Daphnes 2008-2009

[Paddy Tobin]

Jeepers Giles,

What a fabulous collection!  Beautiful flowers and wonderful scent, I imagine.

Paddy

[Giles]

My biggest worry, Paddy, is that the D.jezoensis that a forumist sent me, has already tripled in size, and is set to take over the universe 

[David Nicholson]

Giles of the Daphnes you have do you have a favourite?

[Giles]

Daphne petraea in all its forms, David.
It grows ok, but the flower buds abort - so no photos.
The book says it's down to watering. Must try harder...........

[Michael J Campbell]

My biggest worry, Paddy, is that the D.jezoensis that a forumist sent me, has already tripled in size, and is set to take over the universe  Cheesy

Giles, your Jezoensis will slow down once the red spiders get going. 

[mark smyth]

I would appreciate it if plant names are added to the jpeg file name. It's a pain counting the images down and going back up to count the names down

[Maggi Young]

Well, I must say that it's more important for the names to be in the text so if anyone prefers to save time by using  file numbers and not renaming, that's okay by me!

Giles, we had another good day.... almost.... so nearly three in a row.... so, yes, it WAS summer  All that changed yesterday when it turned wet and very foggy and made our drive down to Edinburgh pretty horrid, though it was fine when we got there  .... then today there was quite a lot of rain and at times, with the wind, it felt distinctly wintery again..... no sign of any Daphnes pout in flower for the show benches yet ......mind you, Perth Show can be good for them.... that's the one you need to come to!!

[Giles]

Oh dear, here I go again, another one!!!!
Daphne cneorum 'Thorenc' (apparently collected in The Maritime Alps -it says it on the label!)

[Maggi Young]

Giles, how good is your nose? I mean, might you be able to "rate" and describe all the different Daphne scents? As a happy flower sniffer, I find the question of what makes a "good" scent fascinating.... and Daphnes seem like a great plant to work on.....

[maggiepie]

Beautiful daphnes, Giles.
Pity they don't stagger their flowering times so you can have some all year.

[Giles]

No Easter bunnies, I'm afraid, so will have to make do with these:
D. calcicola 'Gang Ho Ba'
D. x hendersonii 'Apple Blossom'
D. arbuscula (this ones got a cross like look to it)
D. cneorum 'Puszta'

[Giles]

D. cneorum 'Eximea' (fully open now)
D. cneorum 'Blackthorn Triumph'
Mystery Daphne
D. 'Valerie Hillier'

...won't be posting for a while, so behave yourself 

[mark smyth]

"It's a mystery" looks like what my bholua is grafted on to. Masses of flowers but no scent followed by orange berries

[David Nicholson]

Yet another great show Giles. When you get back you must tell us more about how to grow them.

[ruweiss]

Mark,
your Mystery stock plant is probably Daphne longilobata.
Daphne jezoensis as a young grafting in the alpine house.
Daphne blagayana `Brenda Anderson`is quite showy, flowers profusely
with a strong and pleasant scent.(For my taste) Propagation from
cuttings is quite easy.