Daphnes
It's a pity that scent can't be captured online because it's a stunning feature of most Daphnes. The first one I encountered was at what is now the Sir Harold Hillier Garden near Romsey on an EHS trip! Our guide told that the scent of Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' would blow our socks off and so it did. Here's my mine, in full flower after first coming into flower in December. A lower growing, bushy variety in my front garden, is Daphne odora aureomarginata. It has spread a lot, and though the books say they shouldn't be pruned, it'll have to be as it's overgrowing other plants. When it was new and small it was tramped on by builders who stuck together with blue plastic tape, so hopefully it'll survive another chop. Not all Daphnes have a strong scent. Daphne laureola forms a low growing rounded bush with green lightly scented flowers. It is a woodland plant, growing wild in Southern England and flowering through the winter. I