This shrub to small tree has a short trunk with spreading branches that form a rounded habit and is deciduous in cool climates. It has oblong glossy mid-green leaves and the lilac-pink tube-shaped fragrant flowers appear in a cluster during summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Dais cotinifolia is naturally found from Madagascar to South Africa growing in wooded slopes. It prefers a well-drained moist fertile soils in a sunny protected position and is frost tender but drought tolerant.  

The Pompom Bush is a shrub to small tree that is grown for its attractive fragrant flowers and is planted as a specimen or in groups for screening or as a specimen for small gardens or street plantings. It is also used in sub tropical gardens and establishes in 3 to 5 years. ID 1498

Note:
The bark fibre is extremely strong and strips are used as rope.

Dais (DAY-is) cotinifolia (kot-in-ih-FOH-lee-uh)

Thymelaeaceae (TY-mel-ee-AY-see-ee)
Daphne Family