'Lawrence Crocker' is a darling evergreen Daphne with sweetly fragrant flowers.
Description:
'Lawrence Crocker' is a diminutive evergreen Daphne x medfordensis is a hybrid (S. arbuscula x D. collina) which typically grows in a mound to 12 inches tall and as wide. It is a dense, slow-growing shrub which features narrow, thickly-textured, dark green, evergreen leaves and fragrant deep pink flowers which bloom from late spring into summer. From the garden of Lawrence Crocker, one of the founders of the Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in Medford, Oregon. Do not move after planting.
Common Name: Daphne
Family: Thymelaeaceae (The Daphne Family)
Zone Hardiness: 6-9
Light: Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award: GPP, AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin
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