Hit the Dirt; Viburnum

According to Michael the author already on what do you ask a pilot. Yeah according to Michael der the authority on what a landscape plants a garden without a Viburnum is a can do a life without music and art.. I once mentioned that I believe crabapples to be all season ornamental trees and I think by bottoms all seasons shrubs there are about a hundred and twenty species of the genus Viburnum the wayfaring tree of Europe that has been grown there for hundreds of years and a large number of cult of ours. They have common names such as Hubble borscht possum hole out of wood wild rays and Guelder Rose. Many have fragrant flowers most bear fruit that is colorful and good for wildlife. There is a great range of beautiful foliage color in the fall and in the winter. Some have persistent fruit and colorful buds but burners are not difficult to grow. Most of the deciduous species there are evergreen ones but they will not survive this far north. I prefer sun to light shade or filtered light and moist you must see a well drained soil somewhat acidic Maryland well and

her trees and shrubs of New England list eight or more Viburnum species that grow wild in northern New England. Most are well worth mentioning. By Bono a sort of folder is the maple leaf. Viburnum not often found in nurseries is quite tolerant of shade and grows up six feet tall and four feet wide somewhat sparsely brunch but has wonderful pink to magenta or purplish if you'd rather for color and black fruit persisting into the four making it a good shrub for migrating birds to fill up on the hollow Bush Viburnum volume may be found in most areas along streams in cool moist woods and by pawns. It's arching branches will root where it touches the ground and it forms dent thickets. There is a cult of us serenity which has 8 inch wide leaves that are gold pink and scarlet in the full white lacy flowers clusters of pink to coral scarlet berries and his eight foot height and horizontal branching make it an excellent specimen plant. By bottom Cason already

is all with a rod sometimes grows as an understorey and deciduous woods but has better form in the some of bays shaped with rounded top and arching branches the leaves opening in the spring are a glossy rich chestnut color. The flowers in June are attracted to the the musty scent may not please all noses but the beauty of this species is the fruit that is in flat top clusters and changes from pale green to pink and then from red to blue them black sometimes all colors on the same cluster. Another good wild life plant and effective in mass plantings. Viburnum dentate arrow would thus name for it straight branches believed to be used by Native Americans for arrows. This plant is not too fussy as to soil but it leaves plenty of moisture. It is vigorous and suckering and may grow up to thirty feet tall by fifteen feet wide. It has blue fruits enjoyed by birds and in the fall the leaves turn yellow to rust red. By bottom line Targo is the natty Berry or wild rays and it is a tall wide vigorous fast growing shrub reaching as tall and

wide as 30 feet. Leonie itself well to a screen planting it has good fruit for wildlife and purple red to dull orange for color. Revive an imprint of all the Black Hall sweet Hall has half inch long oval fruits that sweeten after frost and a good for jams and jellies. It grows 10 to 15 feet tall by the same wide with creamy clusters of flowers. The foliage turns rich red to purple and the roots may be used for medicinal purposes to round out the list of viburnums found in the wild though not necessarily native. There is by Bennett populist the European cranberry and Viburnum tri logo on the American cranberry Bush vote on Oculus also named the guelder rose grows 8 12 feet tall by the same wide as tolerant of dry soil heat and pollution. It has flat has of flowers leaves that turn yellow red and purple and fruit that persists until late for a fine called it is not cut with more robust growth and profuse flowering and fruiting. But Oculus

rosea is the European snowball bush known since the 16th century and bears round snowball like flowers and has red fruit the last into winter. Viburnum tried Lobo is harder than oculus and is good in mass to naturalize plantings hedges and screens. The fruit is oval and cranberry like sour and distasteful to birds except in the spring. Therefore the system through the winter and good for preserves by Brown implicate a variety tomentosa is a double file Viburnum. Maybe the most elegant of the Viburnums. How did his own five and says progress to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit it has horizontal branching and the flowers are large Symes up 6 inches across. Not fragrant but brilliant white. The fruit is surely red in mid late summer and devoured by birds. The leaves a dark green and far ode to Kaja means pleated and turn reddish purple. Some good cult of Oz Shasta

and Shoshone by Bottom line tone is the wayfaring tree with a dark green leather leaf Harry underneath turning published red and the yellow red and black fruit persist into September. The cult of all Mohican has orange red fruit. The list is by no means complete. Check your catalogs books and nurseries planned for next year. This is sad at present you ask if I hit the dirt.