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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #45 on: April 01, 2010, 02:33:01 AM »
Quote from: Ragged Robin on March 31, 2010, 11:53:32 AM
Fermi, is it strongly scented?  Great that it flowers twice for you in the year, is that about as big as it grows?
Hi Robin,
I don't find it strongly scented - you have to get close to get a whiff of scent. It stands about 22 inches high at present but is growing slowly; I've been told that it isn't the dwarf form of D. alpina but it suits the position in the rock garden and doesn't look out of place.
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #46 on: April 03, 2010, 01:17:01 PM »
Daphne sericea
Daphne cneorum 'Thorenc'
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #47 on: April 03, 2010, 10:31:33 PM »
Quote from: fermides on April 01, 2010, 02:33:01 AM
Quote from: Ragged Robin on March 31, 2010, 11:53:32 AM
Fermi, is it strongly scented?  Great that it flowers twice for you in the year, is that about as big as it grows?
Hi Robin,
I don't find it strongly scented - you have to get close to get a whiff of scent. It stands about 22 inches high at present but is growing slowly; I've been told that it isn't the dwarf form of D. alpina but it suits the position in the rock garden and doesn't look out of place.
cheers
fermi

It certainly looks great in your rockery, Fermi, but maybe a little big for mine and I would prefer more scent - thanks anyway.
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #48 on: April 05, 2010, 10:04:30 AM »
Giles - I love the softly hairy leaves on the Daphne sericea, how big does this one get?  And Happy Birthday by the way!
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #49 on: April 05, 2010, 04:41:10 PM »
Thankyou, Gail.
Mine's about 18" after 3yrs, but it can get to 4'.
There are 'Turkish' and 'Cretan' forms around.
Here's Daphne x susannae 'Anton Fahndrich':
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #50 on: April 05, 2010, 05:58:37 PM »
Happy Birthday from me too Giles...there are some glorious old Magnolia trees covered in flowers in Martigny and I thought of you - I'll take a photo!
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #51 on: April 06, 2010, 03:57:30 PM »
Daphne x susannae 'Tage Lundell'
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #52 on: April 06, 2010, 07:10:02 PM »
I like that one Giles. Did you see that Robin White won a first at Exeter with 'Tage Lundell'
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #53 on: April 06, 2010, 07:35:16 PM »
Thankyou for that David - have just looked at your photograph of it (which I had missed).
I think it's a case, of I've got the right plant, but lack the lifetime of hard won experience.... (yet)...
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #54 on: April 06, 2010, 07:44:06 PM »
Giles, at least you have one part of the equation ;D
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #55 on: April 07, 2010, 06:39:18 PM »
Daphne x susannae 'Lawrence Crocker'
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #56 on: April 09, 2010, 07:18:30 PM »
Today's Daphnes:
Daphne petraea 'Lydora' (1 and 2, tiny plants)
Daphne collina
Daphne tangutica
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #57 on: April 10, 2010, 03:38:43 PM »
Daphne arbuscula 'Diva'
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #58 on: April 11, 2010, 09:22:57 AM »
D. arbuscula 'Diva' (better now)
D. calcicola 'Gang Ho Ba'' with 'Sichuan Gold' in background.
D. petraea 'Persebee'
D. cneorum 'Benaco'
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Re: Daphne 2010
« Reply #59 on: April 11, 2010, 09:26:04 AM »
D. x eschmannii 'Jacob Eschmann'
D. x mantensiana 'Audrey Vockins'
D. arbuscula 'Grandiflora'
D. x burkwoodii 'G. K. Argles'
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