Viburnum, Koreanspice Viburnum 'Aurora'

I had no place to plant my V. Carlesii 'Aurora' when I bought it four years ago. The home we bought was filled w/mature trees front & bac...Read Morek. But I could not resist the fragrance this little guy was giving off while at the nursery. I planted it in berm I started around a grouping of oak trees; smack dab in the middle of 3 trees, which only receives dappled shade all day long. I thought I would transplant it after we cleared more land, & gained more sun. But now four years later my Viburnum is still perched happily (I think) in the same spot as I heard they don't take to transplanting well. It blooms heavier every year & I've had no pest problems yet. I would probably get better bloom & fragrance if I planted it in more sun, but I'm afraid to move it. My V. Carlesii is doing better here in South Carolina than my Common 'Snowball' Viburnum which gets eaten up by something every spring.
D. Spencer
Columbia, SC

There have been 2 Koreanspice Viburnum bushes growing roadside in front of my house since my family moved here to Maine in 1966. They ar...Read Moree 7 feet tall or so and are my favorites of the yard. Smell wonderful, they are hardy, and the butterflies they attract are way cool. Apparently they grow well as far north as Maine. They stand up well to snow plow trucks also.

A delight to my landscape. Blooms in early April here in Virginia, the fragrance is marvelous and the blooms are gorgeous.

This is the only clone of V. carlesii I am currently growing. It seems to be a compact grower here, though still gets leaf spot in KY's ...Read Morehot humid summers. I have one larger plant that began as a B&B plant, but it smells so good in flower that I planted 10 new smaller bare root plants.

For KY, the rest of the related fragrant hybrid viburnums will be better performers.