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| I have a couple of questions I hope people can answer for me. The first on is regarding my Virburnum trilobum High Bush Cranberry shrub, which I planted in my yard 3 years ago. It has grown pretty tall this year (about 6ft, maybe more), but I have yet to see any flowers or berrys, do I need a polinator in order to see berrys and if so, what would be a couple of good ones for this variety? I do have a Korean Spice Virburnum out in front of my house but I doubt that would help.
My second question is regarding Red Sprite Winterberry and Jim Dandy, I purchased both of these this spring and finally got them in to the ground but they are a good ways away from one another, is they okay? Will the male poliate the female from a distance? They are both in the back of my house, with the female in the middle of my yard and the male further back off to the side. Thanks for any help you can give me. Linda |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Fri, Jun 17, 11 at 17:38
| On your Virburnum trilobum- if you don't see flowers, you won't see berries. ;-) Give it time. Good chance other trilobums are around to pollinate. Auburn University says this about Ilex pollination: tj |
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| Thanks for your help on the Winterberry, I should have no problem with pollination. My Virburnum trilobum is a Redwing, does this change anything as far as needing another type of virburnum to pollinate? I've read that getting two of the same species wouldn't work, is this true? Would a Wentworth do the trick? I've been thinking of purchasing one? Thanks again tj! |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Mon, Jun 20, 11 at 21:37
| Same cultivar is a problem, the same species is fine. Wentorth would work but with trilobum native to all of Maine I doubt pollination would be a problem. tj |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Tue, Jun 21, 11 at 17:25
| MA- Massachusetts, not Maine. Still should be enough of them about. tj |
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