Plant Profile: Viburnums

[@paulacothren3591]

Thank you, gentlemen! What a wonderful tour of various Viburnums and how to site them!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@nerinat8371]

Thanks so much, great show

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@sannaericditsler4034]

Thank you for the video. Viburnams are very interesting and varied.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@jul7673]

This was so fun! Just saw V japonicum for sale the other day. Incredibly glossy, elegant foliage with a pretty red berry. Need to go back for it.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I would. Regards Stephen

[@lindagriffin510]

My Chinese Snowball Viburnum blooms in both the spring and fall. It blooms for two months or longer in both seasons with a glorious show! I highly recommend this plant!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@Loogiemistress]

Thank you, very interesting. Love learning 😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@timv.885]

I worked for the Chicago Park District and obtained some cuttings from the Garfield Park Conservatory of Viburnum Carlesii (Korean spice) the blooms have the most amazing fragrance and the aroma can detected from many yards away, nothing smells quite like it that I’m aware of. Thanks for the video.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

A pleasure and I agree about carlesii. Regards Stephen

[@scallywags12]

So nice to see lovely shrubs and different types. I have a high bushy cranberry viburnum trilobum that is over 20 ft tall. Love the fall color and berries.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We really will have to revisit Viburnums at some time. Regards Stephen

[@sylviahardy4568]

Ah, it seems I've been confused over white flowered shrubs 😆 . Will definitely be giving the viburnum Snowball a go, the geulder rose type having lost its auunal fight with sawfly. Viburnum 'Dawn', although gangling and twiggy, earns its space in my tiny UK garden. In our deciduous winters, all but devoid of flowers, the wonderfully scented little pink flowers are an absolute joy, worth growing for the sake of a twig or two in a vase on the Christmas dinner table😊 Thanks guys 😊 Keep up the good work 👏

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you enjoyed the video and I certainly agree about 'Dawn' although it doesn't flower at Christmas here! Regards Stephen

[@tamborinekyle]

Oh dear, I think I might have to plant some in my garden now, thanks guys.. 🤣🤣

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Go on! Thanks for watching!

[@imaginativeusername4732]

The bodnantense in the corner of a front garden near where I live in England smells lovely at the moment when I walk past! It looks like it's been pruned as part of a hedge and has a not-particularly-attractive blocky look but never mind!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

They are always a bit gawky but can at least be made tidy by good pruning. Regards Stephen

[@joanne-et6pm]

Ok thanks

[@railiedouglas3018]

I’ve planted Macrocephalum in my shrub border. It’s flanked by a white Brugmansia with Montanoa bipina ifida on the other side of that & a variegated Brugmansia the other side. A crepe Myrtle & Euphorbia cotinifolia in front. I’ve tucked Luculias either side of it & further down the border are two Dombeya. Walichii & tilacea. Salvias infilling & perennials around them. We’ve had so much rain the growth rate has been phenomenal.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

If only I could say the same about rain! Regards Stephen

[@sunenielsen2686]

Thank you for yet another entertaining video :) - Virburnums, yes, I like edible stuff and have a couple of Viburnum lentagos or Nannyberries in our garden in Denmark. Have you heard of any other Virburnum where you can eat the berries or other parts of the plant?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

May be our next epic on Viburnums! Regards Stephen

[@sunenielsen2686]

@@thehorti-culturalists What a good idea!

[@TimurDavletshin]

19:29 - What else to say about Viburnum? Viburnum opulus, the one which goes by guelder rose, is perfectly edible (btw, Wikipedia article lies about toxicity). Berries are collected after first frosts and layered with sugar (1:1). It could be left for couple months or cooked immediatly into jelly. Fruit preparations made of Viburnum is quite common in Eastern Europe (e.g. the one made by Agrana Fruit). Viburnum is an icon of peaceful countryside lifestyle in Eastern Europe. "Kalinka-malinka" song is about Viburnum (along with raspberry, literally "petite guelder rose, petite raspberry").

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Oh there is so much more to Viburnums than we mentioned so I'm sure we will be doing it again. Regards Stephen

[@Kramfors1]

Thank you!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@SuperMatchless1]

Lanarth is a garden on the edge of a village called St Tudy in cornwall,I expect you already knew that.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Certainly did. Regards Stephen

[@fredsmith7525]

Great Video boys! We have a viburnum macrocephalum in a pot. We want to put it in the ground. What sort of conditions and care will it need? We are thinking of putting it in a full sun position and our soils type is clay. Thanks.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

probably best in morning sun and the clay soil needs breaking up with organic matter and some sharp sand or fine gravel. Regards Stephen

[@adriandunn2301]

Hi , and thanks. I'm in Melbourne, Australia. Are the berries bird friendly, and how long do these beautiful plants live? Kind regards, Carol

[@thehorti-culturalists]

They are either fine for the birds or they aren't touched by them and they are long lived shrubs. Regards Stephen

[@michelleormrod5277]

Hello, question: the Chinese snowball in my garden only flowers for about two weeks. Is there anything I can do to encourage longer flowering?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I have no idea why yours flowers for such a short time. Are you sure it is the right plant? Regards Stephen

[@michelleormrod5277]

@thehorti-culturalists it's been in the ground for a few years, but I'm sure the label said it was a Chinese snowball and it looks identical to the one you showed. Nevermind. Thanks for the video!

[@dzl888]

@Stephen: I live in South west Sydney. It's a couple of degrees warmer in summer and colder in winter, can I grow the European snowball viburnum? Any special requirements for this plant?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It is quite a tough thing so a morning sun aspect should be about all it needs. Regards Stephen

[@lynmccullough4860]

Another advantage of viburnums is that in my experience possums don’t eat them !

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You seem to be right although I don't trust the little blighters. Regards Stephen

[@FarmerJohn1972]

I went through a stage where I fell in love with viburnums, but as much for the berries as for the flowers. I found out that it's a lot easier to get flowers than the berries--so much fussiness about the pollination! I finally gave up. And there didn't seem to be much info about it. I couldn't find anywhere to tell me, specifically, what two varieties I should plant to get the berries in my zone 5a location. Any suggestions?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

My next Viburnum epic will probably cover some of that but it will be a way off as we haven't filmed it yet! Regards Stephen

[@matteosollecito2448]

Ciao, ragazzi. I finally found flowering quinces in Home Depot. Two gallon containers. The problem was that they all contained two plants with the central stems flush against one another. I guess they thought it made them look fuller to catch the purchaser’s eye. I left them as I thought this was not a good way to plant them and that I’d damage them when trying to separate them. Was I wrong.?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

If they were dormant I probably would have separated them (twice as many plants) and they are tough. Regards Stephen

[@matteosollecito2448]

@@thehorti-culturalists thanks, Stephen. They were leafed out with a few orange flowers. I will look for one next year. They’re an old timey shrub in America that you seldom see these days. I saw the first one at 48 in an overgrown backyard and loved it.

[@joanne-et6pm]

Hi Stephen & Matt Great video on beautiful viburnums I really need to get one the snowball ones really impressive but Bunnings near me has only sweet viburnums I c u can also purchase dwarf snowball ones - 6 ft height so that probably would b ideal in Winnie's garden Do u sell those at dicksonia? Stephen Thanks again Guys Happy Gardening 🌸🐝🦟

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I do butdont have stock at the moment so keep in touch. Regards Stephen