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thats beautiful, does it have a scent? its almost as big as a rhodedendron??

Sticki it is scented,depends how large your Rhododendrons are the flowers are quite small.

i was thinking of the common purple rhododendron? the flower looks almost like that but neater.

they remind me of where i grew up ~ near woburn abbey.

Wonderful colour....

The scent is gorgeous I'm afraid mine died but it was old and had been passed on to me by a friend who went to live in Australia , I should buy a new one !

Sticki will measure one tomorrow,think you will be supprised how small they are.

Amy find some settle others for no apparent reason suddenly drop there leaves and thats the end of them.
D.Collina is one love but can't keep it.

they look very pretty, are these difficult to grown and keep alive? do they like acid soil?

Sticki a cluster of flowers averages 1.1/2in across or 40mm if you prefer.

compact then!! thats why they look so beautiful, funny how your mind plays tricks ~ i expect i could see what i was used to!!!

Magic !

Very nice looking daphne, I have heard of Blackthorn Nursery. Robin White wrote an excellent book on daphnes too, isn't that his nursery? Do you know if that is Daphne arbuscula or Daphne x susannae?

RKwright
The pic is definitely a Blackthorn x when I bought it quite a few years ago it was Labeled with a growers No
I would have labeled it unfortunatly I have a lot of trouble with grey Squirrel removing them.I use mostly slate ones now but thats no help with that one.I do have D.Arbuscula growing in Troughs that is altogether more dwarf, to see that one you need to go back in my pictures to 16 April 2011 titled my beautiful mess.
I will try cutting of these two plus D. Collina.
B.

Those are good ones to try cuttings from, the one in the picture will also root from layering and D. arbuscula probably would too. Hope the cuttings go well, can never have too many daphnes!