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Daphnes - do they self seed?
I have a daphne Jacqueline Postil - quite big and over 10 years old. Yesterday I noticed a small plant growing beneath it, which at first i thought was a weed, but actually looks like a baby daphne.
does anyone know if they can self seed in this way?
and if it has, when is the best time to move the baby to grow it on elsewhere?
many thanks
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Yes they do seed. It won't be JP but will be closer to the species, D. bhuloa.
If you can get it out without disturbing too much you could shift it now but might be safer to leave til spring
In the sticks near Peterborough
D.J.P. also will sucker quite nicely and the suckers may be carefully removed as a new plant. That is how we got the replacement for the one which was killed by the bad Winter a few years back.
D. mezureum can actually become a bit of a seed weed where suited. D. tangutica is a bit less prone to self seeding, sadly as is D. alpina.
Not got any others which produce berries to try.
The seed needs cold stratification to germinate by the way.
Interesting Berghill, I've had many tangutica seedlings and no mezereum
In the sticks near Peterborough
How exciting
- thanks nut and Berghill. We have a new baby
Congratulations
You reckon it is a seedling not a sucker as Berghill has?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Just been out to look - it is quite a way from the mother plant, so probably a seedling, but possibly a sucker. Would i have to treat it differently if it was?
i guess if a sucker it will be a true JP, whereas if a seedling will be pot luck
Unless your plant is grafted it will be JP
I haven't dealt with suckers, the parent isn't mine.
I have had problems with removing suckers of other plants but I think maybe I haven't left them long enough to get a decent root before removing.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'll leave til the spring anyway - but it will get lots of looking at and cooing over in the meantime
I love a volunteer
In the sticks near Peterborough
We never actually got any berries on our D J.P. Flowered beautifully, but never a sign of fruit. The suckers do come up a distance from the mother plant, where the roots may have been damaged is the usual place.