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| Besides V. prunifolium and dentatum any suggestions for Vibrunum species that are ok with a dry spot and have good red fall color? |
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- Posted by viburnumvalley z5/6 KY (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 21:19
| Come south a zone or two, and we'll set you right up. Stay up there where it's not fit for man nor beast - you must use the two you've mentioned. I'd add V. rufidulum, but that'll essentially be a synonym for Blackhaw Viburnum. You could certainly grow V. sieboldii 'Wavecrest'. It can have a screaming red fall color, based on seeing the plants at the Morton Arboretum back in 2009. It is a large plant, right up there with crabapples and redbuds. V. x 'Oneida' (selection from USNA) is an excellent red color in fall, but I don't think it'll make it up there. Many of the fragrant forms have the range of red/orange/yellow/burgundy in the fall, but that's not what you asked for. Beaver Creek Nursery is offering some new forms that have V. lantana and V. mongolicum in their bloodlines. Very hardy, I've just had them a brief time and I don't know what color they'll reliably be. Stay tuned. |
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| I'll have to look into the Beaver Creek selections. A quick glance at their catalog and I didn't see them. I may just opt for a couple of the smaller V. dentatum selections to get going. |
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- Posted by viburnumvalley z5/6 KY (My Page) on Sun, Apr 1, 12 at 18:50
| Can't go wrong there. You should also check in with Classic Viburnums in Nebraska, who welcomes mail orders. They only grow a couple hundred taxa in the viburnum clan... The BCN plants I mentioned are V. mongolicum 'Fireworks', V. 'Wilson Compact', and V. x Emerald Isle�. They also have sold Summer Reflection� in past years. I don't recall that it is solely red, but has had reddish colors in it. Besides - you can never have too many viburnums. |
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| Viburnum acerifolium works in drier locations in Georgia. I checked USDA and it is indigenous to your state, not sure about your area. |
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| Ah, the world of Viburnums...there are just so many! I actually forgot about Summer Reflection and I planted several on a dry slope at my last home! esh, Viburnum acerifolium is another one I forgot about. I do see them growing in the woodlands around here. Here is what I've planted in the past year. Not too bad for a conifer collector. Viburnum 'Spiced Bouquet' |
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