Lilacs vs. doublefile viburnums
Not really a fair contest for me. I actually like the scent and bloom colours of lilacs but they (lilacs) are two week wonders. What do you have after the flowers turn brown? Yes, you get a green blob for the rest of the summer, culminating with a boring yellow autumn "show" which really isn't. Still, customers are buying lilacs like toilet paper on sale (selling anything flowering is child's play it seems) so what do I know?
And yet...
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| Viburnum plicatum "Popcorn" ("Popcorn" doublefile viburnum) |
Mid-may usually means viburnums are blooming in Toronto. I won't show a picture of my Viburnum lantana "Mohican" bloom because my brother in law has scarred me forever by mentioning that he smelled, er, semen when the wayfaring tree was recently blooming next to our deck.
Thank you, Mike!
Instead, I'm posting a few pictures of other viburnums (3 doublefile, one not) that reside in the Lee-Jung backyard.
Sorry, no lilacs!
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| Viburnum sargentii "Onondaga" ("Onondaga" Sargent viburnum) |
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| No, not a hydrangea but a viburnum! "Popcorn" doublefile viburnum blooms |
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| "Popcorn" doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum "Popcorn") |
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| Viburnum plicatum "Popcorn" ("Popcorn" doublefile viburnum blooms) |
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| "Shasta" doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum "Shasta") |
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| Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum "Summer Snowflake" ("Summer Snowflake" doublefile viburnum) in front a client's house |
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| Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum "Summer Snowflake" doublefile viburnum |
