.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: 4-petalled cruciform flowers in clusters

Flowering time: February, March, April

Foliage:

Blue-green to dark green leaves are Elliptic to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are Alternately arranged along the branches.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Elliptic to lanceolate

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.