Daphne genkwa seed

LATIN NAME: Daphne genkwa

COMMON NAME: Lilac Daphne

LATIN NAME: Daphne genkwa

COMMON NAME: Lilac Daphne

The lilac daphne is the soft, lilac cup of the early spring, and the small, fragrant flowers open along the bare stems. The upright, deciduous shrub carries the small, oval, green leaves and the clusters of the small, lilac-purple, fragrant, tubular flowers with the four spreading lobes along the stems through the early spring, one of the fine, delicate sights of the season, to be followed by the small, white berries. The whole plant is for the eyes only, not for eating or touching without the gloves. It is a shrub of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The lilac daphne is a delicate subject of the plant science, and the lilac cups keep showing up in the work on the daphne group. The chemistry of the bark and the berries, which carry the irritant compounds of the group, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the daphne shrubs, the early spring ornamentals and the members of the daphne family. The small, oval leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the lilac daphne is a regular subject of the work on the soft lilac cups of the early world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The lilac daphne is a fine, delicate shrub of the early spring garden. The clusters of the small, lilac-purple, fragrant, tubular flowers open along the stems through the early spring, one of the fine, delicate sights of the season, grown for the lilac cups rather than for the table. The shrub is one of the fine choices for the early spring border, the mixed shrubbery and the study collection, best kept out of the reach of the small hands. It has been written up in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the lilac cups and the early season, and it is a fine, delicate shrub of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young shrub a sheltered, cool corner and a little leaf-mould in the dry season.

Give the young shrub a sheltered, cool corner and a little leaf-mould in the dry season.

To grow the lilac daphne from seed, sow the small, round seeds a centimetre down in a pot of gritty seed compost, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on slowly at first. With the sun or the light shade and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the lilac cups will open through the early spring.

Daphne genkwa Siebold & Zucc. is an evergreen shrub and one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine