Viburnum
You
really should have a viburnum in your landscape. They are wonderful
plants, and with all the varieties to choose from at least one is
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Viburnum
(Doublefile)
8-10 ft height and slightly wider at maturity.
Leaves are dark green in spring and summer. Reddish purple in
fall.
White
flowers in spring have no fragrance but are born abundantly along
stem above foliage. Red colored fruit changing to black in summer
which the birds quickly devour.
There
are a number of different cultivars of double file out there now.
Flowers are the same but the growing habits differ.
Close
ups of flowers |

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Viburnum
Sargentii (Onondaga)
Grows 6-7' high and almost as wide.
Foliage is a velvety dark maroon when young and keeps a hint of
maroon through the season.
Flower buds are maroon red opening to creamy white starting at
the outside. Gradually most of the flower is open and can
be white with a touch of pink.
Sometimes I am lucky and have repeat blooms throughout the season.
This
plant has grown quite a bit since this picture was taken.
I
had this viburnum for sale at the nursery but nobody was interested
until they saw the one in bloom in the yard. Sometimes you
have to trust your local nursery person to steer you in the right
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This
close up shows the flowers are starting to open from buds.
The buds have been on the shrub for awhile giving an extended color
to the shrub. |
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view of the flowers of Viburnum Onondaga |
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Viburnum
opulus nanum
This
selection grows very densely to form a compact mound of maple-like
foliage only 2' tall and slightly wider. It rarely flowers or
fruits, but its neat habit makes it useful nonetheless as a filler
plant or in rockgardens. The plant prefers good air circulation
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Even
though it rarely flowers or fruits you can see from the photo that
we got an occasional flower. One year we had quite a few.
I was really surprised to see that. |
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Viburnum plicatum 'Newzam' Newport
or
Nanum Newport
Dwarf Doublefile Viburnum
This
is a slow growing dwarf viburnum. It's listed at going 4' tall
by 5' wide. Ours is only 3' after quite a few years.
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