The pink flowering Daphnes are well known, but what about Daphne pontica with its greeny yellow flowers, like little stars ? Something a little different.
Sometimes called the twin flowered Daphne this on is from Türkiye through to Bulgaria. The flowers are sometime fragrant depending on the plants origin, and appear in clusters. Foliage is a glossy mid green.
The flowers are followed by small red fruits and followed by black seeds.
It is late flowering, well after the winter daphne has finished its season, you can get flowers through to mid summer.
Evergreen and reaching around .5m this is a variable species, flower colour and fragrance differ greatly, so if you grow from seed, you might get fragrance, and you might not.
It does sucker, so you could propagate by removing a few.
How to Grow Daphne pontica – Basic Care
Daphne pontica can take a little more sun that some others, however filtered shade is best, it is an understory plant. Reaching a height of nearly 1m with a similar spread. A well drained, humus rich soil, mulch well and try some of the seaweed fertilizer in early spring.
- It will grow best in a slightly acidic soil.
- A well drained soil is important.
- Mulch around the plants to maintain a cool root run.
- Avoid root disturbance.
- Best grown in filtered light or dappled shade.
Daphne pontica can be propagated from cuttings (softwood or hardwood) or seed. Pruning, really not needed, if you pick a few flowers each year that will keep it in shape.
This plant is not readily available fro sale, try rare plants fairs and fairs such as the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society.
You may also be interested in
- daphne plants for sale
- daphne cneorum
- daphne eternal fragrance
- daphne perfume princess
- daphne odora
- daphne pontica
- daphne x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’
- daphne genkwa
- daphne tangutica