Plant Type

Broadleaf Evergreen, Shrub

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Pink, White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Grey Green, Yellow, Variegated

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Sun

Half, Shade

 

Water

Medium, Extra in Summer

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Clay, Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained, Moist

 

Soil pH

Acid, Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Formal, Japanese, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Fragrance, Showy Flowers, Unusual Foliage

 

Seasonal Interest

Winter, Spring

 

Location Uses

Entry, Perennial Border, Shrub Border, Foundation, Patio, Raised Planter, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Carol Mackie daphne is an evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub that reaches 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, with a rounded, mounded habit, dense and twiggy. Oblong grey-green leaves have a creamy white to yellow margin that gives the shrub an airy quality. Pale pink to white flowers bloom in May and are have a lovely clove-like scent. Small berries appear in late summer and fall; they are poisonous to mammals. It looks great as a foundation plant, in a rock garden, or a shrub border. A well-grown 'Carol Mackie' is a beautiful shrub.

Best grown in rich, sandy-humusy, well-drained soils with a neutral pH in part shade. Consider raised plantings in areas of heavy clay soils to insure good drainage. Benefits from a summer mulch or ground cover which will help keep roots cool (sweet woodruff or ajuga are particularly nice). Best sited in a location protected from winter winds. Daphnes are often slow to establish and are best left undisturbed once planted. Do not shear, but prune selectively if necessary. All parts of the plant are poisonous.