Daphne odora

This grows to about a metre tall by as much across and has rosy purple flower buds opening to pale lilac. Grown for an aeon in the gardens of China, Japan and Korea and one of Australia’s most loved plants Daphne odora, with its spicy, citrus fragrance, is one of the great joys of winter. If planted in a sheltered position in well drained humus rich soil healthy Daphne plants can live for decades. They do need some supplementary watering during dry periods.