Trevor Appleton15/3/04 6:52


"Sacha" wrote in message
o.uk...
Trevor Appleton14/3/04 7:31

Have just had the unpleasant task of felling my favourite shrub in the
garden - an 8ft tall Daphne bholua 'Darjeeling'.

I was instructed by the Chief Domestic that it had to go as it was
blocking
the view from the conservatory, fortunately some of it is left to grow
on as
it had two stems. However, I now have masses of grafting material if I
only
had some rootstocks.

Any ideas? Are there any commonly available plants that would do?

I have a few small Daphne retusa, which it would be a shame to hack, but
I
could use these if they were suitable.


Ray says, do try - he reckons it's almost impossible to root it, as you
know, obviously.
He says also that he thinks this is grounds for a divorce.



Sacha

It would have been if it hadn't been possible to leave another 6ft high part
of the plant just to the side of the conservatory window. I just hope it
hasn't killed it.

snip

I hope not but in fact, cutting 'windows' in shrubs is not unknown and is a
good way of dealing with those that are too tall. Whether your Daphne will
survive is open to question but Ray says "he doesn't see why not". So maybe
divorce can be avoided. ;-)


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Sacha
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