Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: mark smyth on April 05, 2007, 08:16:32 PM
-
Here's a beauty in one of my troughs. Sorry no name :'(
March 20th
April 4th
April 4th
April 5th
What I didnt notice until now were all those shoots under the flower stems
-
Pretty!
-
very!
And from a garden I was in while in Dublin last Saturday
Daphne with no label - owner on holiday
Daphne petraea 'Cima Tombae' - tiny but covered in buds and I want it bad!!! Who lives near Blackthorn?
-
Very interesting to see the differences in thse daphne.... the first one is hairy all over, leaves, flowers, the lot, while this last little gem appears to have leaves that are so fat and smooth as to be almost those of a succulent, but the buds are still furry! Thank goodness for digital photography, I would never have seen have these details otherwise!
-
I didnt notice the leaves and hairy buds either until I edited the photos. Both these plants are small with the upper one, with no name about the size of a finger. Just look at the seed head of the moss and the grit
-
Yes, I see it is a little chap! The D. petraea 'Cima Tombae' has a very sturdy trunk, hasn't it? I like the look of that, too.
-
probably grafted
-
Ian Mc. posted a short time ago that Robin White was retiring and Blackthorn was rarely open. Having said that he had a stand at the South West AGS in Exter-without a single Daphne. If he had some I would have bought some.
-
yes the web site says he is closing in 2008
-
Lovely daphnes Mark! Happy you seeing them right now. My are only in small buds. We have a very pretty species closely related to D. cneorum – D. juliae (Julia’s daphne). Hope it will flower in 2-3 weeks.
-
Your unknown specimen looks very nice Mark !
Good strong pink - I bet it's fragrance equals its looks !
-
Mark, which is the website with details about Blackthorn? Does Robin White have a website? I wasn't aware of one. As far as I'm aware they're only open a few days in Sept and maybe a couple of days next Spring, and that's it for nursery opening, though they may continue propagating and selling at shows.
-
http://www.thegardeningwebsite.co.uk/category.do is the site Mark refers too, Martin. Blackthorn do not have a website, there are just nursery details, map etc shown in the directory of this website.
-
Opening Times:
2007
Fridays and Saturdays 10am – 4 pm JANUARY 12th & 13th, 26th & 27th FEBRUARY 9th & 10th, 23rd & 24th. MARCH 9th & 10th, 23rd & 24th.SEPTEMBER 7TH & 8TH, 21st &22nd 9am – 5pm
2008
Fridays and Saturdays 10am – 4pm JANUARY 11th & 12th, 25th & 26th FEBRUARY 8th & 9th, 22nd &23rd MARCH 7th & 8th, 21st & 22nd.
Closed thereafter for retail sales
-
Mark, had you thought about having a look at Karen Junkers nursery see http://www.junker.co.uk/index.htm She has a very good Daphne selection but is often sold out.
-
David I have looked and often. She is always sold out no matter when I look!
-
here is another Daphne in flower today
D. petraea x cneroum var pygmaea 'Fritz Kummet'.
-
Olga yours are lovely especially the very dark one.
Here is my one with the lost label today with almost all buds open. The scent is fantastic but only when up close
-
I love these Daphnes, I would like to have all of them!
Mark, your Daphne is named after the Austrian horticulturalist, who is Fritz KUMMERT, not Kummet. :)
-
I have several daphnes - some are quite big shrubs but this one is retusa and in full flower just now. The scent is fantastic.
-
The buds on my retusas are only just starting to swell
I spoke to someone at Blackthorn today and he said he is retiring next year. He'll be selling at Pershore on July 7th. I might fly over to buy some Daphnes from him
-
Mark, is the Pershore event on July 7 an AGS show? Looks like Ivi's put my AGS show schedule booklet in the recycling. Might pop over and see you there if you do come over for some daphnes. Did Robin offer to take some to the show for you to collect?
-
he didnt say. He did say that all stock that is ready will be brought to the show.
-
Just checked flights and I'm very disappointed to find out they are around £100 day return.
-
Just checked flights and I'm very disappointed to find out they are around £100 day return.
A mere nothing to a man of means!!!!!
-
A mere nothing to a man of means!!!!!
Quite, David: so, if you know a man of means, give him Mark's address so he can send him the airfare!!
-
A mere nothing to a man of means!!!!!
Quite, David: so, if you know a man of means, give him Mark's address so he can send him the airfare!!
If I ever find a man of means I'm at the front of the queue with the begging bowl ;D
-
I have admired the plants at Karan Junker's site for many years and go there regularly to sigh and wonder which plant there I wouldn't want. And now, looking at the map, I've just realised that I will be driving pretty near by - oh the temptation!! ::) :D I know it's a ring-before-you-go nursery, which might help me resist the temptation ...
