+ 1 for eternal disappointment. Mine has been potted up for 2 years and the best I have seen are a few small flowers and dull foliage. Granted they do smell pretty damn good though. I had high hopes for it this year - that was before the deer took a liking to it.
I dug up a D odora marginata from a friend's garden before she moved house. ( with permission) I know the books say "don't move them" but I figured I had nothing to lose.
That was 2 years ago and this season it has had a lovely crop of flowers and has settled in a treat.
My daphne bhoula Jacqueline Postil is wonderful - fragrant flowers from December to April - but it was here when we arrived,so someone else had done the hard work of getting it going. I have two self seeded babies growing, which I am leaving in situ for the time being.
eternal fragrance has yet to get going - maybe it never will. I had noticed some nibbling, and thought it was mice, but maybe it is my friend bambi after all. They never touch JP though.
Thanks everyone... the next question would be...as they sound a bit tender and fickle and here is just not the place for fickle..would they stand up to acid soil, high altitudes 960ft and always windy.
As I have 25.00 to spend, world I be better off with something else?
Meomye..sorry to hi jack your thread xx
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Lyn, for most Daphnes a sheltered position in humus-rich, slightly alkaline soil is best, which sounds like exactly the opposite to your site, so I would go or something else to avoid disappointment!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Thanks everyone for your replies. Lyn not a problem, this is how we all learn. Hope I have better luck than others with this plant. I have put it in a pot on the patio for now.
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+ 1 for eternal disappointment. Mine has been potted up for 2 years and the best I have seen are a few small flowers and dull foliage. Granted they do smell pretty damn good though. I had high hopes for it this year - that was before the deer took a liking to it.
I dug up a D odora marginata from a friend's garden before she moved house. ( with permission) I know the books say "don't move them" but I figured I had nothing to lose.
That was 2 years ago and this season it has had a lovely crop of flowers and has settled in a treat.
D.Odora Was the offer Nut and sounded like a proper Gardner's plant
obviously I have a bit more training to become one
At least you had one year s performance Verdun my fickle friend hasn't even gone past the foot lights
My daphne bhoula Jacqueline Postil is wonderful - fragrant flowers from December to April - but it was here when we arrived,so someone else had done the hard work of getting it going. I have two self seeded babies growing, which I am leaving in situ for the time being.
eternal fragrance has yet to get going - maybe it never will
. I had noticed some nibbling, and thought it was mice, but maybe it is my friend bambi after all
. They never touch JP though.
Thanks everyone... the next question would be...as they sound a bit tender and fickle and here is just not the place for fickle..would they stand up to acid soil, high altitudes 960ft and always windy.
As I have 25.00 to spend, world I be better off with something else?
Meomye..sorry to hi jack your thread xx
Lyn, for most Daphnes a sheltered position in humus-rich, slightly alkaline soil is best, which sounds like exactly the opposite to your site, so I would go or something else to avoid disappointment!
Thanks everyone for your replies. Lyn not a problem, this is how we all learn. Hope I have better luck than others with this plant.
I have put it in a pot on the patio for now.
Thank you Bob, i will choose something else, now to wonder what?