Daphne

[astragalus]

A couple of high potash feeds each year just after flowering is over (Michael's recommendation).

Do you feed all your daphnes this way?

[astragalus]

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?

[DaveM]

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?

[DaveM]

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.

[ruweiss]

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.