This remarkable Asian Daphne relative promises an unprecedented flower-fest. Prized for crafting high-end paper, warm brown-colored naked branches—erect, smooth and thick, yet pliable—congregate in a distinctive open fashion with prominent silky white button-like buds at their tips. A late winter bevy of small waxy tubular blooms explodes from unique tight set clusters, delivering a pleasant fresh fragrance and bright gold to creamy yellow shades. Dark green 4 in. long deciduous leaves populate stem apexes. ‘Nanjing Gold’s slow growing rounded form favors a partially shady somewhat moist sheltered locale and injects exotic panache wherever its planted, especially when positioned near broad-leafed shrubs such as Oakleaf Hydrangeas or Physocarpus ‘Coppertina’.

Blooms mid-February–March

Size: 8' 0" high x 6' 0" wide.

Hardy to zone 8.