Viburnum, Hydrangea
Often difficult to know which is a viburnum and which a hydrangea between all their many species.
GARDEN
ANDREW MCMILLAN, Brtish born 1988
Poem written at Newton Heath, Manchester: 25 March 2020 and published on Write Where We Are Now: (poems during the pandemic)
https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/write/
in the beginning
the dead like the first flowers
for Adam were few
enough to name them
but soon they grew too many
the vast fields of them
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Viburnum
In April and May varieties of viburnum and hydrangea bloom at Winterthur, Delaware which does not limit itself to ‘native’ plants.
At Mt. Cuba in May also, which does.
The first viburnum variety to bloom in late April at Winterthur is a Korean Spice Viburnum:
the sweetest fragrance picked up behind the needles of an evergreen which shields it from the path.
Korean Spice Viburnum, Winterthur, Delaware, late April and early May
Green snowball viburnum, Winterthur, Delaware, late April and early May
Mayflower Viburnum (Carlesii)
Mayflower Viburnum (Carlesii), Winterthur, Delaware
Mayflower Viburnum (Carlesii), Winterthur, Delaware
Viburnum carlcephalum, Winterthur, Delaware
Viburnum carlcephalum, Winterthur, Delaware in May
Viburnum with hardy azalea in mid-May
Chinese ball vibrunum (Viburnum macrocephalum) interplanted with hardy azalea, Winterthur, Delaware in May
Rusty Black Haw (Viburnum rufidulum), a native viburnum at Mt. Cuba, Delaware, whose photo this is
Rusty Black Haw (Viburnum rufidulum), a native viburnum at Mt. Cuba, Delaware, whose photo this is
Doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum tomentosum), Winterthur, Delaware
Doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum tomentosum), Winterthur, Delaware
Doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum tomentosum), Winterthur, Delaware
Doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum tomentosum), Winterthur, Delaware
? Maple-leafed viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) in 2020 in the grounds of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (1761), Philadelphia?
? Maple-leafed viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) in 2020 in the grounds of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (1761), Philadelphia?
? Maple-leafed viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium), 2020, in tree form on 4th Street, Philadelphia?
? Maple-leafed viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) in tree form on 4th Street, Philadelphia, 2020
Tea viburnum (Vibernum setigerum) in two colours at Winterthur, Delaware
Hydrangea: delicate and robust.
White, lilac, the palest blue and green, pink, mauve and periwinkle.
Oak-leaf hydrangea, native to the eastern US, growing in Mt. Cuba, Delaware
Oak-leaf hydrangea, a native to the eastern US, growing in Mt. Cuba, Delaware
Oak-leaf hydrangea, a native to the eastern US, growing in Mt. Cuba, Delaware
Panicle hydrangea (Paniculata), Winterthur, Delaware. Similar flower but quite different leaf shape from the Oakleaf hydrangea.
Tea of Heaven cultivar, Hydrangea serrata, Shirofugi in Winterthur, Delaware
Hydrangea Grandiflora, considered native. Mt. Cuba, Delaware
Silver-leaf hydrangea (radiata), native
Winterthur, Delaware
Winterthur, Delaware
Winterthur, Delaware in advancing autumn
Winterthur, Delaware
Silver-leaf hydrangea (radiata), native
Bigleaf hydrangea growing in the conservatory of Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania
We used to have some wild pink dogwoods interspersed in the woods behind our house in Delaware. They had a very light gentle pink color. Have you ever seen any of these at Mt Cuba or Winterthur to your recollection?
There is one, fairly mature, in the graveyard of St. Peter’s here. I must have seen them because I have a memory of them but I found no photos of them on my hard drive on which I did, however, lose 3 years of recent photos.
Those pink dogwoods are spectacular I suppose also because the pink, at least in a certain part of the flower cycle, is more than one pink! I’ll post them next week with the Kurume azalea at Winterthur which flower at the same time.
Thanks for taking a look. Sarah