Mid-Atlantic Gardening: My Intro, 1 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
So far I've heard preference for multi-seasonal plants, but only an assertion that a 'Shasta' Doublefile Viburnum will find a home.

I must protesteth. Frederick is nigh in the heart of where Viburnums must prosper. I'd suggest many, but I venture that you already know their names.

There are more than a few that make up into tall shrubs and small trees, but most make magnificent border shrubs that grace all four seasons.

I don't remember if you mentioned your soil reaction. I assume acid for your neck of the woods, which may be wrong. If it is acid, why not go for a "nobody else on my block has one" plant like a handsome Franklinia alatamaha, or one of several flavors of Stewartia (syn. Stuartia) sp., or maybe even an Enkianthus campanulatus?

Form, flower, function, fall color - all inclusive with the rapt attention from passersby gasping "What is that?"