viburnums

My viburnums are a type called doublefile (technically, they are Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum, hardiness zones 5-8).

Tough Love, Garden Style 2010

Or just enjoy the smells of freshly-cut grass, viburnums, lilacs, lilies.

Lev Raphael: Summertime Book Blues Lev Raphael 2011

When the viburnums, beauty bush, mock orange and other shrubs in this lineup are done flowering for the year the paniculatas come into play, giving me several more months of something to look at.

Hydrangeas' Fall Flower Show Bart Ziegler 2011

Or just enjoy the smells of freshly-cut grass, viburnums, lilacs, lilies.

Lev Raphael: Summertime Book Blues Lev Raphael 2011

While the country hedgerows blaze with hips on the dog roses and bloody droops on the viburnums, you will pine for nothing if you have one close.

Conkers, crab apples, quince and elder: raiding autumn's larder Dan Pearson 2010

Burkwood viburnums are usually turning a rich maroon color at this time of year, but they turn very slowly.

Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop Joel M. Lerner 2010

In the fall, the viburnums 'handsome leaves turn shades of burgundy and purple.

Tough Love, Garden Style 2010

In fact, there are scores of beautiful choices in my part of the country, many of which I grow: native viburnums, redbuds and dogwoods with their spring blooms; Annabelle hydrangeas with their white puff-ball flowers; winterberries, which produce bright red or orange berries in the fall; tall garden phlox; beebalm and echinacea, to name just a few.

Politically Incorrect Gardening 2010

I don't know if the same is true for deer, because deer are eating native viburnums, even though they are considered deer-resistant.

Amid the heat wave, gardeners still have questions 2010

Doublefile viburnums never fail to be covered with blooms in spring, followed by bright red-orange berries.

Tough Love, Garden Style 2010