Daphniphyllum

This is even less 'Mediterranean' than most of my postings but since it's a plant-group I'm at the moment in love with and since it's one which might do well in the cooler and wetter bits of an almost Mediterranean climate, allow me to recommend almost any species of Daphiphyllum to anyone looking for an unusual, bold, upright, quick-growing large shrub or small tree for a warm and semi-shaded corner. The one I have is D. tiejtmannense - or something close to it: it was collected by the Wynne-Joneses of Crug Farm and they're not yet entirely sure of the ID -, so of course I think it's the best (big glossy light green mature leaves; new leaves a strange glaucous grey-green-purple tone; combination of the two colourings very striking), but I know Einion Hughes has a different species from the same source and he'll probably trumpet that one's advantages just as loudly.
 
Is the genus grown in California at all? If so, opinions? Other species worth trying?
 
Tim
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