Viburnum Summer Snowflake

A Repeat Blooming Doublefile ViburnumRepeatbe achieved if 'Summer Snowflake' is kept actively
blooming plants are the hottest plants for gardeninggrowing with ample water and fertilization.'Summer
today - and for good reason. Whether it isSnowflake' has dark green oval leaves that can reach
hydrangeas, daylilies or iris, with today's smallerup to five inches long. The foliage turns a rusty red
gardens, the desire is for more flowers from a limitedto bronze in the early fall and the flowers give way
space. An ideal way to achieve this is with plants thatto bright red berries that are relished by the birds.
bloom more than once per year. This week we are'Summer Snowflake' is easy to grow and it is rarely
featuring one of the few repeat blooming deciduoustroubled by pests and diseases. It can be planted as
shrubs and virtually the only repeat bloominga specimen, used for screening or in a spot in the
viburnum - plicatum tomentosum 'Summerfoundation planting where a moderately tall deciduous
Snowflake.'Two attributes set 'Summer Snowflake'shrub is called for.Planting and Care
apart from other plicatum Viburnums - repeat bloomsChoose a site with good drainage in full sun to light
and compact growth habit. In the spring, 'Summershade.
Snowflake' will bloom with clusters of white flowersEnrich the soil with compost at planting.
that follow along the horizontal stems, creating aWater regularly until established and in periods of
double row of blooms on each side. This bloomdrought.
pattern gives 'Summer Snowflake' its common nameFertilize with Plant-Tone in late autumn, very early
- doublefile viburnum. The spring blooms are followedspring and late spring-early summer.
by cycles of blooms throughout the summer.Hardy in Zones 5-8. To view Viburnum Summer
Because it uses so much of its energy repeatedlySnowflake visit the Carroll Gardens websiteAlan
flowering, 'Summer Snowflake' grows moreSummers, president of Carroll Gardens, Inc., has over
compactly than is typical for Viburnum plicatum. It30 years experience in gardening and landscape
matures at about six feet tall and five feet wide. Likedesign.
so may repeat blooming plants, maximum bloom will