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VIBURNUM 



HE VERSATILE VIBURNUMS stand high in the ranks of the deciduous shrubs. 

 Their showy flowers of white and pink are followed by brilliant clusters of red, crimson, 

 dark blue or black berries. The mixture of the scarlet and purple autumnal tints of their 

 foliage is a warm and welcome sight around the home. They are handsome and valuable 

 as specimens, in shelters, screens, hedges or masses and because of their prodigal production 

 of meaty fruits they are in great demand by those who maintain bird refuges. Cut branch- 

 lets thickly clustered with either flower or fruit are excellent for use as indoor decoration. 



VIBURNUM acerfolium (Dockmackie) 

 (Mapleleaf Viburnum). A valuable plant having 

 slender, upright branches. Bears showy, flat clusters 

 of creamy white flowers in May and June. Followed 

 by bunches of black oval fruits in autumn. Foliage 

 takes on a pinkish hue which later turns to purple. 

 Thrives in dry soil. Often used under large trees 

 where moisture is scarce. It is of medium size rarely 

 ever attaining more than 6 feet in height. 



V. carlesi (Fragrant Viburnum). No shrub 

 planting should be without Viburnum carlesi. Its 

 spicy fragrance transcends all other blooms. On 

 warm spring nights its pink flowers fill the air 

 with fragrant magic. 



V. cassinoides (White-Rod). Creamy white flow- 

 ers and handsome glossy green foliage during the 

 summer. Blue berries in the fall, turning to black. 



V. dentatum ( Arrowood) . Upright growth. 

 Flowers white, followed by black fruit. Showy foli- 

 age in the fall. 



V. dilatatum (Linden Viburnum). Very free 

 flowering. Blooms in May and June. Flowers are 

 pure white in flat cymes. Berries are brilliant scarlet 

 hanging well into winter. 



V. lantana (Wayfaring-Tree). Tall, upright. 

 Broad, wrinkled foliage, white flowers in May and 

 June. Fruit bright red, changing to black. 



V. lentago (Nannyberry). Tall, slender branches, 

 with light green, glossy foliage. Creamy white, fra- 

 grant flowers in May and June, followed by bluish- 

 black fruit. 



V. molle (Kentucky Viburnum). Very bushy 



Shrub borders may be made interesting by inter- 

 spersing an occasional taller evergreen of the type 

 pictured. Ralph E. Griswold, Landscape Architect, 

 Pittsburgh. 



with large, dark green leaves. Clusters of white 

 flowers in May and June. 



V. opulus (European Cranberrybush). Large 

 white flowers in great profusion at the end of May, 

 followed by clusters of showy, scarlet berries. 



V. opulus nanum (Dwarf Cranberrybush). Low, 

 bushy. Covered in May and June with abundant 

 white flowers. Good for hedges or massing with 

 other shrubs. 



V. opulus sterile (Common Snowball). Large, 

 loose, open flower heads of pure white, appearing late 

 in May. 



V. prunifolium (Blackhaw). Vigorous, dark 

 green foliage. Pure white flowers April to June fol- 

 lowed by dark blue fruit. 



V. sargenti (Sargent Cranberrybush). Dense 

 and compact shrub, corky bark, white flowers fol- 

 lowed by scarlet fruit. 



V. sieboldi (Siebold Viburnum). White flowers 

 in May and June. Pink fruit, changing to bluish- 

 black when ripe. 



V. tomentosum (Doublefile Viburnum). Medium 

 height, white flowers, bluish-black fruit. 



V. tomentosum plicatum (Japanese Snowball). 



Tall, erect, its dark green foliage is very ornamental. 

 White blossoms in great profusion. 



V. wrighti (Wright Viburnum). Upright. Rather 

 large, white flowers in May and June, red fruit. 



VITEX agnus castus (Lilac Chaste Tree). Strong 

 growing with grayish-green foliage. Lilac flowers in 

 July to late August. 



WEIGELA or DIERVILLA 



The Weigelias are most popular and 

 showy, adapted to all soils and most situa- 

 tions. In late May and June the branches 

 are bent beneath an abundance of trumpet- 

 shaped flowers. 



WEIGELA Eva Rathke (Hyb.). Red, streaked 

 white. 



W. Greenway (Hyb. groenewegeni). Red in bud, 



opening white. 



W. Yellowedge (luteomarginato). Pink flow- 

 ers, variegated leaves. 

 W. rosea. Deep pink. 



W. Snow (Hyb. Candida). Snow white. 



