Daphne mezereum, commonly known as mezereum, mezereon, [2] February daphne, spurge laurel or spurge olive, [3] is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, [4] north to northern Scandinavia and Russia.

2024年8月14日 · February daphne (D. mezereum): This variety offers pink flowers that bloom in late winter (between February and March in most areas). It grows about 5 feet tall with a similar spread, and its deciduous green leaves begin appearing as the flowers fade.

Daphne mezereum, commonly called February daphne because of its late winter flowers, is a small deciduous shrub with an erect and bushy habit that typically grows to 3-5' tall and as wide. It is native to forests, forest margins and shrubby areas in Europe and Western Asia.

The common name February daphne comes from the fact that it flowers in the late winter. This small upright shrub typically grows to a height and width of 3 to 5 feet. Plant it in a cool partially shady to full shade location, with protection from the wind.

Native of Europe and Siberia; found apparently wild, though sparsely so in Britain. This is one of the earliest and most attractive of our spring-flowering shrubs, and a healthy specimen with its erect, cylindrical masses of blossom is precious for both its rich colour and its exquisite fragrance. It is also beautiful with fruit in autumn.

Flowers lilac to rosy purple, very fragrant, each 13 mm across, grouped in 2-3, from buds on the upper portion of leafless stems in winter. Red fruit matures in early summer. Part shade, needs good drainage. Hardly to USDA Zone 4 Native to Europe and Siberia.

2010年3月28日 · The first good whiff: Daphne mezereum, an old-fashioned shrub I’ve grown for decades but hardly ever find for sale, except perhaps as a vintage botanical print (alas, no scratch-and-sniff included).

February daphne is so-called for its bright pink-purple blooms, which appear in February and March in its native European range. This frost-tolerant shrub, hardy to zone 4, is a popular planting. However, all parts of the plant are highly toxic if eaten, and contact with the sap can cause skin irritation in some people.

Sometimes called the February Daphne because of its welcome early flowering habit, Daphne mezereum is a shade-loving woodland plant that will also tolerate full sun provided its roots never dry out. It bears dense clusters of pink, lilac and violet flowers on bare stems in late winter, which begin to fade as the young foliage appears.

Daphne mezereum. mezereon. A deciduous, rounded shrub to 1.5m. Flowers usually appear before the leaves, purplish-pink or purplish-red, clustered closely in twos and threes from buds on the twigs in early spring, very fragrant, followed by round red berries. Leaves oblanceolate, dull grey-green, short-stalked, to 9cm long