What are your favorite viburnum bushes??

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jess2132000 Harleysville, PA May 14, 2009

I know there are many viburnums out there. What are some good ones that flower and have nice berries with some red fall color??

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Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) May 16, 2009

Jess I want some viburnums too! There are SOOOO many out there, when I start to look at them I get confused. When I do finally get one (or 2 or 3) I guess I'll start with size and go from there. I need some of the big ones along the back for privacy...as part of a mixed shrub border.

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Lorihjf Camden, NC(Zone 8a) May 17, 2009

I would have to say that my all time favorite is Viburnum carlesii otherwise known as Korean Spice Viburnum. It has a wonderful fragrant flower in early summer and then sets red berries for the birds. If the birds weren't hungry, the berries would turn black. Great fall foilage color as well. I also really like Viburnum x burkwoodii or Mohawk Viburnum. It seems to be much faster growing than Korean Spice, it has tripled in size in 2 years. It also has a very fragrant flower in spring. It is actually a cross of carlesii. Not sure what the other parent is, but I know it's a wonderful, fragrant, pest and disease resistant variety.

Good Luck...there are so many to choose from!

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Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) May 18, 2009

Do you know anything about brandywine? I was looking at that one.

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50glee Huntersville, NC May 28, 2009

Im with you!
I love the brandywine also but can only find it online.
ShrubSource.com for $9.99 I think
- presently has it on sale for $9.99 I think
and if a new customer 10% off . . .

sounds good to me!

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Trinch Moorestown, NJ(Zone 6b) Jun 01, 2009

If you go with the Brandywine, plant a Winterthur (also a viburnum nudum) nearby. The cross pollination will significantly increase the berry production.

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Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) Jun 02, 2009

thanks Trinch!

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