The plant had literally been pruned to a stick. He managed to send me 3 what could be best described as micro scions, no more than an inch long. The grafts took with the help of a friend who did the grafting and the plant is now growing well. The elegantly variegated foliage is crisply margined in white. The leaves are held on horizontally dispersed, tiered branches that most be seen to fully appreciate.
Plants produce lacy clusters of white flowers in the spring as the foliage is emerging.
The white flowers are followed by bluish black fruit, which are attractive to birds in late summer. This is a most magnificent plant that will certainly brighten up a shady corner of the garden. The 15-25 tall plants are well suited to a woodland setting with ferns or some other herbaceous plant blanketing the ground beneath. This is the result of a cross between D. cneorum and D. caucasica . Like most daphnes, the fragrance of the flowers is exquisite.