The Korean Spice Viburnum shrub sports some of the most fragrant flowers of spring. Typically its pinkish-white blooms appear just before the leaves, perfuming the air with the most wonderful aroma! From a distance, the blossoms look like snowballs, hence its nickname of “snowball viburnum.” This shrub is very easy care, but unfortunately, it is…
It will soon be time for the first Spot Spraying of the year. In an organic program, proper timing is everything! We will be spraying horticultural oil on Korean Spice Viburnum, Viburnum carlesii, as soon as the leaves begin to unfurl. This prevents snowball aphids from damaging the leaves. See the photo below for an…
My friends Brent and Becky Heath, owners of Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Virginia, shared this technique with me during a bulb seminar I attended at their headquarters back in March 2012. It will work for the bulbs that you didn’t get to plant in the ground this fall. Gather a bunch of 2-gallon pots.…
It probably makes sense that trees and shrubs go dormant about now, especially the ones that shed their leaves. This makes the period starting November 1 ideal for pruning. We can clearly see the structure of the plant, especially any crossing branches or water sprout type growth that may have emerged this season. Densely twiggy…