Thanks for the suggestion and link. It may be Euonymous; however I don't see any of the little critters or markings associated with scale. Only a sort of light, scattered fungus or mold on the lower branches near the ground. I'll post a pic of the plant's leaves, which are small, pretty, thin and elongated. Regards,

I would say definately Walter's Viburnum. We have a lot of the native variety here on our property in Brooksville, which is now in bloom. It fares well throught the winter. Not sure if the ones you buy in the stores are a hybrid, Walmart has them them right now. I actually bought some, have not had luck trying to get cuttings to root. It can get very tall but I would think that yearly pruning will take care of that. It gets berries in the fall. I understand it's a good plant for wildlife. The native plants on our property seem to send out runners under the ground. I think it's a very good plant to have. Rita

Go to Nourse Farms, link below and read the descriptions. These folks send plants all over the country. You might want to try Patriot. It's hardy to Zone 3. That should do the trick. But try some others too. An early, mid and a late season variety might give you more production over a longer period of time. Steve Here is a link that might be useful: Nourse Farms Blueberry Bushes

They are certainly a very worthy little plant. I've had two for several years that I purchased at Rainbow Gardens in S.A., but the grower that was supplying them passed away. I've never had them seed out, but that may be because I use a lot of mulch; nor have I noticed anything that looked like seeds on them. Just now I brought some little clusters of green on the stem below the blooms that I think may be immature seeds so will be watching them closely to try recue any seeds that form so I can pass them around. While doing that I noticed they had been nipped by deer which they've NEVER done before. I read on D's garden that stems would root if layered on so I'll try that. Mine were VERY slow comeing back after last winter. I think it was June before I saw some growth coming up a little ways over from where the original plant was. I was very glad to see them again, but I want more! They are very drought tolerant. I've never seen them wilt.