Plants Coral Reef Winter fragrance at its finest End the winter 'blah's! Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) blooms on bare branches with waxy, pale yellow flowers and an unforgettable scent. A low maintenance shrub that brings beauty and Immortelle blanche" that's the French name for this lovely and important native plant. It would translate literally as "White immortal" into English. In fact, its common name in English is "Pearly Ptilotus exaltatus 'Joey' (Mulla Mulla)