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  • From: "Martha L. Davis" <martha_davis@earthlink.net>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Cranberry Bush Viburnums
  • Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:03:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

The viburnum flowers are truly beautiful. Some hydrangeas also have a similar
arrangement. I had them but never made jelly because I was deterred by the
dirty sock smell. According to Michael Dirr, V. opulus the european
cranberry bush viburnum, has a few concave, disk-like glands on the petiole.
V. trilobum the american cranberry bush viburnum is supposed to have small
dome shaped glands usually stalked on it's petiole. I have always found
them hard to tell apart and even looking at labeled species in an arboretum
it was not all that clear. In addition I suspect that both are now present
in "wild" areas not to mention hybrids between the two.

Martha





  • [NAFEX] Cranberry Bush Viburnums, Martha L. Davis, 02/05/2008

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