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Daphne cneorum subsp. cneorum L. (1753) | subsp. arbusculoides (Tuzson) Soo (1972)
distribution from European mountains Alps, Pyrenees, and S-Europe to W-Asia / ca. 0,2 m high but sometimes more than 1 m across / prefers alkaline soils on mountain meadows / evergreen / scented / orange fruits
Subsp. arbusculoides occurs from Hungary to Jugoslavia / has a more upright growth (~0,3 m tall) and revolute leave margins / prefers acid soil
Red flowering variants are: ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pygmaea Czech Song’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Sweet Rock’ (‘Variegata Zuckerstein’), ‘Verlotii’, ‘Major’, ‘Eximia’, ‘Ruby Glow’, ‘Velky Kosir’, ‘Typ Augsburg’, ‘Praha’, ‘Blackthorn Triumph’, ‘Puszta’, ‘Benaco’, ‘Peggy Fell’, ‘Klaus Patzner’, ‘Lac de Gloriettes’, ‘Ewesley’, ‘Thorenc’,
typus Kadlec with two terminal inflorescences per shoot,
Daphne ‘Leila Haines’ is still mentioned as a hybrid of Daphne cneorum with Daphne striata but some years ago Daphne ‘Leila Haines’ was classified into Daphne cneorum by C.D. Brickell and R. White
White flowering variants are: ‘Alba’, ‘Pygmaea Alba’, ‘Snow Carpet’
Hybrids with Daphne cneorum are:
Daphne x ‘Bendl Barth’, Daphne x blanda, Daphne x burkwoodii, Daphne x eschmannii, Daphne x fabulosa, Daphne x hauseri, Daphne x hendersonii,
Daphne x napolitana, Daphne x nobilis, Daphne x pilati, Daphne x poetica, Daphne x rossetii,
Daphne x schlyteri, Daphne x ‘Alpengarten’, Daphne x ‘Red Pearl’, Daphne x ‘Vogelsangbachtal’, Daphne x ‘Zdenek Seibert’, Daphne x ‘Valerie Hillier’,
Daphne x savensis - link to another homepage
and as a part of Daphne x burkwoodii in:
Daphne x ‘Richards Choice’,
Daphne x ‘Silver Y’,
and in the Daphne hybrids: Daphne x ‘Colinton Crown’ with parent Daphne x eschmannii / Daphne x ‘Bonnie Glen’ (Daphne petraea x Daphne x hendersonii ‘Rosebud’) / Daphne x ‘Liberton’ (Daphne arbuscula x Daphne x hendersonii ‘Rosebud’) /
Above left: Daphne cneorum at Monte Baldo, Italy
Below left: Daphne cneorum ‘Major’
Above right: Daphne cneorum - Muran form
Below right: Daphne cneorum ‘Benaco’
Above left:
Daphne cneorum ‘ Puszta’
Below left:
Daphne cneorum pygmaea form B
Above left: Daphne cneorum ‘Pygmaea Alba’, shrub
Above right: Daphne cneorum ‘Pygmaea Alba’, blossoms
Below left and right:
Daphne cneorum, French Alps
Below:
Daphne cneorum, French Alps
Below:
Daphne cneorum ‘Leila Haines’
Above right:
Daphne cneorum ‘Alba’
Below right:
Daphne cneorum pygmaea
Above:
Daphne cneorum ‘Snow Carpet’
Below:
Daphne cneorum ‘Blackthorne Triumph’
Above left:
Daphne cneorum ‘Lac des Gloriettes’
Above right:
Daphne cneorum ‘Thorenc’
Left:
Daphne cneorum ‘Eximea’
Right:
Daphne cneorum ‘Ewesley’
Above:
Daphne cneorum ‘Peggy Fell’
Below:
Daphne cneorum ‘Velky Kosir’
Left:
Daphne cneorum ‘Variegata’, huge flowering shrub
Below right:
Daphne cneorum ‘Zuckerstein’
