Daphne Genkwa
Lilac Daphne
Long, beautiful lavender-blue flower wands arise on this compact shrub in mid- to late spring, beginning before the new foliage appears. Radiantly beautiful and splendid for cutting, the blooms are a breathtaking sight in the border or along the foundation. Daphne shrubs rarely get taller than a four feet tall. they are slow growing and shouldn't need pruning. They bloom in winter to late spring and are evergreen in all but the coolest climates. They have a mounding form and thick leathery sword-shaped leaves. They are grown for their clusters of fragrant pink, yellow or white flowers. They tend to be short-lived plants.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Lilac Daphne
Latin name
Daphne Genkwa
type
Flowering shrubs or trees
family
Thymelaeaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.30 M
1.30 M
Daphne Genkwa
Long, beautiful lavender-blue flower wands arise on this compact shrub in mid- to late spring, beginning before the new foliage appears. Radiantly beautiful and splendid for cutting, the blooms are a breathtaking sight in the border or along the foundation. Daphne shrubs rarely get taller than a four feet tall. they are slow growing and shouldn't need pruning. They bloom in winter to late spring and are evergreen in all but the coolest climates. They have a mounding form and thick leathery sword-shaped leaves. They are grown for their clusters of fragrant pink, yellow or white flowers. They tend to be short-lived plants.
Planting Outdoors
From Late Winter TO Early Spring
Plant out container grown plants in early spring adding plenty of well rotted compost or manure into the soil, water well.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Flowering
From Late Winter TO Early Spring
It blooms from late winter to early spring with very pale pink highly scented clusters of flowers.