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Narrowed By:Characteristics: Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Fragrant + Spread: 3 - 6 ft+ Botanical Name: D - F
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Daphne × burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' Daphne × burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie'
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This celebrated hybrid is notable for its green leaves with golden-yellow margins that fade to cream. Its deep-pink buds open to pale, pink-white blossoms in early spring and give off a sweet fragrance.

Daphne × transatlantica 'Summer Ice' Daphne × transatlantica 'Summer Ice'
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This rounded shrub has leaves with white margins, and pale pink star-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring, fall, and sometimes in between.  The blossoms release an intoxicating fragrance. 

no image available Daphne × transatlantica 'Jim's Pride'
('Jim's Pride' daphne)
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This small shrub to 3-4 feet tall and wide blooms from late spring to fall with a liberal sprinkling of small, white, highly fragrant flowers over grey-green leaves that form a fine-textured mound. This shrub is semi-evergreen. It will retain some of its leaves in winter, though in colder climates it may be completely deciduous.

no image available Daphne odora
(Winter daphne)
(1 user review)
Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This evergreen species produces rose-purple buds that open to white and are intensely and exotically fragrant. The blooms (from mid-winter to early spring) are followed by red fruit and dark-green, glossy leaves.  

Daphne odora 'Marginata' Daphne odora 'Marginata'
(Winter daphne)
(3 user reviews)
Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This winter daphne has yellow-margined leaves and rosy-pink flower buds that open to white. Fragrant flowers bloom in winter and early spring. Reaching 4 feet tall and wide, 'Marginata' is beautiful against a wall or near a patio or deck where its fragrance can be appreciated. Or grow in a shade garden where its variegated leaves really shine. Daphne odora is evergreen and has a rounded form. It is native to China and Japan.

Diervilla sessilifolia 'Butterfly' Diervilla sessilifolia 'Butterfly'
(Southern bush honeysuckle)
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Southern bush honeysuckle has an attractive thicket-forming habit. Glossy green leaves with tapered tips emerge tinged with bronze and mature to mid-green on reddish stems. Sulfur-yellow flowers in terminal clusters to 3 inches across appear in summer.

Edgeworthia chrysantha Edgeworthia chrysantha
(Paper bush)
(1 user review)
Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This small shrub from China is noteworthy for its spherical clusters of very fragrant yellow flowers that bloom in winter and early spring.

Eupatorium maculatum Eupatorium maculatum
(Joe Pye weed)
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Large, flat-topped flowerheads in shades of purple add soft color and texture to the summer and fall garden. The leaves are purple-tinged on thick stems with maroon spots. Butterflies love this eastern U.S. native.

Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway'
('Gateway' Joe Pye weed)
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This cultivar of the eastern North American native Joe Pye weed is shorter and bushier than the species. From late summer into fall, its domes of dusky pink flowers attract butterflies and other insects. The seedheads persist well into winter. Grow 'Gateway' in a border, meadow, or cottage garden. It does best in soil that does not dry out.

Eupatorium purpureum Eupatorium purpureum
(Joe Pye weed)
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Large, domed flowerheads of pink, light purple, or off-white add soft color and texture to the summer and fall garden. The leaves are purple-tinged on thick stems suffused with maroon. This eastern U.S. native attracts butterflies from mid-summer to early fall.

Fothergilla gardenii Fothergilla gardenii
(Dwarf fothergilla)
(1 user review)
Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Fragrant, cylindrical inflorescences are made up of long, white filaments, and open before the leaves in spring. In autumn, the foliage shades range from blood red to blazing yellow, and every shade in between.

Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii' Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii'
(Fuchsia)
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This cultivar has dark green leaves with a faint bronze sheen. Its narrow, dangling, red and purple flowers bloom throughout the season.


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