most fragrant daphne plant
Searching for the most fragrant daphne plant for your New Zealand garden? Daphne are famed for their intoxicating scent, and choosing the perfect variety means your outdoor spaces can be enjoyed for months on end. The right daphne can turn a shaded corner or front entry into a haven of perfume, especially in the cooler months when fragrance is most appreciated. Whether you’re seeking a plant for containers, borders, or close to the doorstep, the right variety will reward you with lush blooms and legendary scent.
Brunfelsia pauciflora Scent sational (Yesterday Today Tomorrow Plant)
Brunfelsia Scent-Sational, commonly known as the Yesterday Today Tomorrow plant features masses of sweetly fragrant, pansy like flowers during spring and summer which literally coat the plant. Most interestingly though, the flowers open blue-violet, fade to lavender, then finally turn white. It grows as a rounded cushion of leathery, green leaves to about 1.2 m tall and 2 m wide. Brunfelsia Scent-Sational is commonly grown as an informal hedge, added to a mixed planting, planted around outdoor living areas, used in cottage gardens, or mass planted alongside a path or on a bank.
Daphne Perfume Princess (Perfume Princess Daphne)
Daphne Perfume Princess produces masses of highly fragrant, blush-pink flowers from mid-winter through spring. It grows with a rounded shape and carries leathery, glossy, dark green leaves as it grows to 1 m tall and the same wide. Daphne Perfume Princess is commonly planted around outdoor living areas such as pools and the like, included in mixed and border plantings, maintained in a container, added to cottage gardens, or planted close to a window or door so the fragrance can fill the house.
