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- all about the Genus Daphne
distribution S+E China, Nepal, Bhutan, and N-Myanmar, at altitudes up to 4000 m / grows in sparse forests and between shrubs / plants can reach 2,5 m tall but in most cases 1,5 m is the limit in our region / evergreen / hardy / flowers twice a year / fragrance / big red fruits / often used as rootstock / similar to Daphne retusa /
several forms of Daphne tangutica are in cultivation, perhaps some of them are garden hybrids with other daphnes because Daphne tangutica behaves very dominant in case of a hybridized mother-plant
Hybrids with Daphne tangutica are: Daphne x mantensiana, Daphne x ‘Kilmeston Beauty’, Daphne x colorata, Daphne x perfecta, Daphne x splendida and the new Daphne x ‘Vogelsangbachtal’
Above left: Daphne tangutica at Zhongdian, Yunnan, China
Above right: Daphne tangutica flowering shrub
Below left: Daphne tangutica flowering
Right: Daphne tangutica blossoms close up
Above- left and right:
two different forms of Daphne tangutica
Below left:
Daphne tangutica ‘Gold Dust’, variegated form
Below right:
fruits of Daphne tangutica