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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 3,499
    @fizzyliz Viburnum bodnantese Dawn or V b Charles Lamont as seen in my garden. On a warm winters day you can smell it everywhere in the garden My shrub is about 8ft tall but with pruning and thinning out at the base  after flowering takes up little space at ground level. 
    RETIRED GARDENER, LIVES IN SOUTH NOTTS, SOIL CLAY.

    'Tis sweet to visit the still wood,where springs. The first flower of the plain. Longfellow.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I think it's one of the Daphne's. Someone with more knowledge will know which one.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,093
    That's pretty! I might have to add it to my ever growing list.. 
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,200

    I have turned and trimmed pics.
    Definitely Daphne.
    I would suggest Daphne Jacqueline Postill.
    The scent is amazing.



    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,093
    They're really pretty. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 3,499
    edited 12 February
    Yes I have got it wrong. Too much time spent in the garden today didn't study the leaves properly. If it is actually DJ Postill a rare shrub.  I did manage to get my photo the right way also rare.
    RETIRED GARDENER, LIVES IN SOUTH NOTTS, SOIL CLAY.

    'Tis sweet to visit the still wood,where springs. The first flower of the plain. Longfellow.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,026
    Wonder why it is so hard to get hold of. Some of them sucker like mad and the suckers are fairly easy to grow on. There are dozens of them at Bodnant in the Winter Garden.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,200
    There used to be a stunning one at RHS Wisley.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Palustris said:
    Wonder why it is so hard to get hold of. Some of them sucker like mad and the suckers are fairly easy to grow on. There are dozens of them at Bodnant in the Winter Garden.
    It's quite commonplace to find them. Thankfully, I bought mine from the poorly section and it took about a year to grow properly. Mine's now about 5 years old at 6' tall. I've not noticed any suckering from mine, but if they do, they'll soon get whipped out. 
  • @Silver surfer agree with you as today we went out to savour the scent of ours which is only 3 years old. This replaced a Daphne ordoratum after decades but this one is giving us a great fragrance already. A great plant to have in any garden.
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