Comments on: viburnums: think fall (yes, fall)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:43:25 +0000

Hi Linda Not all Viburnum spiecies produce colorful fruit; most of the double flowering varieties are sterile.V. carlesii is grown for it’s fragrance not fruit. The smooth rod Viburnum needs more than one shrub planted near by to produce its great fruit display

By: Linda Pastorino

Linda Pastorino — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:31:48 +0000

Hi,
I was to ask the same question of berries ie viburnam as above but still confused as to what to do. I have not had berries on any of my viburnam yet. The first Carlessii I put in 7 years ago and two near one another, nothing. Very healthy but nothing so far.The original two are in the rose garden about 200 feet from the other five. I have some others in another area as well, so they are within a few hundred feet each three groups of various types.
I added five different species two years ago and two of some of them each besides, all doing quite well including nudum Winterthur , flowering fine near one another but no berries. I saw the beautiful color of the red leaves and blue berries on Winterthur on your sight and mine is still green with no berries. I’m in zone 5B Are the photos on the sight now what your’s look like now this week? I would add more all over the property I love them, but want the berries( I love the yellow berries in the photo of your sight ) as I think I like this stage best. Let me know what you think or if you have that polination chart you spoke of, maybe you can post it for us. The Nudum I have is about five feet tall when I planted it so it’s a quite mature but only two years in the garden, this will be the second winter. Last year the leaves were red eventually but no berries.
thanks!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:27 +0000

Welcome, Jennifer; send them along to email and I will see if I can manage a quick ID. awaytogarden [at] gmail [dot] com is the address. Good that you are not making any hasty decisions before you do some sleuthing. It takes a hole year and lots of note-taking and research to really get acquainted with a new garden, I think. Very exciting, though. See you soon.