Comments on: Doublefile Viburnum and the Pruning Thereof

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:03:21 +0000

Did you mean to write Michael Dirr?

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 07 May 2006 18:46:39 +0000

Have you encountered the evil viburnum leaf beetle? If so, how did you tame it? I’m especially interested in organic solutions.
Alice

By: Gardening crash-test dummy

Gardening crash-test dummy — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:17:31 +0000

They look incredible Susan. Obviously the risk paid off and is going to continue to pay dividends every spring.

I haven’t seen them before but I will check them out now and see if I can’t fit one into my garden somewhere.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:14:14 +0000

Do any of them have that wonderful Viburnum perfume? I love your garden – please post photos more often.

By: Michele Owens

Michele Owens — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:50:05 +0000

Susan, your garden looks incredible! And you’re right about the layering thing being satisfying. I am finding it tricky in a very confined city yard, however, to shoehorn in something substantial behind my perennials. I hope to achieve what you do with trees with various fence-climbing plants.

However, if you’re not going for a naturalistic garden, but instead something more formal or just plain weird, well, mopheads and snowballs are fun!

I just got six snowball viburnums from Fedco. I loved photos I saw of them in Penelope Hobhouse a few years ago trimmed up into absurd little lollipop trees. She called them “Guelder roses,” I believe.

I hope they make my humble country vegetable garden look like Villandry.

By: jenn

jenn — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:26:14 +0000

How soon in their life did you start the ‘three stems out’ thinning?

We have two smallish bushes that were placed two years ago. This spring is the first time they have looked ’settled’…

Might be time for us to look at the structure, mmm?