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Blooming today 4/8/10

14 years ago

Korean spice viburnum has a wonderful strong scent each spring.

SWMOgardens "Tip of the day"

Plant Korean spice viburnum near a window you open in the spring. One shrub will scent the whole room. When you buy one, make sure it is Korean spice. I bought two others that were mislabeled. To me KSV has the best scent.

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christie_sw_mo
14 years ago
This is Aurora and I think is a Korean Spice cross. It's fragrant but has been a very slow grower for me:

This is the most fragrant thing in my yard right now, a purple leaf sandcherry. I have other sandcherries but this one always blooms the heaviest and is the most fragrant. It wafts quite a distance on a breezy day.
helenh
14 years ago
Christie you have inspired me. I have an abused sand cherry that was on sale last year. I haven't planted yet but I am going to right now. I love fragrant viburnum; mine is just beginning to bloom. That will be my next good smell. Now the most pleasant smell is from clove or buffalo currant.
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Glenda I did have a pie cherry for years. It was a natural dwarf. It got borers too but lived for years so was worth having. I wondered if the ornamental ones needed spraying and care like fruit trees. My flowering crab blooms so briefly but it takes absolutely no care and I can look forward to its blooms every year. Three classmates and I visited last week. The one that has Rheumatoid Arthritis is eating black cherries and vegetables and watching her diet. She says she no longer has to take some of the strong medicine. I don't have RA but know someone who does. I love when Wal-Mart has those dark sweet cherries a certain time of the year, but I think another pie cherry would be my only choice. I may get two as you said for pollination.
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So pretty! I've given up on planting tulips. I have a raised bed in front of my porch that I filled with tulips one year. I was standing on my porch looking down at them and one disappeared before my eyes, leaves and all. Something pulled it down from underneath and all that was left was a hole. I couldn't believe it. I had planted about two dozen in the bed and only a couple lived to bloom. I haven't planted tulips since. Does the pine bark keep the critters away? Helen - You're hyacinths are really pretty. I just have wood hyacinths and have never tried the ones like you have.
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helenh
14 years ago
Does your sand cherry need care like a fruit tree (spraying)? How does the foliage hold up in summer?
christie_sw_mo
14 years ago
I don't spray sandcherry at all. It gets completely defoliated for a little while in summer but the leaves grow back quickly. It's happened every summer for years and it hasn't killed it yet. I'll try to notice this summer how long it's leafless, a week at the most I think. I could smell it from more than 50 feet away when I was outside today.

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