On vacation this past summer, I saw a plant at the Raulston Arboretum in North Carolina I found to be somewhat interesting. Although I thought the heat had finally gotten to me, my camera did record the new growth on V. dentatum 'Golden Arrow' as yellow. To keep this in perspective: this was on a 5' tall plant that was growing fairly vigorously. It was still yellow at the tips in the 100 degree heat that had settled in over the area. This would seem to suggest a pretty strong desire to produce yellow leaves, at least on a vigorous plant. My notes say that there were some older leaves that had a faded/burned yellow look to them. Overall summer appearance was a chartruese or lime green color. For the 'color' lovers, this is a new addition to the native plants. A certain someone suggested that I mislead Kevin and say that I found it by my garbage can as a seedling and was going to throw it away because it looked chlorotic. LOL, if only I were the prankster type! Probably not very available yet from nurseries. Another high-mileage mission for the pruner-wielding Viburnum fanatics!
Regards,
Ernie
