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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: ChrisB on April 03, 2014, 03:28:45 PM
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I just took a look at a graft I made of Wikstromea gemmata and there is a green shoot :o
I used. D. retusa seedling after our dear Mr Christie showed us how to do it last year. Two small leaves hung on at first but later dropped off so I put it outside for winter. Imagine my delight when I just took a look and saw the new green shoot! Now I'm going to have to find out how to look after my new baby...
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Well done, Christine ! Isn't it exciting when a plan comes together?
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I'd love to take cuttings from my small collection.
Can the miniatures be rejuvenated by pruning?
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Can the miniatures be rejuvenated by pruning?
From what I've read the opposite could well be the effect Mark. Michael would be able to confirm.
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Some Daphnes in April:
D.calcicola, 2 different forms
D. calcicola Napa Hai
D. calcicola Zhongdian
D. circassica
D. petraea Persebee
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Some more:
D. x latymeri 'Spring Sonnet'
D.gemmata
D. x transatlantica 'Eternal Fragrance'
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Superb Rudi - D. Calcicola and D. gemmata are so bright and beautiful - but every daphne is lovely to me.
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I'm deeply envious of your calcicolas.....
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And I can smell that transatlantica from here..... ;D
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I wish we could grow Daphne here. Another genus that will have to wait until we move to a more sheltered part of Scotland. Until then, these pictures of gorgeous plants are a joy to see (if a little galling).
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Maggi, Christine and Matt, thank you for your friendly comments.
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Daphne retusa
It got flattened by snow a couple of times so I cut it hard back, about one third 3 years ago and the rest 2 years ago. It is now looking good
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Daphne retusa from the garden today.
Thorkild-DK
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That's heartening Roma, I had to chop about a third off mine last year as it had overgrown the path, it does appear to be shooting out now, if it does I shall chop the rest down a bit as it really has thrived beneath my Cornus mas
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Now flowering:
Daphne sojakii 1
Daphne sojakii
Daphne alpina small form
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Is D. sojakii on its own roots, Rudi, or grafted? Is is fully evergreen?
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Hello Chris great to hear someone has managed to grow a grafted Daphne after the workshop, I post a few pictures from recent days, cheers Ian the Christie kind
Daphne ex Czech
Daphne arbuscula Alba
Daphne 'Marion White'
Daphne aurantiaca
Daphne arbuscula
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A few more Ian
Daphne x Liberton
Daphne in trough out_ side
Wikstroemia gemmata flower
Wikstroemia gemmata
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I love these miniature jewels
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Thank you Ian for sharing your collection of these little treasures. A joy to behold.
Edna
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Roma, Thorkild and Ian,
Thank you for your fine pictures.
Maggi, I got the Daphne sojakii as a small seedling which
took several years until it flowered last spring. It was a nice surprise
that the resulting seeds germinated this march.
Apart from a few lost leaves during winter the plant is fully evergreen.
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Thank you Rudi. The foliage has a very fresh look which made me wonder if it was deciduous for you. Nice that it is properly evergreen.
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Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' from the garden today with the whole garden caught in it's scent.
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So many flowers, David! You must be pleased with her performance?
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It took her a few years to get started Matt and had it not been for Michael Campbell persuading me to give her a bit more time she could have hit the compost bin. Wouldn't be without her now.
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Have you fed the Daphne at all, David?
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Have you fed the Daphne at all, David?
A couple of high potash feeds each year just after flowering is over (Michael's recommendation).
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Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' from the garden today with the whole garden caught in it's scent.
Gorgeous plant David !! :o
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Thanks David, I've just been astonished by the photo of the huge plant shown by David King in the Northern Hemisphere thread too : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12756.msg323729#msg323729 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12756.msg323729#msg323729) -
I am having serious feelings of envy about these lovely plants. :'(
I really must feed up my languishing plant to see if it will take a burst of growth this year. :-\
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A couple of high potash feeds each year just after flowering is over (Michael's recommendation).
:) :) :)
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A couple of high potash feeds each year just after flowering is over (Michael's recommendation).
Do you feed all your daphnes this way?
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A few more Ian
Daphne x Liberton
Daphne in trough out_ side
Wikstroemia gemmata flower
Wikstroemia gemmata
Ian, can you tell me anything about Daphne x Liberton?
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Pleased you're enjoying the delights of Daphne bholua. We've had some almost windless days lately and the scent has been really superb. Mine is planted just outside the back door and has this year been in flower since early December, reaching its acme this past week I think. It usually flowers well but seems to be even better this year, despite rarely being fed. Wouldn't be without this plant even though it is now getting a bit big for its space. Anyone tried pruning theirs?
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Have just relooked at earlier posts in this thread. I'm not sure the plant shown by Rudi is actually Daphne sojakii, but a very nice form of D oleioides. D sojakii is known from Mount Vermion and was reported as D 'vermionica' by the AGS MESE team in 1999 (see the AGC Bulletin diary by John Richards for this expedition). On the flanks of this limestone mountain we found 3 daphnes - DD sojakii and oleioides growing together in the open and D mezereum in the woodlands around. You can see the difference in the images of these - firstly growing together (oleioides on left, sojakii on right), secondly D sojakii close up, and third D oleioides from the metamorphic rocks of Kajmakalan to the north where is the only Daphne seen.
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Here are again the pictures of my Daphne which I showed as D. sojakii in a former post.
I entered the AGS online show with the same plant and the same name, but the judges
changed the name to D.oleoides.
A nurseryman sold me this plant as a seedling which he raised from self collected Greek
seed as D. vermionica. It took some years until the first flowers arrived and the resulting
seeds germinated quite well. To my disappointment almost all the seedlings died after
potting.
My questions are:
What can I do against this ? Was it too early for transplanting ?
What is the true name of this free flowering and fragrant plant ?
Would be grateful for a reply.