Re: Daphne

In response to your inquiry about Daphne's here are a few.  I wish I could
go outside and look at them .  The place to get them is from Rick Lupp, Mt.
Tahoma or Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery
http://www.backyardgardener.com/mttahoma/index.html
He is the very best source for Alpines in the US.  A lot of the plants he
has are available nowhere else.  Daphne, Primula allionii, Corydalis and
Campanula.  Many plants are his own selections.  Unfortunately there are not
very many available this spring at Mt Tahoma.  Siskiyou has all the other
ones and they are the best place for Daphne's and sax's. Of the mid size
Daphne, Lawrence Crocker is a must have as well as arbuscula.  It is the
easiest one I have grown.  It doesn't get damaged like cneorum.  The trough
type ones I like are jasminea but it is a bit difficult because it needs it
a little sunny which means sudden death from drying out is high.  Daphne x
Whiteorum, D. x rollsdorfii and D. cneorum v. verlotii x arbuscula.  All
require constant moisture which is easy to keep track of in a trough.
Bright light but protection from too much heat.  Lawrence Crocker can take
almost full sun in a trough as long as it is watered daily.  The small
Daphnes do tremendously better in troughs as the need their roots in rocks
with a lot of air and moisture, difficult to accomplish is the ground even
with soil amendments.  Cyclamen purpurescens loves exactly the same soil
conditions.
Frank Cooper
Urbana, Illinois  USA  Zone 5b
Record low temp -27 F (-32.8 C)
Record high temp 105 F (40 C)

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