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Daphne x ‘Red Pearl’  breeder Dirk M. Jockel

Hybrid parents: Daphne cneorum x Daphne x medfordensis ‘Anton Fahndrich’

received two plants with this cross:

Daphne x ‘Red Pearl’ shows the habit of the pollen-plant / 0,3 m height and 0,7 m width / evergreen / scented / hardy / no fruits / blooms twice a year / extremely well coloured, almost red flowers  

second plant is unnamed / habit of the mother-plant / 0,25 m height and 0,3 m width / evergreen / scented / hardy / no fruits / blooms once a year / lilac-red flowers / since two years the plant suffers and needs a rehabilitation

Above and below:

Daphne x ‘Red Pearl’  flowering shrub

Below right:

flowers close-up of Daphne x ‘Red Pearl’

Left:

the deep lilac-red flowers in close-up of the other plant (unnamed) of the same cross

Left:

flowering unnamed shrub of the same cross started suffering and the flower colour becomes paler