and they STILL don't have V. Lantanoides!!!

The hardest to find plant around...

Wow.

I actually have three different cultivars and have wondered why this species did not have more of a following.

Guess I hang in the wrong circles.

At long last...welcome.

I purchased some Prairie Classics from them a couple years ago - nice plant, and very tough. Excellent customer service as whaas mentioned.

Choose your species/varieties carefully if you live in (or near) Viburnum Leaf Beetle territory. V. dentatum, opulus, and trilobum occasionally suffer heavy damage here in southeast Michigan. See link.

Here is a link that might be useful: VLB susceptibility

That is the beauty with being able to diversify with the various species. VLB isn't an issue from what I've heard/seen around here. Can't say I've even seen a live Viburnum beetle.

Personally I'd have more concern with borers in my area. So one that is susceptible to VLB is more resistant to borers...ie V. dentatum.

At the end of the day most plants if not all have their enemies.

Prairie Classic looks like a nice plant. Have you observed consistent fall color?

Here is a link that might be useful: Borers

whaas:

Nice "sampling"...

I have known and been doing business with Gary & Susan for more than 10 years now - including a 2004 visit to their central Nebraska digs after a conference in Salt Lake City - and I will unabashedly say they are salt of the earth folks.

You won't be sorry that you've purchased as many of these plants as you can possibly install in your environs. You will be left wanting more. Get used to it.

Whaas,
My Prairie Classics have only been in the ground for 2 seasons now, so they are still small. Fall color has been a uniform red so far. The fall color effect should improve as they grow larger, with lighter shades (yellow/orange) in the interior and darker red shades where more exposed to sun.

Cool, a good selection of natives included.

Thanks for the website Whaas. I've often wondered why local nurseries (at least around here) don't offer more options. I'll definitely be ordering from them to add to my collection. Viburnums are definitely one of my favorites and I wish more gardeners would realize how wonderful these shrubs really are, especially since you can limb a lot of them up into nice, understory trees that are interesting through the entire gardening season. Flowers, berries, structure, fall color......doesn't get much better than that.

Natives, indeed.

Here is a nice Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)...

That is gorgeous, VV!

If ever there was a thread right down VV's alley, it is this one! Both pics are excellent!!!

And thank you, whaas, for another bookmark added to the online retail tree/shrub folder.

Flattery gets you everywhere - especially more imagery...

A happy Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, basking in sunshine.

Rusty blackhaw is one of my favorites (in a group that is hard to pick a favorite!). The foliage is outstanding, both in the summer and then again in the fall.

This is what my Viburnum pragense looks like today.

Frank

Prairie Classic fall foliage

Very nice pic contributions! Shows off how great this genus really is.

Dave, that truly is a kaleidoscope. What a great intro...that is one selection that can be grown into a small tree.

How attractive are the berries, in general, for birds?

Edit: And which are the most upright? Upright would be most appropriate for my needs.

This post was edited by beng on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 11:40

The dentatums for the most part tend to stay more upright.

The cultivars Pathfinder and Fireworks are strictly upright...they have both.

I can only speak for the native ones.

The most upright ones in my area are V. rufidulum and V. prunifolium. They can easily be considered small trees.

As for berries, the V. dentatum ones disappear the fastest but the V. nudum ones are popular too. V. acerifolium ones stay on the longest ... but I just saw a robin snacking on them the other day.

Hi,
Would viburnum chindo grow under a black walnut? Could anyone advise? Thanks.