Daphnes 2008-2009

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for your comments, Lesley, I shall look out for this lovely Daphne and hope their are no slugs lurking 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for your comments, Lesley, I shall look out for this lovely Daphne and hope their are no slugs lurking 

Robin,
I got one from Robin White (Blackthorn Nursery) last year... without slugs.. 

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks Luc, assume you mean in UK?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Luke, assume you mean in UK?

Yes Robin !
Google for "Blackthorn Nursery" - you'll find plenty of information.

[Michael J Campbell]

Daphne mantensiana Audrey Vokins.

[fermi de Sousa]

Nothing quite so exciting, but we grow Daphne alpina in the rock garden and it's now in full bloom,






cheers
fermi

[Ragged Robin]

Your Daphne alpina looks wonderful in your rock garden, Fermi, how big will it grow do you think eventually?  Also how scented is it, looks like it's in full sun?

[Ragged Robin]

Daphne mantensiana Audrey Vokins.

The leaf margins are exceptional, Michael, what a beautiful Daphne...the flower sits so neatly in the leaf whorl, thanks for the photo 

[fermi de Sousa]

Your Daphne alpina looks wonderful in your rock garden, Fermi, how big will it grow do you think eventually?  Also how scented is it, looks like it's in full sun?

Hi Robin,
that bush is about 8 years old and is under 1m (about 80cm tall and across) it may be the "dwarf type" that is mentioned in the seed-lists as it doesn't look like it will get much bigger. It's never been pruned but has room to grow if it wants to! It is planted in full sun but with a rock between it and the early summer sun; in full summer the sun almost appears to be overhead!
The scent is pleasant and not over-powering, but you have to lean over the rock to sniff it!
cheers
fermi

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for this Fermi, I shall look out for it and imagine I should find it here.

[ruweiss]

Fermi,nice to see such a beautiful specimen of Daphne alpina now flowering with you.
I cultivate both forms of this decorative shrub, my dwarf form is now about 30 cm in height
after 8 years from planting. The plant was a gift from Milan Halada, (the man with the quarry
garden in Prague)who took seeds from a plant in the Kosovo Region (former Yugoslavia).
Your plant is in my opinion a beautiful specimen of the normal form,according to  height
and age.

[Lesley Cox]

I bought a small plant with the name D. alpina, at the weekend. I though the leaves were too big but looking at these pics, maybe not.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Rudi,
thank you for your comments; in that case I've yet to germinate seed of the "dwarf form" received from the Seedexes but if they are a smaller version of the one I'm currently growing it would be worthwhile getting one (or more!)
cheers
fermi

[Ewelina Wajgert]

But smelling thread...

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[iann]

Here's a Daphne that I haven't seen mentioned on this thread (unless I missed it): D. x transatlantica 'Eternal Fragrance', apparently a Robin White cross.  As you can see it starts flowering early and it still has some flowers now in November.  Nicely scented.

Mine in the garden gets a rust-like infection which can defoliate the plant although I don't think its actually rust.  Strangely enough a cutting I took has stayed completely clean still in a pot.  Maybe it doesn't like my stony alkaline soil?  It may be improving with age, but how many years could it take to settle in?