Snowball Bush

I'm looking for another Snowball Bush. Our neighbor mowed over the one I had. Can anybody tell me where to find a Snowball Bush, on the internet or anywhere?

Thank you,

Margie

I'm longing for one too, had to leave one behind at my last house, my grandma had planted it years ago :(

By "Snowball Bush", do you mean a Viburnum? Most of the mailorder nurseries that have woody, ornamental shrubs and plants will sell Viburnums:

Forestfarm: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/25/
Clifton's: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/1819/
Rice Creek: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/565/
Cloud Mountain: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/800/
Mary's Plant Farm: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/431/
Bell Family Nursery: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/791/
Northwest Natives: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/1063/

There are probably scores of others - these are the ones that came to mind first...

Walmart actually has them this year too!

Terry, you thought of Vibrunums and I thought of Hydrangeas~! Which is it Margie???? Inquirying minds want to know!

Carena, are they the hydrangeas that you are looking for? if it is, come on over and you can have it, I'm just about 45 minutes away from you....while you are at it, you can have a whole bunch of other plants, what ever suits your fancy.

OH SHUCKS, pebble! Why do you have to live clear across the country from me??? :~) I LOVE both Viburnums AND Hydrangeas!

Well, Shirley1md and all inquiring minds, it is a Japanese snowball bush
Viburnum plicatum.

Thanks, Margie

I have one of those! always called it a snowball tree,I remember growing up in Me. and having snowball fights with them,well I had to get one for here,been in the ground for 3 yrs now,last year I had my first snowball,hope this year it takes off.

I have one of these and it suckers like crazy. I think my mother in law gave me this as a sucker from hers. Every year I cut off a bunch of these. I will check mine out.Like the doc says we called it snowball tree.

I took all my suckers back this winter,I want it to go up,so I'm working it into a tree,I just took a branch off to see if it will root,if it does I'll run it down to you,your not far..:)

That sounds wonderful doc & Lenjo! You can email me at: Boyer1995@hotmail.com

Thank you!

If you guys have any extras, please let me know. What a gorgeous shrub! Just think if you had an entire fenceline of these beauties growing??! When the petals begin to drop, it must look like its snowing!!!

Shirley I'll snip another limb tomorrow and try to root you one,no promises,it is budding,the one I remember from my childhood seemed fifty feet high,LOL,was probably ten.

Thank you Rooty! That would be super!!

I think you're correct when you say that the shrub is closer to 10 ft. tall. Fifty feet would make it a good size tree!

OOOh - I'd love one too - I'd trade several things for a good start of this!!

I'm wondering what the best way to propagate it is,I'll try to root some in water,here is a picture of it,little confussing,there is a red trumpet vine on the fence behind it,you can see the snowball has two stems,one is very straight on the right,and the one on the left is branched out,if I knew for sure I was not messing it up,I'd gladly try to root a bunch,tell me what you all think?

I rooted mine from about a 6-8 inch cutting a couple of years ago..It is growing, but very slowly..Maybe someday it will be as large as the one I had that got slaughtered instead of trimmed while I was away..Still not over that and it's been years..LOL..

Larkie

Did you root it in water?,I have these on a window sill.

Never tried it in water, I used the seed starting soil, but water may work also..You never know..I only had one small piece so I decided the soil would be my best bet..
Larkie

Thanks Larkie,I may try some both ways.

Pebble, one of these days I'm going to take you up on that!!

I looked at my snowball tree today and the suckers are not out yet and it is just starting to bud and show some life for this summer. I have a hunch that this guy might be a litte tough to root in the old wood. It might be worth trying once the new growth emerges and hardens a bit, like a softwood cutting. I will keep watching and try to remember this thread.

I don't think that rooting in water will work for Woody Ornamental Shrubs. My first guess would be propagating through air layering. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Rooty, you might want to pose that question on the Propagation Forum.

I do have some of these I could try
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?page=46938&category=2%2C47236&SID=&ccurrency=1

Root, I've been following this thread, and thought the same thing (I got my Lee Valley catalog the other day, and those looked pretty slick :)

YUPH! Those handy-dandy air layering contraptions should do the trick!!

What would you like in exchange? I could use that same gizmo and try to root you a Beautyberry Bush, Azaleas, Viburnums, other Hydrangeas, just name it! :~)

I do have a large area I am saving for Azeleas and Rhodos,LOL,Hint Hint,
Terry,I was under the impression these pots would be bigger,I was going to use them on Brug suckers,but they are too small for mine and they really scar up the soft wood going on.
Shirley I'll toss acouple of these in a box if you want to try them out,I;m not going to use all mine.

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I've have seen two different size propagating pots. Here is a link to check them out. http://www.kinsmangarden.com/p/fullpage.php?page=t132&session=1019482

Do you prefer a particular color of Azalea or Rhodo? PLMK.

here is a url for this plant ... http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Caprifoliaceae/Viburnum_plicatum.html

this is my snowball bush

Pebble it's so pretty! I'd love to come get a cutting. I like your stepping stones too!!! That's not the same plant as the one I'm thinking of, now I'm going to have to do a search for the exact plant name..

CARENA - YOU CAN HAVE THE WHOLE PLANT AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT

lol, I'll bring a truck! but only if you come help me plant it all at my house! lol

I found a pic of the one I'm thinking of. We used to have HUGE snowball fights with them too, some of the flowerballs were as big as softballs!!!

Margie, I've been on a ton of websites and some of them show viburnum plicatum with sparse, flat flowers similar to lace cap hydrangeas, now I'm really confused, even more than usual! LOL

you're welcome to them...I'll dig them up for you and you can plant them....how's that for a trade off?

With regular Hydrangeas, Azaleas, Rhodies,etc. I find it very easy to root them - I simply take a lower limb, scrape a bit of the bark off and bury that section that touches the ground nearest the "Momma". Cover it with a couple of inchs of soil and lay a stone or brick on top to keep it from springing up. In a month or so, you can dig up that portion, and cut it from the main branch, you should have a new rooted plant.

Pebble dahlin, you could prolly sell off your whole garden in bts and pieces and make a bundle...it would be an actual YARD sale. ;-))

Hugs, Lavanda

lol lavanda...it would be wouldnt it..

Here is my Snowball today,this is the first year it has had more then one bloom,the cuttings I have tried to root have not taken,I am going to root the bottom shoots,after it gets done blooming.

root, that is impressive!!!
Carena, did you plant the one from me? how is it doing?