viburnum in bloom

Viburnum is a large group of plants. It includes the old fashioned evergreen laurustinus, which is a tough large shrub that grows to 8’ or more and is tough. It also includes sandankwa Viburnum another evergreen that prefers partial shade.

Popular in the east are several Viburnum plicatum varieties. These are deciduous, they loose their leaves in the winter, and they prefer light or filtered shade.

We have a good-sized Viburnum plicatum mariesii in the ground that you can see under the deodar tree near the street. It is in full bloom right now. About 8’ tall it is covered with clusters of white flowers in wonderful layers. It will get into the 12 or 15’ range eventually.

Viburnum mariisii picture

We also have a smaller Viburnum summer snowflake tucked in there also. It isn’t as spectacular or as large growing but it has the benefit of blooming all summer long. It grows 6-8’ tall depending on how you train it.

viburnum summer snowflake pict

We also have in the nursery few Shoshone Viburnum. This is intermediate in size with larger flowers.