Garland Flower

Garland Flower (Daphne Cneorum) - A dwarf spreading shrub, from 6 inches to 10 inches high, and bearing rosy-lilac flowers, and so sweet that where much grown the air often seems charged with their fragrance. It is a native of most of the great mountain chains of Europe, and is one of the best plants for the rock garden, thriving in peaty and very sandy soils; in stiff soils often fails; is usually increased by layers.

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Mountain Mezereon

Mountain Mezereon (Daphne Alpina) - A dwarf summer-leafing and distinct rock shrub, about 2 feet high, the flowers yellowish-white, silky outside, fragrant, in clusters of five from the sides of the branches. It is a low, branching shrub, flowering from April to June, and bearing red berries in September. C. and S. Europe.

Daphne Arbuscula

Daphne Arbuscula - A native of Transylvania, it bears a resemblance to the small-growing D. petroea from the same region, differing mainly in its more robust habit. It is also said to grow wild in Grass land, whilst D. petroea more frequently inhabits rocky ground. The evergreen leaves are linear and not more than 1 inch long, whilst the fragrant, rosy-pink flowers are borne in terminal heads of six flowers to ten flowers each. It is essentially a plant for the rock garden, and should be planted in soil containing lime or amongst limestone rocks. Seeds.

King's Garland Flower

Kings Garland Flower (Daphne Blagayana) - A dwarf alpine shrub, 3 to 8 inches high, of straggling growth, the leaves forming rosette-like tufts at the tips of the branches, encircling dense clusters of fragrant, creamy-white flowers, blooming in spring and thriving in the rock garden. It is vigorous and free if planted in well-drained loam—calcareous for preference—and leaf-soil, and likes best a rather cool spot. Increased by layers. Layering, in the strict sense, is not necessary. Pegging down the shoots of the previous seasons growth, or weighting them down to the soil by placing stones upon the branches, is ample. If this is indulged in annually, new root activity and increased vigour are continuously promoted. The species is so choice and fragrant as to be worthy our best endeavours to make it a success.

Box-leaved Garland Flower

Box-leaved Garland Flower (Daphne Collina) - The leaves of this much resemble in shape and size those of the Balearic Box, the upper surface of a dark glossy green. The flowers are in close groups, and of a light lilac or pinkish color, the tubes rather broad and densely coated with silky white hairs. It forms a low, dense, evergreen shrub, the branches of which always take an upright direction and form a level head, covered with flowers from February to May. S. Europe. D. Neapolitana is a variety of it.

Daphne Dauphini

Daphne Dauphini - Flowering as it does during the depth of winter, the blossoms of this pretty and interesting Daphne are much appreciated. It has been long known, but is even now decidedly uncommon. It is said to be the result of a cross between the S. European D. Sericea and D. odora. Outdoors D. odora can only be grown in especially favoured parts of the country, while the hybrid is also somewhat tender, and in the London district must be looked upon as a greenhouse plant rather than a hardy shrub. The blossoms are purplish in the bud, but more of a lilac tint when fully expanded. They have to a great extent the fragrance of D. odora.

Golden Daphne

Golden Daphne (Daphne Edgworthia Chrysantha) - A very distinct plant of China and Japan, flowering in midwinter. Is closely related to the Daphnes, is very interesting in structure of the flower, and has a delicate fragrance. Our midwinter climate invites us to take it into the house, where it will help to prove that there is no dearth of flowers in winter, even for those who have no hot-house. The English name I here propose for it for the first time is as above. It seems quite hardy here, but may require a wall in the north.

Fion's Garland Flower

Fions Garland Flower (Daphne Fioniana) - A compact shrub, the heads of bloom are in clusters, five fragrant flowers in each, of a pale lilac color, the tubes densely covered externally with short silvery hairs. This shrub flowers from March to May, and is hardy about London.

Daphne Genkwa

Daphne Genkwa - ilac Garland Flower) is a summer-leafing shrub of from 2 to 3 feet in height, with downy branches and fragrant violet-colored flowers thickly set on the leafless branches in early spring. There appears to be several varieties of D. Genkwa, some with much larger flowers than others, and some of a darker shade of purple. It is not quite hardy in cold districts. Syn. D. Fortunei.

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Fairy Garland Flower

Fairy Garland Flower (Daphne Striata) - A hardy trailing kind, forming dense, spreading masses, 1 to 3 feet across, in June and July are covered with rosypurple scented flowers in clusters. The spreading habit of this plant recommends it for covering bare spots in the rock garden. Alps.

Mezereon

Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum) - A wild plant in English woods, is a charming and fragrant bush, and the earliest to flower, often in February. Where the shrubby rock garden is carried out, nothing is more lovely for its adorning than a group of this. Though quite hardy, it is slow and not so pretty on some cold soils. It is best to begin with little plants, and it is easily raised from seed, thriving best in calcareous soils.

Rock Garland Flower

Rock Garland Flower (Daphne Petraea (Syn. D. rupestris)) - A neat little shrub, with erect shoots forming dense, compact tufts, 2 inches high, often covered with flowers of a soft-shaded pink, in clustered heads. It is a mountain plant, growing wild in fissures of limestone in peaty loam, of slow growth, and it takes some years to form a good tuft. It seems to thrive in very stony and peaty earth, with abundance of white sand, and should be planted in a well-drained but not a dry spot. D. p. grandiflora is a much larger form, well deserving its name.

Sweet Daphne

Sweet Daphne (Daphne Odora) - A fragrant and beautiful kind, in mild and southern districts hardy on the rock garden, usually best on western aspects; but in the north a greenhouse plant. There are varieties called alba, rubra, Mazeli, punctata. Mazeli is, according to Max Leichtlin, hardier than the older kind. Syn. D. indica. China.

Van Houttes Mezereon

Van Houttes Mezereon (Daphne Houtteiana) - This forms a robust spreading bush, 3 or 4 feet high, with all the leaves collected on the young branches, while the old ones are naked. It is distinct, hardy, flowering in the spring before the leaves appear, and is said to be a hybrid between Mezereon and the Spurge Laurel. Its leaves are from 3 to 3 1/2 inches long, purple on the upper side when fully developed, and when quite young and in the bud state, of a dark purple color. The flowers are small, dark purple, quite smooth, and are borne along the shoots of the previous year before the young leaves appear.