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Planning a shrub border featuring Viburnums

echolane
12 years ago

I have about 40' of fence line where I've just pulled out a lot of old overgrown plants and after wondering considerably about what I ought to plant there, I started reading about Viburnums and got sucked in (just kidding) by the quote: "A garden without viburnums is like a life without music or art".

So without ever seeing them in anyone's garden (that means I don't know that much about them) I've bought the following:

V. sargentii both 'Onandaga' and 'Chiquita'

V. nudum both 'Winterthur' and 'Bulk' (Brandywine)

V. carlesii 'Diana'

V. x judii

v. x burdwoodii 'Mohawk'

There's room for 3 in a featured almost full sun location where the full shrub will be on view; the others will wind up in partial shade and be less fully visible.

I've picked out 'Onandaga' and 'Chiquita' as my favorites for two of the three featured spots, but have to decide which one of the others I should pick for the third featured spot. Anyone care to help me choose which one on the list has the best all-year features deserving of the 3rd featured spot?

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