Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Two Viburnum questions, 1 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
Now.....are you grampapa or grammagirl?

Might have trouble with the cross-pollination concept there.

You can use any of the V. carlesii types, or the V. x burkwoodii, or some of the other hybrids that overlap in bloom time to get pollination on 'Compactum'. If you can find V. x juddii or V. x 'Cayuga', those are both relatively compact growers for me though they are not small plants. They just take their time developing height. They should also be easy to do minor pruning to keep at your stated max elevation.

If you are determined to demonstrate dwarfness, go out on a limb and try 'Conoy'. An excellent small US National Arboretum release developed by Dr. Donald Egolf...

(Pause for reflection, honor, inspiration)

...'Conoy' is an evergreen form of viburnum with the heritage of Viburnum utile x V. x burkwoodii 'Park Farm Hybrid'. It starts blooming after the bulk of the fragrant types are underway, but adequately overlaps to have copious fruit here. It generally grows wider than tall, and makes a handsome dense small-foliaged broadleaf evergreen plant.

Here's a picture from January 2, 2006; 'Conoy' is the small (24-30"; 61-76 cm) chap in the foreground flanked to the right by Viburnum dentatum Autumn Jazz®, Aesculus parviflora, and some mulberry firewood; backed up by Viburnum dilatatum 'Erie' with the coral reddish fruit; in the way back left is Viburnum x 'Cayuga'; and in the near front left fuzzily with remaining blue fruit clusters is Viburnum nudum 'Earth Shade'