{"id":3205,"date":"2019-07-19T00:12:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T07:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-837\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:33:58","slug":"selecting-daphnes","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/selecting-daphnes\/","title":{"rendered":"selecting Daphnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Which Daphne from the Great Plant Picks lists would be happiest as a planting against a house foundation receiving full sun with a western exposure, and which would have the best fragrance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of the Daphne species and cultivars listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatplantpicks.org\/search\/results\">Great Plant Picks<\/a> the only one which might not want full sun against a foundation or heat- and light-reflective surface would be <em>Daphne odora<\/em> &#8216;Aureomarginata.&#8217; The others, if planted with sufficient distance from the house to grow into their natural shape, all like full sun for maximum flowering.<\/p>\n<p>Intensity of fragrance is fairly subjective, and all these Daphnes are described as having notable fragrance. <a href=\"http:\/\/arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu\/pdf\/articles\/675.pdf\">This article<\/a>, from the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard, has some detailed descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>One thing you could do is test the smell some of these plants in other gardens. We have examples of a <a href=\"https:\/\/botanicgardens.uw.edu\/about\/blog\/2010\/03\/16\/march-color-at-cuh\/\">few<\/a> of them <a href=\"https:\/\/botanicgardens.uw.edu\/about\/blog\/2012\/03\/10\/march-2012-plant-profile-two-members-of-the-family-thymelaeaceae\/\">here<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/botanicgardens.uw.edu\/about\/blog\/2011\/05\/11\/may-2011-plant-profile-daphne-x-transatlantica-summer-ice\/\">Center for Urban Horticulture.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another consideration is the ultimate size of the Daphne you select. Daphnes aren&#8217;t too pleased with being pruned, so choosing a species that won&#8217;t exceed the space you have available would be helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which Daphne from the Great Plant Picks lists would be happiest as a planting against a house foundation receiving full sun with a western exposure, and which would have the best fragrance? &nbsp; Of the Daphne species and cultivars listed on Great Plant Picks the only one which might not want full sun against a foundation or heat- and light-reflective surface would be Daphne odora &#8216;Aureomarginata.&#8217; The others, if planted with sufficient distance from the house to grow into their&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/selecting-daphnes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">selecting Daphnes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[656],"class_list":["post-3205","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-daphne"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/3205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=3205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}