Re: Viburnums experiences please.

Connie, My 2 favorite Viburnums are V. dilatatum 'Erie'  for the foliage,
flowers and {mostly}the incredible multi colored fruit. The plant grows to about
6' tall and 8' wide.The fruit is yellow red and pink or coral.  V. sieboldi, for
the lustrous  foliage, a beautiful green,a little darker in the shade, great
show of fruit in August but it doesn't last that long, the variety Seneca is
supposed to hold on to its red fruit for much longer.V. sieboldi can get very
large {15-20'} This is also the best viburnum for training to  a small single
stem tree, 4-5 years from rooted cutting to 1.5-2" caliper tree.The foliage is
just spectacular when grown in the shade. When V. carlesi or juddi is in bloom
its hard not to love those too for the fragrant flowers, and Mariesii for its
incredible branching form esp. while in bloom,also V. burkwoodi has wonderful
fall foliage that hangs on for a month after the maples have dropped, dark
burgundy leaves, but for multiple seasons of enjoyment the first 2 are my
[current] favorites. Michael Dirr has a lot of good opinions in his Manual of
Woody Landscape Plants and is supposedly in the middle of writing a book about
just Viburnums that may be published in 3-5 years. I'm in Zone 4 and once
established these plants have few problems.  Steve

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