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Margaret

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Which Daphne please?
« on: May 30, 2013, 08:40:49 PM »

Can anyone identify this Daphne for me please?  I've had it about 25 years.  Its 1200mm tall and the same wide and is scented.
Many thanks.

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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2013, 08:47:09 PM »
Hints of Daphne giraldii?
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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 08:50:28 PM »
Daphne pontica with that shiny foliage and spikey  twin flowers, I think.

Compare : http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4437
« Last Edit: May 30, 2013, 08:52:12 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 09:59:35 PM »
Probably Daphne pontica   (or D. albowiana).
They are very similar, only the leaves are a little bit different.
But the fruits of D. albowiana are red and those of D. pontica are blue-black.

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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 10:30:53 PM »
Probably Daphne pontica   (or D. albowiana).
They are very similar, only the leaves are a little bit different.
But the fruits of D. albowiana are red and those of D. pontica are blue-black.


Isn't it the other way round, Jef?   :-\

http://www.daphnes.be/Daphne/daphne_albowiana.htm
 http://www.daphnes.be/Daphne/daphne_pontica.htm
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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2013, 11:36:25 PM »

Thank you Cliff, Maggi and Jozef. It's marvellous to get such a response so quickly. Afraid I've not noticed the colour of the berries. As with so many of my plants, I suspect it is growing in less than ideal conditions rather close to a willow and does not flower as profusely as the pontica that come up on a google image search. None the less I am very fond of it.

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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2014, 07:20:17 PM »
Bought this lost label Daphne from Blackthorn Nursery years ago. Flowers now, has small dull green leaves. Any ideas please!
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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2014, 08:33:05 PM »
Looks like it may be deciduous rather than evergreen? In which case D. caucasica ?
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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2014, 11:48:23 AM »
Yes, very likely. Quite a lax shrub to around 1m. high/wide?
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Re: Which Daphne please?
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2014, 12:05:44 PM »
Sounds right, Ralph. Open habit, semi-evergreen in places, yellow berries
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