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12-05-2003, 06:08 PM
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I'm addicted to viburniums :)
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12-05-2003, 09:32 PM
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I'm addicted to viburniums :)
In article , Pam wrote:
flicker wrote: From: Pam Join the club! Viburnums are wonderful, varied and versatile plants and there should be at least one in every garden! I have a bunch myself - Pam- - - I have a 'Mariesii' that is doing very well foliage-wise, about 3 1/2 - 4 feet tall. This is its second spring in the ground, and no flower buds. Does that sound typical? I expected at least a bud or two, like my other viburnums had done. Also, my arrowwood and highbush viburnums flower prolifically, but the fruit production is nowhere near those photos we see of big bunches of fruit. I can count the berries on one hand usually. Last spring the highbush clearly had lots of pollinators visiting it, so what gives? IME, all shrubs need a couple of years to establish (more if very young starts) before they start performing the same as well-established plants. I usually suggest to clients that they don't expect too much before the third year in the ground. As I recall, mine took about three years before significant flower production, but it was pretty small when planted. My trilobum has never produced copious fruits either, but then it is in the back of my garden and no doubt the birds see the fruit and devour it long before I do :-) Fruit development depends on a lot of factors, not the least of which is the amount of sunlight the plant receives. Soil conditions and water will also have some bearing as well as the provenance of the plant - some clones will not be as prolific a fruiter as others. Too many factors to say for sure, but personally, with or without fruit, I think viburnums still have much to offer the landscape. pam - gardengal The shrub that for me did not produce fruit for two years running was the White Icicle currant -- gorgeous flowers, no berries, I was beginning to think it didn't get any fruit. But this year it has just a FEW fruits developing at the end of the spent flowers; maybe in years to come it'll fruit more & more now that its so well rooted & established. The only recently added King Edward III currant (uhm, am I remembering the right king just now???) is by comparison just LOADED with berries (presently, in May, green with red tips, very very pretty); I hope the shock of transplanting it into our yard doesn't stop it from producing as much fruit next year (as it was pot-grown I don't think it could've been much shocked). My V. trilobum produces lots of fruit. Because it is right beside the door & our comings & goings tend to scare off the birds from the doorway, the fruits last all winter & even into spring. This bush gives me palpitations of joy in every season. -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/ |
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13-05-2003, 09:44 PM
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I'm addicted to viburniums :)
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