It is an evergreen shrub, grown for its very fragrant, fleshy, pale-pink, tubular flowers, each with four spreading lobes, and for its glossy foliage.

[2] In Korea, the plant is also poetically called "chullihyang" – a thousand-mile scent – referring to the delightful fragrance of the flowers.

It grows in full sun or partial shade, and is hardy to −10 °C (14 °F), possibly lower.

[3] Daphne generally do not react well to root disturbance, and may transplant badly.

[4] All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans and to a range of domestic animals.