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Is Daphne Perfume Princess the best? (Yes!)

Daphne Perfume Princess
Go and do your research and you’ll quickly see why Daphne Perfume Princess™ is the best.

Question: Since 2016, what daphne is the best one to plant? (Hint: think royalty…) The answer is the Daphne Perfume Princess™ which was released that year.  And proof that she reigns supreme comes from the fact that she’s now been around long enough to prove that every compliment paid to Her Highness is based on fact. If you have Daphne Perfume Princess growing in your garden you’ll be nodding your head as you read through these absolute truths: she grows into a nice evergreen bushy shaped shrub; she’s easy to grow, thrives with no care and is a robustly healthy plant; she produces lots of flowers over a good stretch of time, and they are big; they’re also super fragrant with a citrus overtone that’s extra special. To push the point even further, she’s won these awards: 2018 Best New Ornamental Plant Variety, Horticulture Week, UK; 2018 Gold Medal, Florall Award, Belgium; 2016 Plant of the Year, Australian Nursery and Garden Industry Association. So there you have it. She’s the best. Fact. And here’s one more fact… a white Daphne Perfume Princess has been bred to join her pink flushed sister.

Daphne Perfume Princess White
Daphne Perfume Princess™ also comes in a white form.

Maybe you didn’t know about Daphne Perfume Princess until now. You’ll probably be interested to have her pointed out to you when you’re next down at the garden centre (believe it, she’ll be there). And then you’ll think – I want this daphne because I know I can grow it, and I’ve always wanted to grow one but the old ones were too fussy and not very pretty (if we’re honest). So here are a few ideas if you need inspiration on the where…

IN A CONTAINER: this is a great move if you don’t have much room or you tend to move house a bit. Daphne Perfume Princess will grow happily in a pot out on a balcony, on a patio, or beside the front door. Outdoors is the go – full sun through to part shade – you can always bring her in for the day to spice up the house. Pick a pot that’s generous and use potting mix to avoid waterlogging. Throw in a few spring bulbs and you’ll end up with a visual treat. Simple.

A LUXE HEDGE: if you’re about to plant a hedge, or what they call a foundation planting around the base of your home, think about using Daphne Perfume Princess. The way this wonderful daphne grows means you’d have a nice bushy green line of plants even when she’s not in flower. And when Daphne Perfume Princess is in flower, that fragrant bliss is yours!

BY THE BENCH: do you have a garden seat? Somewhere to stop for a break mid morning? If it’s well positioned it catches the sun in winter and enjoys dappled shade from a deciduous tree in summer. And from mid winter to late spring it needs to be enveloped by the scent of daphne. One plant will do it, tucked in nearby. Easy.

Daphne Perfume Princess
Here’s everything you need to make your magically scented spot in the garden – a bench + a daphne.
Daphne Perfume Princess flowers are very big (6cm = almost 2.5 inches).
Daphne Perfume Princess
Take a look at the nice bushy form it grows into – super useful in the garden.

Why we love Daphne Perfume Princess

why we love Daphne Perfume Princess
Most people spot Daphne Perfume Princess™ because of the massive flowers.

Let’s be honest… it’s easy to see why we love Daphne Perfume Princess. She’s a gorgeous, heady-scented Daphne and there is absolutely no way anyone could describe her as fine-framed or fussy. If you see a Daphne Perfume Princess™ growing alongside a traditional daphne you will be shocked: she looks like a buff supermodel sitting beside a seven year old wannabe ballerina.

Daphne Perfume Princess™ is an unapologetically lush, dense bush with larger leaves, larger scented flowers and more of them. It’s also ridiculously easy to grow since it thrives without any effort from us. When you know all this, it’s not hard to understand why this plant is massively popular, thanks to…

1: Those big flowers… which really are huge, being four times bigger than an old fashioned Daphne. Not only are the flowers themselves larger but they also grow along the stems in clusters. And while we usually enjoy Daphne over a few weeks in late winter, Daphne Perfume Princess produces her flower show from mid winter through to late spring. Strangely she sometimes flowers at other times – which is a bonus – but regardless of when, the Daphne Perfume Princess scent is heady, glorious and with a citrus undertone.

why we love Daphne Perfume Princess
Ok, this is a picture of a bush – a very nice, dense green bush. But what’s special about this bush is that it is actually a Daphne but obviously not an old-style straggly Daphne. And that’s because this is the all-new, improved and totally wonderful Daphne Perfume Princess™.

2: Those big leafy bushes. It’s a good idea to pay attention to how any plant in your garden looks all year around. Who wants an awkward, rangy plant with sparse foliage when you can have the same Daphne perfume hit from a better all-rounder plant? This is especially true when it comes to Daphne because we tend to plant them where we can smell them: near the front door or beside a garden bench. And since these positions are usually very visible, having a lushly foliaged green bush to look at rather than the usual underwhelming old style Daphne is a plus.

why we love Daphne Perfume Princess
Look at this little fellow. So young and still such a go-getter. Just look at all those roots and a flower! No guesses what this Daphne is: Daphne Perfume Princess™.

3: That lust for life. Daphne Perfume Princess is precocious – a fast developer. The nurserymen who produce these plants see this daily in the way young plants leap out of their pots ahead of other Daphne varieties, or even spring into flower when they are still juvenile. These plants get on with the business of growing into lusty, healthy flower swamped bushes from the absolute get-go. And they do it with very few demands on us. Water a new plant in once you’ve planted it, and then when it finishes flowering, throw a handful of slow release fertiliser around the base of the plant … if you remember.