This winter-flowering shrub graces the border alongside the Brookside path.
The genus Daphne numbers approximately 50 species of evergreen and deciduous shrubs from Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia. Most have alternate leaves and all have tubular, reflexed, scented flowers which are carried in clusters. Raised at Hillier’s by their propagator Alan Postill, Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ is a choice selection, providing winter flower and scent. It is a relatively upright shrub, which can be deciduous or evergreen, and which reaches 4 m in height. Terminal clusters of white flowers tinged with deep pink produce an intoxicating fragrance. The foliage and flowers may be damaged in low temperatures.