Plant Database
Carol Mackie Daphne
Daphne burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’
Carol Mackie Daphne is a beloved, award-winning hybrid shrub cherished for its intensely fragrant spring flowers and beautiful, variegated foliage. This compact, rounded shrub produces an abundance of small, star-shaped, pale pink to white blossoms in late spring, each emitting a powerful, sweet, citrusy fragrance that perfumes the garden . The small, narrow leaves are a handsome blue-green with a distinctive, creamy-yellow to white margin, providing bright, year-round interest. One of the hardier and more reliable daphnes, 'Carol Mackie' is a popular choice for adding fragrance, color, and refined structure to sunny borders, foundation plantings, and mixed beds.