Daphne 2010

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Giles,

You're taking off "en force" for the new season !!
Wonderful series and what a variation !
Thanks for showing !! 

[Lesley Cox]

It occurred to me that the first three of your pics in the post above Giles, looked pretty much the same, for all their different names. Is there much difference when the bushes are compared?

I do like the unidentified white very much.

[Giles]

The differences are mainly down to patterns of variegation on the leaves - which are most obvious in the Summer.
The 'unknown' was from RW's extensive collection of 'unknowns'.

[mark smyth]

This is my ?Jacqueline Postill. It drops it's leaves every winter

[Michael J Campbell]

Mark,you can prune Jacqueline Postill immediately after flowering if you want to keep it more compact, you will also get more flowers.

[mark smyth]

what about the rumours they will die?

[Michael J Campbell]

My brother in Wexford has one in his front garden and I hard prune it every other year. I use a lot of the prunings for grafts.

[fleurbleue]

No cuttings with Daphne, Michael ?

[Michael J Campbell]

Jacqueline Postill is difficult and slow from cuttings,grafts are much quicker.

[Lesley Cox]

what about the rumours they will die?

Never believe rumours Mark.

I bought 'Jacqueline Postill' at last year's NZAGS show but it shows no sign of grafting and I suspect it may be a seedling. It hasn't flowered yet and is just a tuft of leaves at the top of a 50cms stem.

[iann]

I don't find Daphne cuttings too difficult, but they're certainly slow.  The one I can't do is D. odora.  Not a single one has ever made a root.

[fleurbleue]

A friend said me he was putting a black "adhesive ribbon" on the stems he wants take as cuttings ; the wood becomes more tender under the ribbon. Afterwards he cuts the stem below the ribbon and inserts tender part in free draining "mixture". Hope you understand what I mean   

[Gail]

A friend said me he was putting a black "adhesive ribbon" on the stems he wants take as cuttings ; the wood becomes more tender under the ribbon. Afterwards he cuts the stem below the ribbon and inserts tender part in free draining "mixture". Hope you understand what I mean   

Know what you mean Nicole, in fact we were discussing this at a Peony Society meeting on Saturday and are going to try an experiment rooting 'tree' peonies with this technique, which has been highly successful in lilacs as reported in The Plantsman

Ref; New Life for Lilac by Spence Gunn in The Plantsman Vol 4, Part 1 (March 2005) p. 21-23

This is taken from a summary that I'm going to include in the next Peony Society newsletter.

I’ve since been reading an article in The Plantsman journal about rooting cuttings of lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) which can be notoriously difficult. They have found that cuttings taken from new shoots that have been deprived of light so that they etiolate, form roots much more readily and the roots themselves are more vigorous and fibrous. They suggest cutting 2.5 x 2.5cm squares of black Velcro dusting the inside with hormone rooting powder and fixing them around new shoots in spring (early April through to July, depending on cultivar). The Velcro is left on for 4 weeks then cuttings taken from just below where the Velcro was. (The important thing is to exclude light so I suspect black duct tape would work as well) Cuttings of S. vulgaris 'Michel Bucher' treated this way had 90-100% success rate compared with 0-50% for untreated cuttings.

[fleurbleue]

Very interesting Gail  Thanks 

[Michael J Campbell]

Daphne mezereum, dwarf form.