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Daphne acutiloba          2ltr...£7.00 

A slow-growing small shrub with long narrow leaves and clusters of bright white flowers late in the season. Bright red berries.

Daphne albowiana          1ltr...£4.00 

Eventually making an eighteen-inch or two-foot high woody shrub with dark green leaves with a prominent central ridge and many pale yellow-green flowers in early Spring.- these are followed by equally numerous red berries. A plant that revels in the shade and moist conditions of dappled woodland.

tn_arbuscula.jpg Daphne arbuscula         8cm...£6.00

A fine plant which some manage to grow very well in a pot....I've had better results planting it in open ground where the roots are never parched but the rich soil is free-draining. Other requirements are sun and a nearby seat where the phenomenal scent can be savoured. Will ( very slowly ) make a congested foot-high and eighteen-inch wide mound.

Daphne bholua 'Jaqueline Postill'        2ltr...£8.50

 

 

Daphne bholua 'Sir Peter Smithers'        1ltr...£8.50

 

 

dn_bramdean Daphne 'Bramdean'           8cm...£5.50 

(D. collina x D. cneorum var pygmaea) A really excellent plant for the alpine garden or select raised bed where its mound of glossy green leaves will provide an excellent foil for the highly fragrant and abundant pink flowers. Often flowers again in the Autumn. 

tn_burk Daphne burkwoodii 'G.K. Argles'          sold out 

An attractive form of D.burkwoodii making the usual upright-growing small woody shrub but with a glorious fine yellow-gold variegation to the leaves and lovely scented, pink flowers in mid-Spring. Full sun.

Daphne 'Cheriton'       1ltr...£7.50

A lovely compact form with small lustrous dark green leaves on a low-growing bush. Highly fragrant flowers of the richest rose-purple are produced in late Spring and early Summer.

 

tn_exima.jpg Daphne cneorum 'Exima'          9cm...£4.50 

Perhaps the most vigorous form, making a mound up to two-and-a-half feet across after several years. When grown in full sun this will be completely smothered in the, initially dark-crimson buds, opening to sumptuous deep pink fragrant blooms. One can only stand, or sit, and admire the sight and scent....

tn_moravia.jpg Daphne cneorum 'Moravia'          9cm...£4.75 

A vigorous, low-growing plant with blue-green foliage and very deep crimson-purple buds opening to scented, purple-pink flowers.

 Daphne cneorum 'Ruby Glow'          8cm...£4.75 

 

Daphne cneorum 'Stasek'         9cm...£5.00

A slightly taller growing form, still only twelve inches or so, but with a distinct and attractive pale yellow variegation to the largish leaf - looks particularly attractive when combined with the heads of scented, pink flowers.

 

tn_Variegata.jpg Daphne cneorum 'Variegata'          1ltr...£4.50 

This form makes quite a vigorous plant when happy. Pale green leaves with a white variegation and attractive tubular pink flowers.

 

tn_collina.jpg Daphne collina          8cm...£6.50        

Many highly scented, rosy purple flowers on a hardy, compact shrub make this a fantastic garden plant for a sunny position - preferably close to a path for increased olfactory sensation.

tn_giraldii.jpg Daphne giraldii          sold out

( China ) A quietly refined, small, erect shrub for the garden; slowly reaches two to three feet and produces terminal clusters of small, tubular, lemon-scented, yellow flowers in April/May, from an early age. These are followed by orange berries. 

tn_hendersonii.jpg Daphne x hendersonii 'Blackthorn Rose'          sold out

( D.petraea 'Tremalzo' x D.cneorum f.album ) A very compact growing form with dark, laucous green foliage and large, strongly scented, pink flowers. This has proved to be a very free-flowering hybrid.

Daphne x hendersonii 'Rosebud'          sold out  

Another free-flowering form, this time an intoduction by Margaret and Henry Taylor of Scotland. Compact and low-growing and producing numerous richly scented, rose-pink flowers.

tn_ernst Daphne x hendersonii 'Ernst Hauser'          8cm...£5.50

 

 

 

 

tn_fritz Daphne x hendersonii 'Fritz Kummert'          8cm...£5.50 

( D.petraea x D.cneorum pygmaea ) An early-flowering clone, opening its bright pink flowers in early April. Has a compact growth habit and small, narrow, glossy, deep green leaves. An all-round top-notch plant...

