Daphne mezereum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Daphne mezereum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Daphne Mezereum, Linn. Erect shrub, with stout branches, to 4 ft.: Lvs. alternate, cuneate, oblong or oblanceolate, glabrous, grayish beneath, 1-3 in. long: fls. usually 3, sessile, silky outside, fragrant, lilac-purple, appearing long before the Lvs.: fr. roundish ovoid, scarlet. Feb.-April. Eu. to Altai and Caucasus. Gn. 29:602; 33, p. 514; 69, p. 131. V.2:206. Var. alba, Ait., has white fls. and yellow fr. Gn. 29:602; 69, p. 131; 74, p. 255. G.C. III. 21:183, 185; 38:153. R.H. 1905, p. 532. Var. plena, Schneid. (var. alba-plena, Hort.), has double white fls. Gn. 29:602. Var. grandiflora, Dipp. (var. autumnalis, Hort.). With larger brighter purple very early fls., sometimes blooming in fall. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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