| A Repeat Blooming Doublefile ViburnumRepeat | | | | be achieved if 'Summer Snowflake' is kept actively |
| blooming plants are the hottest plants for gardening | | | | growing with ample water and fertilization.'Summer |
| today - and for good reason. Whether it is | | | | Snowflake' has dark green oval leaves that can reach |
| hydrangeas, daylilies or iris, with today's smaller | | | | up to five inches long. The foliage turns a rusty red |
| gardens, the desire is for more flowers from a limited | | | | to bronze in the early fall and the flowers give way |
| space. An ideal way to achieve this is with plants that | | | | to 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 deciduous | | | | troubled by pests and diseases. It can be planted as |
| shrubs and virtually the only repeat blooming | | | | a specimen, used for screening or in a spot in the |
| viburnum - plicatum tomentosum 'Summer | | | | foundation 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 blooms | | | | Choose a site with good drainage in full sun to light |
| and compact growth habit. In the spring, 'Summer | | | | shade. |
| Snowflake' will bloom with clusters of white flowers | | | | Enrich the soil with compost at planting. |
| that follow along the horizontal stems, creating a | | | | Water regularly until established and in periods of |
| double row of blooms on each side. This bloom | | | | drought. |
| pattern gives 'Summer Snowflake' its common name | | | | Fertilize with Plant-Tone in late autumn, very early |
| - doublefile viburnum. The spring blooms are followed | | | | spring 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 repeatedly | | | | Snowflake visit the Carroll Gardens websiteAlan |
| flowering, 'Summer Snowflake' grows more | | | | Summers, president of Carroll Gardens, Inc., has over |
| compactly than is typical for Viburnum plicatum. It | | | | 30 years experience in gardening and landscape |
| matures at about six feet tall and five feet wide. Like | | | | design. |
| so may repeat blooming plants, maximum bloom will | | | | |