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  Viburnums for Year Round Interest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Viburnums are dependable and interesting in all seasons of the year.
Viburnums can be used as specimen shrubs or small trees or in border plantings as they range from small to very large.
Viburnums can be used to attract wildlife such as birds and small mammals because of the abundance of fruit produced on each bush.
www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/articles2/vibernum.html   (389 words)

  
 Viburnum :: Flowers :: Learn all about Flowers.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Viburnums are related to the honeysuckles, so it should come as no surprise that many of them have fragrant flowers.
About the o­nly drawback with viburnums is that because they are so adaptable and easy to grow, they seem to have suffered from the 'familiarity breeds contempt' syndrome that sees common plants, however attractive and useful, relegated to the lower divisions of the garden league in favour of something more 'exciting'.
Viburnum carlesii is deciduous and Viburnum utile is evergreen, so in the spirit of compromise, their 3m tall offspring is semi-evergreen.
www.1-flowers.net /article30.html   (2057 words)

  
 FS-565 - Viburnums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Most viburnums are dense shrubs forming a mass of green foliage However, some varieties grow as loose, open shrubs and others form small trees.
Many viburnums are susceptible to leaf spot, which appears as gray-green, spongy, water-soaked spots on the leaves and young stems, enlarging into irregular, brown, sunken areas.
Viburnums that are grown in shaded areas are often attacked by powdery mildew, which appears as a white, mealy material covering the leaves.
www.agnr.umd.edu /MCE/Publications/Publication.cfm?ID=159   (1102 words)

  
 Viburnum
Most viburnums are dense shrubs forming a mass of green foliage, but some varieties grow as loose, open shrubs or small trees.
Viburnums are excellent hedge plants, foundation shrubs or specimen plants, depending on the mature height of the selection.
Many viburnums are susceptible to leaf spot, which appears as gray-green, water-soaked spots on the leaves and young stems, enlarging into irregular, brown, sunken areas.
cufan.clemson.edu /factsheets/HGIC1075.htm   (1522 words)

  
 Penn State News
Viburnums are a rather diverse group of shrubs or small trees that you might want to consider when planning or improving your home grounds.
Depending on the species of viburnum selected, it is possible to have a number of these qualities on a single plant during the growing season.
Viburnums are best used as specimen plants where their unique qualities are easily seen or they can be used in a mass border to make an even stronger landscape statement.
www.psu.edu /ur/2000/viburnums.html   (667 words)

  
 Viburnums for variety   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While relatively few of our native viburnums have found their way into the commercial landscape trade, many work well in naturalistic settings and provide excellent cover and food for birds.
Viburnums are resistant to serious insect infestation and adapt well to a variety of soil and environmental conditions.
The standard form of Koreanspice Viburnum is a good intermediate landscape plant as it only grows five to six feet high with an equal spread.
pss.uvm.edu /ppp/articles/viburnums.html   (420 words)

  
 Floridata: Viburnum rhytidophyllum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A trio of leatherleaf viburnums at the Mount Airy Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Leatherleaf viburnum is an evergreen shrub 8-15 ft (2.4-4.6 m) tall with elongate distinctively puckered leaves borne in opposing pairs on fuzzy twigs.
Leatherleaf viburnum is valued for its tolerance of alkaline soils, and is useful in areas where limestone is at the surface.
floridata.com /ref/v/vibu_rhy.cfm   (688 words)

  
 Viburnums for Iowa
Burkwood viburnum is an upright to rounded, multi-stemmed shrub that grows 8 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide.
The Koreanspice viburnum is a rounded shrub with dull, green leaves that grows 4 to 8 feet tall with a similar spread.
The rounded, stiffly branched habit of Blackhaw viburnum is reminiscent of a Hawthorn.
www.ipm.iastate.edu /ipm/hortnews/2004/7-16-2004/viburnum.html   (1049 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Viburnums have everything; a wealth of lovely flowers, an unforgettable perfume in many varieties and a handsome form that is dense with dainty, glossy, dark-green leaves.
The Viburnum is a shrub that should be planted around the deck or next to the entrance of the house to take full advantage of its fragrance.
Viburnums range in leaf size (and hence texture in the shrub border) and also in bulk, though most are large shrubs that requires some space.
www.gdnctr.com /sum992.htm   (780 words)

  
 Viburnum_text.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A number of viburnums form a screen between the sidewalk and the NW Bessey parking lot.
Viburnums are upright, deciduous or evergreen shrubs or occasionally small trees.
Viburnums present the landscape designer with a variety of choices from specimens and tub plants, to border accents and screens.
project.bio.iastate.edu /trees/campustrees/Viburnum/Viburnum_text.html   (100 words)

  
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Viburnums—A Selection of Versatile and Underused Natives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Viburnums have long been popular garden plants, celebrated for their white, often fragrant spring flowers and their fall color.
The arrowwood viburnum, Viburnum dentatum, is a plant I regard highly for its ability to adapt to a tremendous variety of cultural conditions.
The fl-haw viburnum, Viburnum prunifolium, has the stature of a small tree and is found in the woods from Connecticut to Florida and west to Michigan and Texas.
www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/plants/2002wi_viburnums.html   (1397 words)

