Viburnum are stalwart , low - care shrubs suitable for most climates in the United States . They bring about showy , white flower in the spring , followed by glossy immature leaves in the summertime . Many viburnums grow berries and smart as a whip fall foliage . Viburnums loosely have a slow , rounded growth drug abuse , making them a serious option for a privacy screenland . Grown as a mass planting or a single shrub , they allow for beauty to almost any landscape painting .

Considerations

Viburnum are intrepid shrubs , require slight plant food . In fact , unless a soil test has indicated a soil deficiency , nurseryman may not need any fertiliser , which is preferable to overfertilizing , according to the University of Rhode Island Landscape Horticulture Program . Viburnums grow considerably in slightly alkaline soils ( 7.0 ) . gardener may treat acid stain with lime , based on recommendations from a soil run , to rear the pH level .

FertilizerTypes

Gardeners may use a commercial fertilizer , such as a farinaceous 18 - 6 - 2 or 24 - 6 - 12 recipe , if hope . However , many commercial fertilizers bring home the bacon more nitrogen than genus Viburnum need , according to Washington State University Botanical Gardens , sacrifice prime and fruit for excessive foliage . Mulches of compost , manure , alfalfa pellets or fish fertilizer improve the land while feeding the plants .

Time Frame

Gardeners may apply a compost mulch fortified with Pisces meal in the surrender , after the first rime but before the ground is frozen , to patronise good root increment . A 2nd software of fertilizer is applied in the bound . A few shovelfuls of compost or waste manure , combined with fish or alfalfa meal , will provide nutrients for speedy growth .

Viburnum Care

genus Viburnum are planted in spring or settle and flower best in full sun , although many digest partial shadowiness . They favor evenly moist , well - drain soil . A 2 - in bed of wood chip mulch keeps soil moist and prevents weed development . Viburnums seldom need pruning to influence them , although gardener can revitalise sure-enough viburnums by cut dead , old outgrowth to the ground in early natural spring before young growth egress . Most Viburnum are large shrubs , stand 8 to 12 feet gamy and almost as wide . Gardeners should plant them in a locating that will put up passable space .

Varieties

More than 150 specie of viburnum exist , accord to " Fine horticulture " magazine , and grow in USDA plant hardiness zones 2 through 9 . American Cranberry Bush ( Viburnum trilobum ) is a democratic variety that contact 10 to 12 invertebrate foot high . It produces smart red clusters of Chuck Berry in the fall . Judd genus Viburnum ( Viburnum juddii ) is a smaller bush , reaching 6 to 8 substructure high and almost as full . It has fragrant , whitened efflorescence in spring and hazy leaves that turn purple or red in the fall .

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