Viburnum Juddii Winter

Needs regular watering weekly or more often in extreme heat.

Viburnum juddii winter. Wonderfully fragrant white blooms in spring and a full rounded form make this shrub a standout in the landscape. Carlesii viburnum plicatum has white flowers textured leaves reddish black fruit and can grow quite large under ideal conditions. There are very few rules in. A dense rounded shrub reaching 6 to 8 feet high with blue green leaves.

This hybrid viburnum produces early spring snowball type clusters of pink buds that open to white highly fragrant flowers. Pink buds open to highly fragrant 2 3 semi snowball flowers in mid. Berries frequently linger well into winter turning jet black as temperatures tumble. Judd s viburnum the morton arboretum.

When to prune viburnum while light pruning can be performed anytime throughout the year it s best to leave any major shearing or severe pruning for late winter or early spring. Viburnum dilatatum has flat topped flowers reddish leaves in autumn and bright red fruit that persist into winter. Viburnum jackii jack s viburnum. Judd viburnum flowering shrub spring flowering shrubs with delightfully sweet fragrance are not as common as you d think.

Other common names judd viburnum. A selection from a cross between v. Judd viburnum viburnum x juddii. This plant grows in usda hardiness zones 3 to 9 where it achieves a mature height of about 15 feet with a spread of 12 feet.

Large rounded blooms are followed by highly ornamental berries. Partial to full sun. Viburnum juddii v. It has bright red fruits that look a lot like cranberries and persist well into the winter making it a favorite of many songbirds and game birds.

Although the fruits are not cranberries. American cranberry bush viburnum trilobum or viburnum opulus var. Leaves are a dull bluish green and in our opinion the stems are finer in texture and the overall habit is more refined than v. Korean spice viburnum is one of the parent of this hybrid.

In many cases pruning just after flowering but before the setting of seedpods is sufficient. The berry show on viburnum juddii isn t spectacular but if berries form they ripen from burgundy to red in autumn. Bitchiuense made by william judd propagator at rhe arnold arboretum in 1920 and named in 1935. They bloom for about 10 days in spring to early summer and attract pollinators who feast on the sweet nectar.

Fall color features burgundy red to purple a good show. The species can tolerate shade but not drought. These flower buds start out pink then open to a creamy white. Viburnum x juddii judd viburnum.

Of course much of viburnum pruning depends on the variety grown too. Genus viburnum can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with opposite simple or palmately lobed leaves and clusters of small often fragrant white or pink flowers followed by red blue or black berries.