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Lynda_45 Jacksonville, NC(Zone 8b) Jul 27, 2008

I just received a Japanese snowball. I've never had one before.What is the best advice on planting it? Do I treat it like an azalea?Any special care for the hole after it is dug?

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plantfreak78 Rolesville, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 27, 2008

Which one is Japanese Snowball, do you have the latin name? The Viburnums have different light/shade requirements. Viburnum macrocephalum can take full sun to part shade but V. opulus needs afternoon shade and V. plicatum var. tomentosum 'Sterile' can adapt to full sun but looks better in afternoon shade. All the Viburnums need well drained soil here. Make sure you dig the hole at least twice as wide as the root ball and almost twice as deep. Back fill with a mixture of 20% native soil, 40% pine bark soil conditioner and 40% cow manure and/or compost.

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Lynda_45 Jacksonville, NC(Zone 8b) Jul 28, 2008

tThanks so much for that info. I don't know what type I have. It only said "Japanese snowball bush on the lable. Is there a way to tell?

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Lynda_45 Jacksonville, NC(Zone 8b) Jul 28, 2008

Heres a picture of the snowball. Can you tell which it is?

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plantfreak78 Rolesville, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 29, 2008

I've got bad news for you. I'm 99% sure that's a rose-of-sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) and not even remotely related to the Viburnums. So, it's going to need full sun and good drainage :)

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 30, 2008

I'm with you, the leaves are a good match for ROS. I'm not very familiar with viburnums though so I don't know if there might be one with similar leaves but it sure does look like ROS.

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Lynda_45 Jacksonville, NC(Zone 8b) Aug 02, 2008

I have some dwarf tropical cannas.[only name I know for them] They have grown really fast and look great,but they have not started flowering. Should they ,as big as they are,have blooms?

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plantfreak78 Rolesville, NC(Zone 7b) Aug 02, 2008

Yes, they should be blooming by now but last year's drought threw many plants off a little. I'd give them a good bloom boosting fertilizer once it cools down in fall (I prefer Espoma's Flowertone) to help build the roots up for next year. Also, do you fertilizer the lawn nearby? The heavy amounts of nitrogen in lawn ferts can cause plants to not bloom properly.

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Aug 09, 2008

You can rest assured that your shrub is definitely rose of sharon (Hibiscus syriacus). All the viburnums will have opposite arrangement of leaves.

Your plant has alternate arranged leaves, and I think I see early forms of the flower buds showing in there.

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