Daphne oora (Winter daphne) is an evergreen shrub, grown for its incredibly fragrant, fleshy, pale-pink, tubular flowers, each with 4 spreading lobes and for its glossy foliage. The plant is native to China and Japan. The plant is fully to frost hardy, requiring full sun to part shade. The plants are found in fertile, slightly acid, peaty, well-drained soils. Plants will not tolerate transplantation as like all daphne, they hate root disturbance.Rarely produces fruits but does produce red berries after flowering in habitat.