Planted in fall 2007.
Added a rooted cutting in fall 2011.
I planted a good sized specimen, 'Shasta', from Gledhill at the far left of the back garden.
In 2011 I got a tiny one-branch rooted cutting of 'Mariesii' from Cyndy Cromwell of Gardening Asylum blog. I put it in the back of the driveway garden.
'Shasta' is consistently spectacular and I keep taking photos of it over and over. It always looks great.
It has a beautiful shape, gorgeous flowers in May, red berries for decoration in summer, and deep rust colored foliage in fall.
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| May 28, 2013 |
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| July 10, 2013 |
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| October 17, 2013 |
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| 10/25/2010 As this spreads and gets quite large, I will move the amsonia and other plants from below |
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| 5/21/11 |
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| Falling petals carpet the ground like snow, May 31, 2011 |
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| First season of red berries July 13, 2011 |
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| October 22, 2011 It stayed oddly half red all fall. |
In 2012 it bloomed spectacularly for three weeks starting May 1st.
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| May 9, 2012 |
Even in winter this shrub is a graceful shape and interesting form.
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| December 10, 2013 |
'Shasta' really is a star in my garden -- for bloom, shape, fall color, presence anchoring that end of Meadow's Edge, all of it. I like the way it just calls from afar when it is clothed in white blooms, even echoing the white iris and white birch trees. It's attention grabbing in flower.
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| June 1, 2014 |
I have so very many photos of this doublefile viburnum in bloom -- I can't get enough of the showy flowery mass that goes on for a long time in May and June.
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| May 25, 2014 |
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| July 10, 2014 |
Fall color in 2014 was much redder and a little more vibrant than other years.
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| October 25, 2014 |
The small rooted cutting I got from Cyndy was moved a couple times in 2012, repositioning it in the Drive By Garden.
By 2013 'Mariesii' was putting on size, but like all the plants in my garden I have moved it around a bit, sometimes just a few feet to get the right placement for what will be a large shrub.
In 2014 there were finally a few shy blooms on 'Mariesii'
And there it was, visible in fall, with its dark rusty red foliage, contrasting nicely with the fiery red sumacs below. It has a long way to go to screen that side of the neighbor's house.
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| 10/30/14 |
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| 5/20/16 |
