Beginner Gardening: Viburnum doublefile, 0 by fenikkusuuk

fenikkusuuk wrote:
I have viburnum doublefile. I LOVE IT! Um please get this question to the appropriate person. I couldn't find a section for Viburnum discussions. Also please add Southern NH as a place where this species is grown. My plant has (I believe) asexually reproduced. I must have 50 young plants. They are not flowering yet and also they are not exhibiting the horizontal branching habit for which they are known. Many are 3 feet tall. I would like to separate them from the parent plant and replant them in several places in my yard. I guess I'm asking if I'm wasting my time and effort on the replant. Will these plants eventually grow to look like the parent? If they are clones they should look exactly like the parent plant (as I remember from biology). How long can I expect to have to wait until they begin to bloom (in years please). and more importantly if you expect that replanting them will lead to success, what's the how to on this. Frankly I believe there is a runner sort of thing under the ground that I will be cutting. I am hoping that roots have already developed and I think it's likely. I hope to simply cut apart the upright plants from the runner and plant them. And yes I know little about gardening. The only thing I am sure of is that my land is unbelievably fertile and things propagate on their own without interference from me...thank God! It used to be a farm and I think feet of manure must have piled up. I live across the street from a nursery and their plants often make their way to my yard seeded by birds no doubt. My irises have jumped the bed walls. My chives are literally spreading across the lawn in the backyard. Wild strawberries are EVERYWHERE as are the chipmunks who munch them. Day lillies are overcrowded and dividing? (i haven't read up on them yet) There's a berry farm about a mile down the road and all of a sudden I got these very thick yet not branching black berry plants sprouting up with 100's of berries to each thick tall stem. They must be a cultivar. I need to tame this place down! But lets start with the viburnum question for now. This is an overwhelming amount of work and I think ONE STEP AT A TIME. I will start with one of the plants that is definitely my favorite the viburnum doublefile. Oh and while we're at that subject....I have a friend who lives in Washington state. I know I have to check the laws on sending him plants. I know for instance California is EXTREMELY restrictive about anything coming into their state. If i can and want to send him one of these young viburnum, should I wait until the plant has lost its leaves and gone to sleep for winter before I send it off to him. With my logic that seems the best route for survival, but I simply don't know. Well send along answers for me if you have some. blue.beauty.lady@gmail.com. Sorry the pic isn't the best but all the green at the bottom of the plant is all new baby plants!