Plant Database
Meijima Variegated Winter Daphne
Daphne odora ‘Maejima’
Maejima Variegated Winter Daphne is a stunning, semi-dwarf evergreen shrub prized for its intensely fragrant winter blooms and striking variegated foliage. This elegant selection features glossy, lance-shaped leaves with a bold, creamy-yellow to gold margin that brightens the shade garden year-round . In late winter to early spring, it produces tight clusters of small, waxy, pink to purplish-pink flowers that emit an intoxicating, sweet, citrus-like fragrance that can perfume an entire garden . Slow-growing, refined, and exceptionally beautiful, it is a treasured specimen for shaded borders, foundation plantings, and containers where its scent and foliage can be fully appreciated.