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A Daphne tip

Mar 03 2005

A Daphne tip

Written by Jungle Jim

Thursday, 03 March 2005

Daphne is noted for being tempermental every where it is grown. I was talking to one of my suppliers about daphne. He commented that when they quit giving them acid and in fact went the other way and limed them they started having much better success. Daphne is noted for the wonderfull spring fragrance. If lime does make a difference

This tip comes with no guarantee but if you have been trying to get a daphne you might try it.

In addition to the lime we also talked about the fact that daphne does best with a little benign neglect. The number one mistake people make is too much water, too much fertilizer, too much attention!