Viburnum dentatum 'Blue Muffin' needs a pollinator
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blue muffin and emerald lustre cross pollinators?
Comments (9)Update: My blue muffin has berries for the first time this year!!! I had two dentatums from Fairweather gardens that must have done the deed (with the help of bees I guess). Next year I should have flowers on my redfeather that I got from a No. Michigan nursery. They sent a dormant large bush and I planted it. Thought it was dead (actually, I was sure it was dead). But in the last two weeks it has put up healthy new shoots!! If it had been dead, I felt that it was very likely my fault as I hadn't put it in the ground soon enough. I had never had a dormant bush sent to me before. So I am double pleased with plenty of berries on my blue muffin and a red feather to look froward to next year! P.S. My cardinal candy and cranberry wentworth are full of starter berries this year too. I cannot tell about the dentatums from fairweather as they are too small so far. Cheers!...See MoreViburnum 'Blue Muffin'
Comments (5)You need flowers to get berries. Give the plant a chance to mature and you will see more flowers and thus more fruit. It blooms on old wood so don't prune too hard after July 4th or you will remove the flower buds. For me Chigago Lustre works fine and I get good crops of fruit on both plants. Also be aware that that weather has an influence on the amount of fruit produced; If there is poor wet, rainy, or very hot weather during the blooming time, there tends to be less pollination and thus less fruit. If the weather is good, mild etc. the opposite is true. Every years is unique....See MoreBlue Muffin Viburnum pollinators?
Comments (5)As you saw from the linked thread, viburnums fruit best when there is another viburnum blooming at the same time (overlapping bloom times). My Blue Muffin is near my group of Mapleleaf Viburnums and for two years in a row they have helped each other set fruit. And then the deer promptly eat the berry clusters off the Blue Muffin!! Next year, perhaps I'll drape netting over them. Enjoy!...See Morepollination for viburnum dentatum
Comments (3)Blue Muffin in the front yard and Autumn Jazz in the back. Both do well. We have both Honey Bees and Bumble Bees. I try to attract lots of pollinators for my veggies and the viburnum aids and abets. Jim...See MoreIris GW
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