The bright yellow flowers covering the branches usually signal the arrival of warmer weather. Daphne is a low growing shrubs that is often grouped with perennials. The flowers are white to pink and are very fragrant. It is worth getting down on your the knees to smell their lovely aroma. He says after the Daphnes come the Spireas and the Flowering Quince.
Spirea are medium-sized shrubs with white to pink blossoms.
Flowering Quince has large flowers ranging in color from red to bright orange. It can be pruned and kept small or allowed to grow into a 3 to 5 foot shrub. It also has thorns, which can be a point in its favor if it is being used as privacy barrier, or a negative, if a ball wanders too close and gets sucked into its treacherous grasp. This shrub, if left unpruned, grows into a small tree. The white to pink fragrant flowers are small but attractive.