Daphne acutiloba
Thymelaeaceae
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Habitat:
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sun or part shade
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Flowering:
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summer
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Size:
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80
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150
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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humus-rich, moist but well drained
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Price
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£8.00
(9 cm pot)
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Order code:
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DAC-9
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These are some of the larger daphnes, making shrubs that may be a metre or more high. They have finely scented flowers, mostly white to pink, but there are also yellow-flowered species. Most are evergreen, but there are also deciduous ones, and most have showy red or orange fruit, so are beautiful garden plants twice in the year.
Daphne acutiloba is an evergreen shrub from China with glossy, leathery leaves. Lovely, scented white flowers are produced in terminal clusters in summer followed by fleshy, red fruits.
Other related plants:
Vigorous shrub with wonderfully scented pale pink flowers in midwinter.
Shiny evergreen leaves and scented pale yellow flowers.
Almost covered with pink, scented flowers very early in year. Red fruit follow.
Yellow-margined evergreen leaves and fragrant, purple-pink/white flowers.
Evergreen, with pale pink, almost white flowers, followed by red fruit.