Thanks in advance,
Judith

I used the plant scout at Dave's Garden to find it. What a neat tool. Because its only for plants, and because Garden Watchdog is on the same site, I find it more efficent than using Froogle.

Springcherry, who is very tempted to retry a daphne herself now that she has been given the tip to plant it under a small, open tree, to keep it dry.

Dig a hole 5 feet in diameter and 12 inches deep.
Put the top 4" of dirt in a wheelbarrow or something else you can mix it in. Discard the other dirt.
Mix into the wheelbarrow one 40 lb bag of children's play sand and one 50lb bag of pea gravel. Mix it really, really well.
Get a couple of bags of composted pine bark.

Shovel into the hole alternately from the wheelbarrow and from the bags of pine bark until the hole is filled.
Keep going until you form a mound.
Plant the daphne in the center and spread its roots into the surrounding soil.
Water thoroughly and make sure the root ball does not become uncovered.

This should make a daphne odora happy. I don't know of any other planting method that gives it the drainage it needs. And good luck digging a hole that big under a tree. You might have to change the location. Note that you do not have to go to all this trouble for a Carol Mackie.