Daphnes 2008-2009

[Giles]

Hi Tomasz,
Welcome!!
I hope you will make many friends on the forum!!
The UK Daphne man (Robin White) says hardy to -12 C in his book, but plants here survived to -15 C this Winter.
If Rudi doesn't notice your posting, you could try sending him a 'private message' - if you haven't worked out how to do that yet, let us know.
Giles

[ruweiss]

Hello Tomasz, welcome to the forum. My Daphne calcicola are seedlings, about 8 years old.
In their first years I cultivated them in pots to bring them into the unheated alpine house
during winter. Since about 4 years they live in the open garden and were not harmed by
our winter(usually down to -12°, the last one -15°) Maybe your winters are too cold for
these beautiful plants. In my experience it is quite useful to protect these plants with branches
from conifers against winter sun.

[Paul T]

Welcome Tomasz

[Tomasz Cyba]

The UK Daphne man (Robin White) says hardy to -12 C in his book, but plants here survived to -15 C this Winter.

As the UK climate is so mild, its hard for Mr White to tell, what happens to a particular species below these -15C. IMHO in some cases he is too conservative about the hardiness. To my delight a small Daphne (Wikstroemia) gemmata (rated Z8 in his book) in my garden sailed through a winter with a -21C minimum (and long patterns of days with maximum temperature below 0C in January) virtually unharmed (with protection in form of a plastic bottle when the temperature was to dip below -10C).

Thanks Rudi for your kind answer, and thanks to everyone for a warm welcome (been an observer for some time).

[Martijn]

Hello Rudi,

Interesting Daphne´Ceska Rybna´. What is the origin of this plant? Is it an arbuscula type?

Regards, Martijn

[Diane Clement]

Hello Rudi,  Interesting Daphne´Ceska Rybna´. What is the origin of this plant? Is it an arbuscula type?
Regards, Martijn 

It's D collina x arbuscula.  I bought one in 2007 from Zdenek Rehacek (of this forum) who I believe bred this plant and named it after his village.  Maybe Zdenek might see this and add some more information. 
Mine hasn't yet flowered although it looks very healthy.
This is the link from Zdenek's website
http://zrehacek.itriss.com/os/obrD/Daphne_Ceska_Rybna.jpg

[johanneshoeller]

Daphne oleoides and reichsteinii

[Giles]

Hans,
Lovely Daphnes! (Daphnes are ALWAYS lovely  )
As these are in the same family as Daphnes I'll put these here:
Pimelea ferruginea
Pimelea tomentosa

[Lvandelft]

Hans,
Lovely Daphnes! (Daphnes are ALWAYS lovely  )
As these are in the same family as Daphnes I'll put these here:
Pimelea ferruginea
Pimelea tomentosa

They are as lovely as Daphne. Do you grow these Pimelea outside Giles?
P. ferruginea is a beauty!

[Giles]

I kept them frost free, Luit.
Pimelea prostrata, which I've also got, is described as indestructably hardy, but some of the others are a bit on the marginal side.
I was keen to see what other Thymelaeaceae were like, to find that New Zealand/Australia (Pimelea) and Africa (all sorts of weird plants)
were full of the things.
I managed to find about 30 Pimelea species available from commercial Australian seed companies, so I guess it's a case of I'll find out soon
how hardy they are (or aren't).
I didn't want to get too stuck in a rut with just Daphnes.

[Lvandelft]

Giles, I had Pimelea prostrata outside in the rockgarden many years, until it got to old and overgrown by something else. When I noticed it was already to late I must really try it again, it does give lots of berries, but never found a seedling.
I asked, because I thought that most other Pimelea will not be hardy here outside, but time will learn if this is true.

[mark smyth]

Too many of my Daphnes have died this summer due to long dry periods/neglect

[Giles]

Luit, if they have any 'berries' this year I'll let you know.

[gmoen]

Some Daphnes flowering in the garden to day

1 My Daphne habitat in the garden (D. x whiteorum 'Kilmeston' in front)
2 Daphne cneorum
3 Daphne sericea
4 Daphne juliae
5 Daphne thauma x stricta
6 Daphne circassica (nice undulate petals)

[Giles]

Nice plants, Geir 
Here's Pimelea prostrata (and some cat hair!)