Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: blue muffin viburnum never bloomed yet, 1 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
kathy_ann:

You will have much more fruit with a dissimilar arrowwood. Many/most viburnums are self-infertile or self-incompatible, meaning that they produce fruit better with pollen from a differing plant of the same or very similar species. So two Blue Muffins, being identical, won't do the trick. A Blue Muffin and another arrowwood with overlapping bloom time is what you want. And, of course, that is the challenge since availability of plants varies widely across the nation/world.

Let me know what you can find in your area, and I can let you know if it is an "overlapper". Or look up the thread on "Viburnum dentatum and friends" which has all this information.

Have a large mug of coffee at the ready...

Patti:

Would that be Lilacs: The Genus Syringa by Fr. John Fiala? Fine tome (if so) by a fine person. You should get his crabapple book, too.

Your list is going to be plenty to handle in one fell swoop. No shame in saving the purchase of:

Viburnum ichangense
Viburnum x 'Chippewa'
Viburnum x 'Huron'
Viburnum bitchiuense
Viburnum betulifolium
Viburnum x 'Cayuga'

...till next year. Gives one something to look forward to.