  
 This Months Issue - KentuckyLiving Magazine - Kentucky Living
Viburnums are not showy; instead, their beauty is subtle, strong, and consistent in even the harshest landscape situations.
Viburnums range in size from 2 feet to 30 feet high, the flowers are generally white, and some smell sweet and spicy while others are offensive or have no scent at all.
Many people are interested in the fragrant viburnums; their sweet smell can be sensed for some distance beyond the planting, making them very popular around decks and patios.
www.kentuckyliving.com /article.asp?articleid=291&issueid=55   (721 words)

  
 Young's Nurseries Inc.
Viburnums are a very versatile genus of shrub, which have many uses in the landscape.
Whether it is a foundation planting, shrub border, hedge or screening plant that you need, there is surely a species or cultivar of Viburnum that will match your needs perfectly.
This plant is a hybrid improvement of Viburnum carlessii.
youngsnurseries.com /vibernum.html   (1375 words)

  
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Viburnums generally prefer cool, moist, fertile soils and withstand partial shade, although several do well on high dry sites in full sun.
Viburnums are handsome and valuable as specimens in screens, borders, hedges or masses, and should find extensive usage in landscape plantings.
Many of the viburnums listed in the table are readily available, but others may be hard to find.
web1.msue.msu.edu /msue/iac/greentip/viburnum.htm   (629 words)

  
 VIBURNUMS FOR VARIETY
American Cranberrybush Viburnum (V. trilobum) is perhaps best known, as it is native, hardy, and has edible red fruits in fall, which are great for making jellies (and of course, for birds, too).
Burkwood Viburnum (V. burkwoodii) is similar to Koreanspice in form, flower, and fragrance although the burkwood has partially evergreen leaves.
Onandago Viburnum (V. sargentii 'Onandaga') is quite hardy and a good selection for its purplish leaves in spring, which turn dark green in the summer.
www.backyardgardener.com /masterg/g-90.html   (647 words)

  
 Stadler Nursery and Garden Centers - Viburnums
With the arrival of spring the diverse viburnums awaken from winter naps by shaking the snow off of their evergreen coats or sprouting rich green foliage in a variety of unique textures.
The Linden Viburnum is a wonderful three-season plant which is valued in the landscape when planted in mass, as a border plant and even as a specimen.
Mohican Viburnum is prized for its abundant red orange berries that contrast beautifully with its leaves that tend to remain green until falling.
www.stadlergardencenters.com /journals/journal.php?article=40   (1434 words)

  
 Sandy Feather: Viburnum leaf beetle has yet to hit here
Viburnum leaf beetles are widespread throughout continental Europe.
Adult viburnum leaf beetles are very small, roughly the size of a matchstick head.
Viburnum leaf beetles overwinter as eggs laid in twigs of host plants.
www.post-gazette.com /homes/20020209quest0209fnp7.asp   (660 words)

  
 Viburnums - Native Shrubs in wildlife landscaping
Viburnum Family - Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, opposite, simple leaves that have smooth, toothed or lobed edges.
Use of Viburnums for wildlife food is not great despite the fact that fruits and twigs are readily eaten.
The fruits are eaten by deer, beaver, rabbit, chipmunks, squirrels, mice, skunks, grouse, turkey and most songbirds such as cardinal, cedar waxwing, robin, thrushes, and brown thrasher.
www.wvu.edu /~agexten/wildlife/ntvplts/viburn.htm   (624 words)

  
 National Gardening Association :: Regional Reports
Viburnums are semi-evergreen in our region, and nearly every yard has a place for at least one of them.
Viburnums are not at all fussy, provided they have decent drainage.
Most viburnums are naturally resistant to insects and diseases, so they never need spraying, either.
www.garden.org /regional/report/arch/inmygarden/640   (324 words)

  
 Viburnums Versatile Shrubs for the Landscape
Viburnums are a group of versatile, adaptable shrubs for northern Illinois landscapes.
For example, arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) is a large, vase-shaped shrub ideal for background and screening plantings.
Viburnum carlesii, Koreanspice viburnum, is a medium shrub with rounded form, pink to white fragrant flowers, and blue to fl fruit.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /stateline/010315.html   (265 words)

  
 Viburnums: Shrubs with Four Season Interest
Viburnums are some of the most attractive, versatile, adaptable shrubs for the home landscape.
Viburnums are plants with four seasons of interest.
Colorful red to purple leaves in the fall persist well into the winter, when Viburnums’ dramatic branching structure is revealed and enhanced by a dusting of snow.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /hortihints/0204a.html   (338 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - honeysuckle, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
The family includes the elders, viburnums, weigelas, and snowberries as well as the honeysuckles; many are hardy plants that are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals.
Some plants of other families are also called honeysuckle, e.g., the swamp and purple honeysuckles of the heath family.
Sambucus (elder or elderberry) and Viburnum are shrubs and trees usually having showy flat-topped clusters of white flowers.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/honeysucl.html   (422 words)

