Burkwood Daphne is a hybrid daphine with D. caucasica and D. cneorum as parents. It was bred in the 1920's by the English nurserymen Albert and Arthur Burkwood. It is a rounded, dense semi-evergreen shrub that grows 3-4 feet tall and nearly as wide. Daphnes can be difficult to grow and are reported to sometimes died for no apparent reason. The early summer blooms are quite fragrant and beautiful but the red berries that follow are poisonous to mammals. Give your Daphne a well-drained area and moist soil and mulch to grow in. They need protection from the hot afternoon sun and cold winds. Once planted it is best to leave it undisturbed as they are slow to establish. Use in a woodland garden, as a specimen or foundation shrub. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Potential diseases include leaf spots, canker, twig blight, crown rot and virus. Potential insect pests include aphids, mealybugs and scale.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Fills a similar nicheClematis x hybridaLonicera x heckrottiiZabelia tyaihyoni