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Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Mohawk' |
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| | Gleaming bright red buds in late April |
| Common name |
burkwood viburnum |
| Family |
adoxaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z5-8) |
| Flowers |
red-tinged white snowballs (spring) |
| Size |
to 8' |
| Light |
sun-light shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Glossy dark green leaves. It has nice fall color and supposedly very fragrant flowers (I'm fragrance-challenged, so not a good judge). I dug a new section of the shrub border of our side garden especially to incorporate this one - so we have high hopes of its loveliness.
After being attacked by rabbits in its first winter, it took a season to recover. In the second winter, we protected it with a wire cage; it rewarded us with beautiful blooms in early May. The shrub has been slow to gain stature, though - it is still under three foot tall, a few years after it entered our garden.
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| | Color just turning in late October |
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| | Shortly after the flowers fade, shiny flat fruits develop |
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Rabbits had their way with it in its first winter. It was a sad sight, but you can see new growth emerging already. It would eventually fully recover.
Epilogue: and then, in the spring of 2012, it just failed to return. Since the preceding winter was exceptionally mild, I think it's most likely that the soggy conditions in late summer and fall contributed to its demise. I may attempt it again sometime, since it was such a pretty shrub.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Manela | Apr 07, 2011 | I had similar rabbit problems with a "Shasta" viburnum I planted last spring. The bottom two feet or so were spared by the snow cover, but the rabbits ate most of the buds and tender stem ends above the snow. I may try fencing next winter. Have you tried pepper-based sprays? It was recommended to me at the garden center but I worry that they will need to be applied frequently throughout winter to be effective, if at all.
Great site, by the way!
We've never had enough rabbit damage that I've felt I needed to go to sprays. A few years, when I first started gardening and noticed the damage more (I had fewer plants then ;-) I put down moth balls near rabbit favorites, which seemed to help. |
| Patt | May 01, 2011 | Love, Love this shrub! Mine is in it's second year, but had about 7 blooms! Hope it doesn't get too big and outgrow it's spot in my shrub garden! |
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