Your choice of compost is probably the main problem, Maureen. Daphne odora needs a well drained, gritty soil with some humus. Your compost is holding too much water which the plant will not like. It will grow into a medium sized shrub and is more suited to the garden than a container. As they resent root disturbance it is probably better to relocate it to the garden now, if that is possible.

Thank you for your help. We have obviously done the wrong thing and so we will plant it into the garden straight away. Hope we are not too late!

Maureen.

Good luck with it, Maureen. Oh, and don't use chicken pellets for fertiliser. These are rich in nitrogen which feeds luxurious leaf growth when you are really wanting flowers and sturdy roots. I would suggest that bonemeal is the best non-chemical fertiliser for this.

Thank you again. Maureen.

One more question please -
How deep do I plant imperial Fritillaria bulbs? I believe that I have to plant them in the ground on their side.

Maureen.

They should be planted quite deeply, say as much as nine or ten inches! Ours are shallower. There is advice about planting them on their sides to avoid them collecting water in the crown of the bulb. The trouble is that most bulbs turn themselves the right way up during their first growing season, so not much point. If your soil is liable to be on the wet side I would suggest digging the planting hole a couple of inches deeper and putting some grit in the bottom.

Thank you so much for the Flitillaria bulb information.
Am already looking forward to the spring!

Maureen.