Northeast Gardening: Reviewing 2015 Projects and Plants, Challenges and Results, 4 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
I read with interest as we await our Snow-mageddon. Central KY and the Valley sit in the bullseye of 12 - 20\" today. All that is brown will be white again...

Regarding the color range discussion arising: a very easy to grow plant with fruit heading toward that color is Callicarpa sp., from which Bean Towners can probably grow 6-8 taxa. Around here, Callicarpa dichotoma grows with abandon and makes a decent 4-5\' plant which can be cut back every spring to flower and fruit on new wood.

For acid soilers up east, the colorful fruit of Symplocos paniculata is nothing short of startling. Anyone with room for this species - note that it is essentially dioecious - is the lesser for not having it.

I would venture that many will be able to weigh in with floral display ideas to bring turquoise and friends to your landscape. Maybe you could post some swatches of the color range which you wish to explore...

**Callicarpa americana here at the Valley