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| Anyone growing this plant? What your comments on neglect tolerance, shape, vigor, fruit and flower performance.
I already have Mohican. Debating if I should add Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany', 'Emerald Triumph' or the straight Lantana. I have a poor soil area. |
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| I've been growing it for a number of years as a pollinator for 'Mohican'. Both are doing very well, bloom very well, and in mild winters 'Allegheny' is semi evergreen. Like 'Mohican', fruit is early and doesn't last long. Growth pattern is such that it could be pruned up into a very small, low branching, tree-like shape. |
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| What type of enviroment do you have the plant in? Good soil, bad soil? Do you ever have to supply supplemental water? Lastly would you recommend this plant? Thanks! |
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| Pretty dry;lean, sandy soil, no supplemental water. I would definitely recommend it. I believe 'Allegheny' is a hybrid with V. lantana 'Mohican' as one of its parents. The lantanas can take quite dry soil. |
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| Alleghany is an ironclad star here. I made the mistake of planting them in a small space when they were babies. A hack-job transplant followed. The 6' trees had little rootballs the size of a basketball. They bounced back and are thick, beautiful shrubs today. They get no care beyond me staring at the unusual foliage. Yes, I recommend this shrub. |
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| Thanks! One thing I forgot to ask...how is the shape and vigor variability? I plan to have a grouping of 3-4 so they'd need to be similar in size and shape. Most other viburnums (I have) are not too variable. For example, a lady down the road planted several rose of sharons and they are all varible in height and shape...looks terrible. |
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| Thanks! One thing I forgot to ask...how is the shape and vigor variability? I plan to have a grouping of 3-4 so they'd need to be similar in size and shape. Most other viburnums (I have) are not too variable. For example, a lady down the road planted several rose of sharons and they are all varible in height and shape...looks terrible. |
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| "Allegheny' is a clone--they should all look very much the same. Rose of sharon is a common name for a number of cultivars. If she'd planted all the same cultivar, say 'Diana' or 'Bluebird', they'd all look the same too. |
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