Viburnums pollination, propagation, provenance: Oh my!
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Viburnum:How close for pollination
Comments (1)If you do a search on viburnums, it will bring up many threads. I C & P'ed this from the page linked below: RE: Viburnum dentatum & Friends * Posted by: KirstenHolm z6 S. OH (My Page) on Sat, May 10, 03 at 17:07 How close does the other viburnum need to be in order to pollinate? Would a Mohican in the front yard and a Mohawk in the back yard? o RE: Viburnum dentatum & Friends * Posted by: Viburnumvalley z5/6 KY (My Page) on Sun, May 11, 03 at 9:35 Kirsten: in the same yard is good; the closer the better to ensure pollination. The insects flying around are doing the work for you, and if the bloom times overlap then the bugs should be visiting all the plants that are blooming. Here is a link that might be useful: previous viburnum thread...See MoreWill my viburnums get berries?
Comments (13)My 'Blue Muffin' has a bloom time that coincides with my Viburnum acerifolium and the two pollinate each other and both set fruit. I do think that when different viburnums flower in an individual yard can differ from how it happens elsewhere ... you really just have to strive for something that is POSSIBLE and then see what happens. But if two people agree that Chicago Lustre is a later blooming cultivar for them, that would not be the first one I'd try. We don't know where the original poster lives, and that certainly can affect which cultivars are available and how they perform. For example, I don't think that some cultivars (like Chicago Lustre and Red Feathers) are sold in my area (Georgia) nor are they known for thriving in our heat. Here is a link that might be useful: Here's an old thread on V. dentatum bloom sequence...See MoreViburnum pollinators?
Comments (3)If you are more interested in seed production for growing out than in berry production for looks/birds, then I would think a few, controlled, hand pollination experiments might be interesting. It's relatively easy for most flowers - you just have to be careful about the timing, so the seed-parent flower hasn't already been pollinated. Since viburnums are so self-sterile, there would be little or no question as to which was the seed-parent and which the pollen-parent, but still, it would remove any doubt. I am sure that if you look in any good propagation book, or on-line, you can find clear instructions....See MoreSpacing Viburnum 'Wentworth' for hedge
Comments (8)Whoa! VV! I gotta say that your VPPPOMy! post was very well written and informative. I was just feeling a bit too lazy to get all geeked up about the viburnums and was hoping for, well, "The Idiot's Guide to Getting Viburnums to Set Fruit". Well actually, that's a lie. I was really hoping for the summary of the Cliff's Notes of "The Idiot's Guide to Getting Viburnums to Set Fruit". But your work is most excellent and I can certainly appreciate your interest and effort. At any rate, the local Home Depot also had a few Viburnum Redwings (V. trilobum 'JN Select') for a mere $2.00 each. (Or maybe I should plant my work boots!) Assuming these will do the trick (and please advise if they won't), is there any guidelines regarding ratios or distances? I'm hesitant to put the Redwings, which have red tipped foilage, in the hedgerow with the Wentworths - I'd like to keep a consistant appearance. But I've got several possibilities to plant them nearby. Hey, here's a question. What's the predominant pollinating mechanism. Wind? Insects? Forest gnomes? If it's wind, I'm thinking orientation (up wind, down wind) might be an issue. Or am I getting too much geek going?...See Moreviburnumvalley
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