Pruning Viburnum Davidii
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Comments (5)You are beyond its customary range of hardiness if you are in USDA 7, so maybe in a few years they will freeze down. Otherwise, they can grow several feet high after many years, although in the open they tend to grow low and spreading. Individual branches can be pruned back to encourage sprouting inside the dome of foliage, but renovating this way is a slow and uncertain process--if you cut too much the plant looks like Swiss cheese afterward, not enough and you don't make much headway toward renovation. Cutting whole thing all at once periodically may be more practical....See MoreWANTED: save the Viburnum Davidii
Comments (1)hope some of you got them....See MoreViburnum Davidii
Comments (15)drcindy It's an interesting point you make about the natural reluctance one feels to have plants that are planted industrially everywhere. And yet. When we moved out to the country it re-ignited my hibernating love of plants. With acreage one could literally spend a fortune on plants making the garden of your heart's desire, but since that was not possible I got into salvaging plants discarded by others, especially in the old Portland neighborhoods. Two of those throw-aways were Viburnum davidii. I was aware from my many walks around Emanuel hospital that they were common foundation plants, along with yew, cotoneaster, ilex crenata, rhodies, azaleas, deutzia etc. But I have put aside my prejudice and come to love plants that offer leaf texture, green shelter, shape, etc. I planted the two Viburnum on a north facing slope next to a huge (salvage) culinary sage and the contrast in their (very healthy) leaf color is beautiful. On my nearly hour's drive to Portland every day I have come to realize that some of the most splendid and healthy plants can be found in the most ugly and prosaic places, such bordering gas stations and strip malls: mammoth, gloriously trimmed privets, Otto Luyken laurel, mahonia, arborvitae, trite old flowering cherries, etc. I guess I'm saying all plants have something to offer, and tastes change over a lifetime of carefully looking at plants. At least for me....See Moreviburnum davidii stalled out...
Comments (2)This is one of the more trickier viburnums afa location is concerned to grow and I can only assume yours are struggling in a less than ideal location. This shrub prefers a rather even climate - mild winters and not too hot summers. It is generally recommended best for zone 8, can suffer winter damage in zone 7 and not suitable for zone 6. In the PNW this plant is nearly obligatory in new landscape plantings but only on the west side of the Cascades where the climate is very mild - on the east side it is toast. Don't know what's up with the hydrangea, although IME this is a more sun tolerant form of hydrangea and will bloom better in more sun than shade....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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