Chloë
-
I have admired the plants at Karan Junker's site for many years and go there regularly to sigh and wonder which plant there I wouldn't want. And now, looking at the map, I've just realised that I will be driving pretty near by - oh the temptation!! ::) :D I know it's a ring-before-you-go nursery, which might help me resist the temptation ...
Chloë
Go for it Chloe 8)
-
Mark,
Those Daphnes really are stunning. Beautiful!!
-
When I bought them I had no idea how they would turn out
-
The first Daphne in my garden
Hans
Daphne sericea
-
Here are a few from my garden.
Jozef
Daphne_caucasica.jpg
Daphne_genkwa.jpg
Daphne_odoro-'Mae-Jima'.jpg
Daphne_'Stephan'.jpg
Daphne_sericea-'Omalos'.jpg
Daphne-x-napolitana.jpg
Daphne-x-thauma.jpg
Daphne-'Eternal-Fragrance'
-
Oh, my word! Jozef, how beautiful! Thank you. Some of these cultivars are new to me, most interesting.
-
think to myself quickly get a pen and write down the names! um um ummm
-
I feel the urge to make my rockery a Daphnetum. I think I should stay away from the Czech show
-
If I were ever to raise a good Daphne, I'd call it "Broon" ...................sorry. little joke for the Scots... and Martin B. who knows all about DC Thomson!
In a famous Scottish cartoon, (running for about seventy years, I think) about a family called Brown, who are, of course, in Scotland known as "the Broons," there is a character called Daphne.... Daphne Broon !!
-
My 'Eternal Fragrance' got me a first at todays show. Jozef, yours is a huge plant but I thought it was only released to sale about two years ago. How old is yours?
-
The only daphne in flower at the moment in the Rock Garden is D. alpina. I thought this was a spring flowerer but I guess after the stress of the past summer the poor thing was anxious to get into bloom! We've only just entered autumn here in Central Victoria.
cheers
fermi
-
Some Daphnes. Does anbody know Daphne xy?
Hans
Daphne xy1.JPG
Daphne xy2.JPG
Daphne collina x arbuscula 1
-
Mark,
At the Czech conference will be a lecture about Daphnes by Vlastimil Braun.
Yes, my ‘Eternal Fragrance’ is two years old, but a plant in the “open” garden grows always much quicker than in a small pot.
Eternal Fragrance” is an hybrid between D. caucasica and collina, called D. x transatlantica. Below is a picture of another transatlantica clone. The plant isn’t in full flower yet, but I am afraid it is a little bit too large for a pot.
Jozef
Daphne-'Beulah-Cross'
-
I forgot to come back to you. I must re read the list of lectures again.
My unknown Daphne is 'Lawrence Crocker'. The name popped in to my head one evening while lying in bed after Erodium 'David Crocker' came in to my head
Here is a close up of my 'Eternal Fragrance' and the soon to flower, hopefully, D. domini
-
The Austrian Daphne cneorum (growing behind my house on rocks)
Daphne cneorum alba
Daphne cneorum dark red
Daphne x Eschmannii
Hans
-
Not a dwarf by any means a thirty something year old tangutica . I cannot think of amore fragrant daphne it can be quite overpowering. The boss is shown for scale
Also growing through the lower part of the Daphne is Lithodora oliefolium that was planted at about the same time and has now become enveloped
-
now that is big!
From my small collection I think 'Eternal Fragrance' is the nicest followed by 'Fritz Kummert'. A bit over powering in the garden is a combination scent of Rhododendron 'Lady Alice' and DB Iris 'Open Sky'
-
at the start of this thread I showed 2 photos of small daphnes growing in a small Dublin garden. I went back yesterday during judging of the Dublin AGS show. I was running around like a blue a** fly. The owner, Brendan Marnell - thanks! - has 50 small Daphnes all labelled and looking fantastic in the bright sunshine. I was taking notes but soon lost my place so the photos will have to do. I usually take a photo of a label before photographing a plant but in my excitement I forgot. Best plants were D. calcicola - I want one - and very dark dirty pink x rollsdorfii
-
very late with the photos. I didnt realise I had so many to edit. I havent touched the show photos yet
I was told what these are but got mixed up
-
The Daphne rockery with other goodies like Rhododendrons, Linums, Phlox, Hepatica ...
-
The wonderful Daphne calcicola
-
D. pet. 'Cimba Tombae' on March 31st
and again April 28th
-
'Kath Dryden' x2
x rollsdorfii x2
-
and from my crevice bed D. arbuscula. And with a label that reads 'Daphne'
-
Cracking photos Mark, I wish that I had gardens like that near where I live.
The smell must have been amazing.
-
Ian the strongest smell in the garden was a huge Rhododendron 'Lady Alice'. That's the splash of white in the background. What a great use of stones to make the walls. A narrow paths leads around the bed
-
Mark, is this Brendan's garden with the daphnes etc? I had no idea he was such a daphne fan! Are you there, Brendan,Hello from Aberdeen if you are!
-
yes 15 of these photos are from his garden