Daphne laureola 'Margaret Mathew'          1ltr...£4.00 

A shade tolerant plant, which was originally collected in Sicily and is a more compact grower than the type; making erect two-foot stems, clothed in rich green leaves and in March/April, large tubular, slightly scented, yellow-green flowers.

tn_laureola Daphne laureola s.sp philippi          2ltr...£4.00 

A stronger growing variant - reaches three feet in ten years - and has proved to be very free-flowering in the garden. Numerous long tubular, yellow-green flowers in April make an admirable show.

tn_leila Daphne 'Leila Haines' x arbuscula          8cm...£5.50 

An 'improved' form of D.'Leila Haines' ( D.striata x D.cneorum ) making more compact growth of quite narrow, linear leaves but still producing the lovely, very fragrant rose-purple flowers. A lovely small Daphne.

Daphne x mauerbachii 'Perfume of Spring'         1ltr...£8.50

 

 

tn_Meon.jpg Daphne 'Meon'          8cm...£5.50

 

 

 

Daphne x napolitania          1 ltr...£6.50

Not the biggest and brightest Daphne but undoubtably a compcat and charming small plant for a rock garden or sunny raised bed or border. Masses of small, deep purple flowers make an attractive display and fragrant display.

dn_odora Daphne odora  'Aureomarginata'        1ltr...£5.50

 

 

 

Daphne odora var. leucantha         1ltr...£5.50

 

 

Daphne odora 'Rubra'         1ltr...£5.50

 

 

Daphne odora 'Sakiwaka'         1ltr...£6.00

 

wqlburton Daphne odora 'Walburton'         1ltr...£7.50

A strongly variegated form of D. odora; green leaves with creamy yellow markings and numerous sultry scented, bright purple-pink and cream flowers in Spring.

tn_oleoides.jpg Daphne oleoides            9cm...£5.00

A small, twiggy shrub with slightly scented cream flowers, set off by pale blue-green leaves. Seems to appreciate a well-drained but moisture-retentive soil in sun, e.g Turkey. Orange berries.

Daphne petraea          7cm...£5.50

Small, slow and low-growing plant, definately deserving of careful cultivation in a trough or pot ( plants supplied on their own roots so can also be grown in tufa ) Compact heads of long-tubed, pale pink flowers. Choice. .

dn_retusa.jpg Daphne 'Retusa Group'         1 ltr ... £4.75

 

An excellent garden plant: tough and easier to please than many, with lovely dark green leaves acting as the ideal foil for the gloriously scented, large, rich pink flowers which are produced reliably in May every year. And, at two-feet, it never outgrows its welcome - what more could you wish for....well, two maybe.

tn_Wilhelm Daphne x rollsdorfii 'Wilhelm Schact'          8cm... £5.50

( D.petraea x D.collina ) A neat, compact-growing hybrid, introduced by Fritz Kummert, with narrow, dark green foliage and highly fragrant rosy purple flowers.

tn_rosy Daphne 'Rosy Wave'           8cm... £5.50

( D.burkwoodii x D.collina ) Another mouth-watering hybrid for the front of a sunny border/raised bed, etc. where its healthy growth of lustrous green leaves and large, scented pink flowers can be fully appreciated. Two feet eventually.

Daphne x schlyteri          8cm...£6.50

( D.arbuscula x D.cneorum ) A slow-growing, compact hybrid with narrow, almost linear, light green leaves and heads of narrow 'trumpet' flowers in rich pink.

dn_tichbourne Daphne x susannae 'Tichbourne'         8cm ... £5.50

( D.collina x D.arbuscula ) A plant with a very healthy disposition and very scented, large deep pink flowers. Makes a compact dome of deep green leaves and enjoys the sun when given a moisture retentive loam in which to thrive.

Daphne tangutica           1ltr... £4.50

A relatively vigorous Daphne with deep green pointed leaves and large, dark rose flowers in late Spring and on and off throughout the Summer. Makes an excellent specimen for the border where its tough enough to stand up for itself.

tn_thauma.jpg Daphne x thauma            9cm...£8.00

( D.petraea x D.striata ) A natural occurring hybrid forming a low-growing small shrub with narrow, blue-tinged, green leaves on small twiggy framework and fragrant, narrowly tubular, shell-pink flowers.

dn_vydenskyii.jpg Daphne velenovskyi          sold out 

 

A close relative of D.cneorum, apparently from the Vichren Mountains in Bulgaria. Its leaves have a distinct blue-grey tinge which contrasts effectively with the bright pink flowers.

Daphne x whiteorum 'Beauworth'           sold out

( D.jasminea x D.petraea 'Grandiflora' ) This is a small-leaved, very compact hybrid which manages to produce its scented, bright pink flowers at least twice a year. An attractive plant, well worth a place in a cold greenhouse or in a raised bed or trough outside.

kilmeston.JPG Daphne x whiteorum 'Kilmeston'              8cm...£6.00

( D.petraea 'Grandiflora' x D.jasminea ) The reverse cross of the above and similar in many ways; small, twiggy shrub with a slow compact growth habit and with markedly tubular, deep pink-purple flowers for much of Spring.

 

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