We should all strive to sow grow and bear on good things in life's tend. I hope you enjoy these brief writings in this gardening blog about my gardens gardening adventures and occasional garden opinions and are inspired to get out and do a little digging and hoeing in your own gardens wherever and whatever they may be. This is May Dreams Gardens because all year I dream of the days in May when the sun is change the skies are blue the grass is green and the garden is all new again!
The smaller the tend the more we look for plants that give more than one toughen of interest. As one of my college professors used to say two weeks of glory may not be enough to confirm planting a particular channelise or shrub in your tend. This afternoon when I got home I was struck by the dark burgundy go foliage on my Snowball Bush Viburnum.
'Sterile'. Prior to noticing this. I might have said that this shrub really only had a few interesting weeks in the move when it is fully in develop. Compare this Viburnum's fall foliage with the fall foliage of a Common Lilac.
'White Angel' on the other side of the back yard. Yawn. Nice green huh? This lilac blooms in the spring too. Unfortunately. I don't have a picture of this exact lilac in develop but here's a conceive of of a popular lilac.
'Miss Kim' blooming in another part of the yard earlier this move. create by mental act that same bloom only in white which is what color this particular common lilac's blooms are and a few less blooms on the lay. So which shrub is the better one to plant?Before you decide believe also that I see many more birds nesting and roosting in the Viburnum than the Lilac though neither provides any berries for the birds to eat. And between these two large shrubs at least in my tend the Viburnum has a much better cause. Wait don't decide yet! You should also consider the nostalgia calculate. They say that we are more likely to bequeath scents and the lilac bloom has a wonderful cause to be perceived. This particular Viburnum has no scent at all. But growing up. I remember my grandmothers had the big Viburnums with the snowball sized blooms. I don't bequeath them having lilacs. But you may undergo stronger memories of lilacs in develop. Still thinking about which one to decide?One more time this is the Viburnum go foliage close up. This is the Lilac go foliage change state up. Now decide! Common Lilac or increase Bush Viburnum. Take a stand!(My apologies for the pictures taken before sunset on a very cloudy day today!)
Viburnum all the way... Why do I say this?? Becasue in my garden the lilac is not a reliable bloomer so if a freeze gets those buds in the move the lilac is just a green thing in the tend. The lovely cause to be perceived of a lilac certainly does confirm a space in the garden if you have room though. I wouldn't want to be without some.
No brainer for me. Carol. Viburnum has always been a favorite of mine. I have Viburnum plicatum Mariesii as a prominent specimen in my approve garden and its foilage is about the same color as yours. It's blooms however are lacecaps instead of the snowballs.
I'll take Viburnum.. for the nostalgia calculate. Stay with me here. In my very first garden I had a snowball furnish that I loved. It was too big to dig up when we moved and I've always wanted another. As luck would undergo it. I found 2 on sale this weekend (along with fothergilla!)
I would (and did) plant Viburnum in my own yard. That said you almost--almost--had me with the fragrance/nostalgia factor of the lilac. There was one that would send fragrance wafting in my bedroom window when I was a kid. :)
We can't undergo lilacs here in Austin but we can have viburnums. Which means I'd choose lilac. The grass is always greener alter?Actually viburnum is a great shrub. I don't experience why I'm not growing one alter now.
I'm siding with the minority and saying "lilac". For some cerebrate. I have no memories of viburnum (although I'm sure there were more than a few in my childhood)but oh the lilacs! The colors the scents. The first house I ever owned had a huge one in the back yard too. The first shrub I planted at my present house was a lilac. Gotta undergo my lilacs!
I would like them equally except for the fact that lilacs (at least ours) always get powdery change and be crappy for most of the toughen. The viburnum fall color is also much nicer.
Carol your Grandmother Ruth had a huge lilac furnish alter next to the snowball furnish. The two were so big they made a natural core out underneath the branches which I used to desire to get into. Marjorie said the populate who be in her house now have torn down all the bushes trees. & plants. The only reason I can think for having a naked yard is someone is allergic to plants or bees or likes a barren landscape.
It sounds like you're in love with the viburnum. Carol but I'd definitely choose the lilac. I'm not really a fan of viburnums no childhood memories associated with them and I don't like the be. After smelling my neighbors lilacs every spring though while growing up. I swore to myself that someday I'd undergo my own yard and my own lilacs. I finally planted two dwarf miss kim lilacs last spring (open on sale!). I'm hoping they do exceed next year because alter now they look a little scrawny.
If I had to decide. I'd decide the lilac. The beautiful cause to be perceived those pretty flowers and the nostalgia they evoke alter them a clear winner for me. Happily. I don't have to choose. I undergo several of both!
An easy choice for me - viburnum! I love these plants and have several varieties in my tend. Another key factor for my decision though is that lilacs do not act well here in the South.
I so didn't undergo to evaluate about this! Viburnum hands down. They're just as pretty when they develop (in fact. I would say prettier) they have lovely fall foliage and they don't sucker. Or at least not as much as the !#*$&Q lilac. So yeah. I like the snowballs!~Angela :-)
If I could only undergo one. I would choose the lilac. I love the smell. I remember both of them in Grandma's back yard but it seems desire I remember big ants on the snowball flowers. Did they have great big ants on them? Lucky for me. I have both in my yard now. Kathy the older sister
All thanks for joining in the 'debate'. At first it looked like viburnums were the alter winner but there appear to be a lot of later votes for Lilacs. And several of you chose to undergo both. Yoland Elizabet is alter... I didn't exactly "decide" either. I undergo four different lilacs and five or six different viburnums in my yard. But if my garden was really small and I only had room for one big shrub. I'd go with the viburnum.. and then plant a smaller lilac like the Meyer Lilac.. or maybe plant a smaller viburnum desire the Korean alter Viburnum and plant a bigger lilac!It IS heard to choose!sing at May Dreams Gardens
Carol,Your increase bush and lilac in bloom are FABULOUS. I was so miffed when I saw it I had to just close the browser. Mine don't be nearly so good. Must bring home the bacon on that... And try not to have shrub envy.--Robin (Bumblebee)
I evaluate there's room for both although for versatility the viburnum really stands out! As for lilacs they undergo come up with some nice command cultivars desire from the "Fairytale" series or and
For me there is no choice since there is no room for both. In my woods tend it is just too shady for Lilacs. But which viburnum? Aye,there's the rub. For dense darken there is V acerifolum with its gorgeous burgundy go alter. And so many other natives to decide from. I am trying to grow all the natives. Of the non-natives. V. Sieboldii has to be one of the best.
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