  
 Viburnum in the Landscape   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Viburnums in the Landscape The Viburnums are one of the most outstanding group of shrubs for use in the landscape planting.
Among their characteristics are variation in size from two to thirty feet, varied growth habits, excellent foliage, striking and fragrant flowers, showy fruit, and interesting winter appearance.
In addition to the aesthetic features, Viburnums are hardy, resistant to serious pests, adaptable to a variety of soil and environmental conditions and require little pruning.
www.penpages.psu.edu /penpages_reference/29401/29401119.HTML   (847 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) had a spectacular bloom this year although it was cut short by one of the April showers.
Viburnum plictrum should really be a cultivar instead of a species since the flowers don't produce seed.
Leatherleaf viburnum would grow in our area but there are so many other good evergreens that it has never been popular.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /cabarrus/staff/dgoforth/newsart/viburnum.html   (664 words)

  
 NSA: The Seed, Spring 2000
Koreanspice viburnum for the strong clovelike scent of its flowers; Mohawk viburnum for abundant red buds opening to white blossoms; flhaw viburnum for glossy red fall foliage; doublefile viburnum for the strong horizontal tiering of its branches-noticeable year-round but most evident midwinter; allegheny viburnum for large, leathery leaves that may persist through the entire winter.
In spite of the multi-season appeal all viburnums have, we'll approach them by season, moving from the viburnums most prominent for spring blossoms and fragrance, to those known for their ornamental fruits, to the viburnums with the most colorful fall foliage, on into those with winter interest.
Viburnums have a life cycle of at least 25 years and many of the viburnums at the Maxwell Arboretum had grown to a height of about 12' and then stopped putting on new growth, particularly lower growth.
arboretum.unl.edu /poppages/seed/2000spring.html   (2181 words)

  
 Flowering Trees - Twombly Nursery - fall flowers, horticulture, viburnums, cranberry bushes
Open the window on a spring day when one of these viburnums is in bloom and the fragrance will waft through the house.
Viburnums have two major types of flower heads: flat-topped clusters of flowers that resemble lacecap hydrangeas, and snowball types, with globe- or dome-shape flower clusters.
The list of outstanding flowering viburnums is long (see the chart), but I want to mention just a few.
www.twomblynursery.com /inthenews_viburnums3.htm   (482 words)

  
 Viburnums In The Landscape, HYG-1062-88
The viburnums are one of the most outstanding group of shrubs for use in the landscape planting.
The smaller forms such as the Viburnum carlesi 'Compacta' and V. opulus 'Compactum' are excellent for planting close to houses, and the larger forms such as V.
The flowers, primarily white in color, are borne in clusters, ranging from a rounded snowball shape to a flat form.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/1000/1062.html   (914 words)

  
 Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Viburnums are usually shrubs, but their habits vary (see Viburnum: the basics).
Viburnums excel as specimen plants or as anchors in mixed borders.
Except for a few varieties, noted in the chart Viburnums that excel from season to season, give them moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil with a pH from 5.6 to 6.6.
www.taunton.com /finegardening/pages/g00015.asp   (1652 words)

  
 National Gardening Association :: Regional Reports
Viburnums are also good wildlife plants since they have edible berries, and they offer us the pleasure of attractive blossoms, many of which are scented.
These are the irregularly shaped viburnums that have the lovely lacecap flower clusters in spring where small, fertile flowers are surrounded by a circlet of large, sterile flowers.
Both are similar in appearance to the wayfaring tree, although the Judd viburnum is a bit smaller, and the Koreanspice viburnum is considerably smaller in stature.
www.garden.org /regional/report/arch/inmygarden/1375   (557 words)

  
 Gardening : Insects : Nasty Bugs on Their Way : Home & Garden Television
The viburnum leaf beetle is indigenous to Europe but entered the United States from Canada about five years ago.
The viburnum leaf beetle could have an impact equal to that of the Japanese beetle.
Viburnums can be killed if plants are completely defoliated, so gardeners don't dare ignore this incorrigible pest once it sets foot in the garden.
hgtv.info /hgtv/gl_diseases_pests_insects/article/0,1785,HGTV_3580_1387017,00.html   (771 words)

  
 Plants In Season Commentary
The 'Willowwood' Viburnum {V. x rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood'} is enjoying its second bloom of the year on both sides of the stairs at the entrance to Ellen Reed Hall.
Along the west side of the HUB are several 'Onandaga' Viburnums {V. sargenti 'Onandaga'} that have a circle of white flowers around deep red buds.
We have several species of Viburnum that will be opening in the coming days with clusters of white and cream colored flowers.
www.plymouth.edu /psc/fsb/landscap/plantsis.htm   (4684 words)

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