Re: First Blooms--Small Trees
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From: "Michael Derksen" <greenthumb@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Hosta Open Digest" <hosta-open-digest@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: First Blooms--Small Trees
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Mike
from my experience, you would have to work to make a shrub out of it. Here
, where it grows" wild" the plants become trees around 12 feet high , on
average and have a very pretty light yellow bloom. It is called Blackhaw,
but the botanical name ( prunifolium) is because the leaves look just like
the elongated , glossy , leaves on members of the prune family. Both it's
leaves and it's pretty fruit , remind you of cherry trees. Here is is
commonly called Cherry viburnum, a much better name than Blackhaw, I think
Thanks
Ran
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> I have some seeds of Viburnum prunifolium that I am just going to sow.
> (They just got done soaking in water for 48 hours)
> In "Trees and Shrubs for Northern Gardens, by Dr. Leon C. Snyder and
> revision by Richard T. Isaacson, it is listed as a zone 4 plant. In this
> book it is called "Blackhaw". It looks like a beautiful little tree/large
> shrub! (Something to grow miniature and dwarf hostas under!!)
> Mike D.
> Bloomington, MN
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