Daphne 2011

[krisderaeymaeker]

Too valuable for nibbling - Daphne blagayana "Brenda Anderson", now in full flower.

Very nice Rudi , this one is also  flowering here. Both the usual blagayana and the cultivar .... ( the first planted in the peatbed and the other one in a trough)
I like this Daphne and find it also valuable because the early flowering.

[ruweiss]

Brian Mathew mentions in 'The smaller Daphnes' that this plant is a compact form of D.blagayana,
introduced by the late Brenda Anderson in 1975 from Montenegro. I personally prefer these plants, because
the usual form is too leggy for my taste.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I personally prefer these plants, because the usual form is too leggy for my taste.

I agree with you Rudi ... First I had the usual form. Only later I could purchase ' Brenda Anderson '. I could not throw away than the normal form. He is now in my peatbed and regularly pruned.
'Brenda' is happy in a trough.
Here a picture of today of the usual form..

[Jozef Lemmens]

Daphne x hybrida is flowering for a rather long time (October to April).
The leaves  of Daphne odora ‘Rebecca’ have been damaged by frost.
None of both species are really hardy in Belgium.

[Jozef Lemmens]

Daphne acutiloba 'Fragrant Cloud' is a species from China and like the clone name says the plant scents my front garden at the moment. The plant is about 1 meter tall.
Daphne 'Serendipity' is a D. collina seedling and will become about 60 cm tall. The picture has been taken of a spare plant in my green house.

[ruweiss]

I was astonished about this floriferous small cutting of Daphne calcicola
from last year.

[Maggi Young]

A little plant with a big heart, Rudi!

[mark smyth]

Ah, Rudi, I think I can even smell the fragrance from here.....

I wish my Brenda Anderson was better. It's a sprawler, only has leaves at it's tips but flowers really well. Is it missing something?

[Jozef Lemmens]

Here are two pictures of the flowers of Daphne glomerata and Daphne petraea 'Michele'.
D. glomerata is a species from Turkey and the Caucasus.
D. petraea 'Michelle' is the most vigorous form of the petraea clones (I have).

[mark smyth]

My Brenda Anderson

[Paul T]

Wow, what a colour on Serendipity!!    I also love the delicate shading of 'Michele'.

Thanks for showing us.

[Michael J Campbell]

A few of mine starting to flower.

Daphne Kilmeston beauty
Daphne  Napollitana stasek
Daphne  x Mauerbachii Perfume of Spring
Daphne Collina
Daphne Mantensiana Audrey Vokins.
Daphne Napolitana Enigma
Daphne petraea Lydora?
Daphne Rollsdorfii wilhelm Schacht
Daphne Rosy Wave.
Daphne x susannae Cheriton

[Michael J Campbell]

The last one especially for Lesley.

Daphne x burkwoodii Golden treasure

[David Nicholson]

What a lovely collection Michael. Do you grow all your collection in pots? Will they outgrow pot cultivation at some stage?

[Michael J Campbell]

I have about 200 in pots David, a lot of them are stock plants that I use for grafting material. Those that  get too big for the pots are planted out in the garden or brought to the shows or alpine weekends for disposal.