What type of viburnum is this ?
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Favorite Arrowwood-type Viburnum?
Comments (4)Very interesting, Bruce, and most helpful. So, I was at a good garden center two days ago, looking at their AWV offerings. They had both 'Blue Muffin' and 'Autumn Jazz'. Both looked neat and clean, both had lots of fruit clusters, and both were in good supply for this job, albeit that may come a bit later, in the fall. But the real kicker was, I stopped at one of our community's swimming pools. This large installation has very extensive grounds, lots of shrub beds, and loads of viburnums. In fact, it was this planting in particular which led me to appreciate the AWV. While I did not design this site, I was around from its inception and have always noticed lots of fruiting on the AWs there. Installed in 1991 or thereabouts, I doubt the designer would have used two AWV varieties, nor is there any outward sign of this being the case. They all look the same and they are full of fruit. I guess I'm really wondering about the veracity of the claim that two simultaneously-blooming cultivars are needed for good fruit set in this plant. I used to have the landscape plan for this site but it is long gone. It really seems doubtful to me-knowing who it was that designed it, as well as the physical evidence-that there are two arrowwood viburnum varieties present within this planting. I just really don't think that to be the case. There are however good numbers of cranberrybush viburnums present, but it seems doubtful that would play any role. At any rate, you've steered me off the 'Blue Muffin' even though the store ones looked good, as your experience suggests it may not be all that. Additionally, I'm starting to strongly doubt I need to somehow incorporate that second pollinizer variety into this planting, given your words as well as my own observations. Thanks again. +oM...See MoreSome type of Viburnum?
Comments (6)Definitely V. trilobum. Berry production on most viburnums requires cross pollination by another clone or by a closely related species. These are typically grown for their ornamental effect, not fruit production ;-) It is native to the PNW, although not a very populous or common native species....See MoreIs this viburnum doing okay, or am I missing something?
Comments (9)I wasn't talking about the color - which probably indicates a need for fertilization* - as much as the firmness of the leaves. Dig around in the original soil ball or mass and look at it before you decide the plant is getting enough moisture. Moderate, but FREQUENT watering is needed for a period from 3 to 6 weeks for plants grown with good nutrition and in RootMaker® containers with air-root-pruning to extend fibrous roots into the surrounding soil far enough to be ‘established’. By contrast, it may require 12 to 24 weeks or longer for plants grown in conventional plastic containers to reach a similar level of establishment. WHY? Because once a soilless mix is removed from a container it goes from holding adequate to excessive water in the container, abruptly, to holding very little water. Water is pulled away from the container growth medium and into the surrounding soil very rapidly due to the greater capillary attraction of the small pores in the soil compared to the large pores in the container growth medium. For the full discussion - based on 50 years of research - see Establishment of Container Grown Plants in the right hand column on this page: https://rootmaker.com/knowledge-center *My experience is that Viburnum tomentosum needs soil fertility levels to be kept up or it discolors like this, will actually soon dwindle away if the situation is not corrected...See MoreViburnum ID
Comments (1)Viburnum plicatum....See MoreViburnumValley central KY Bluegrass z6
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