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Arborvitae - A Multi Use Plant
The arborvita is a plant that has many forms, colors, and uses
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Ornamental Plants That Improve Bird Habitats
Birds can be an important addition to any landscape. Selecting
the best ornamental plants that help improve the habitat of your
back yard should be choosen for features that provide birds with
food and shelter.
Viburnums provide excellent food and shelter for bird habitats.
Viburnums are attractive, versatile, adaptable shrubs for any
landscape in which you want to improve your bird habitat.. They
can be used as hedges or screens and in mixed perennial and
shrub borders. They can stand alone as specimen plants or in
clusters. They usually take the form of shrubs, but some species
can become small ornamental trees. They range in size from the
Dwarf American Cranberry at 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide, to the
Siebold at over 15 feet tall.
Viburnums are plants with year round interest. All Viburnums
have profuse white to pink flowers in the spring. They have
large, attractive and often textured leaves. Some viburnums have
wonderfully fragrant flowers that are produced in snowball sized
clusters in spring. Their flower clusters can consist of pink
buds, which develop into white flowers. Some fruits are red and
turn black with age. Leaves are glossy, dark green and turn a
burgundy color in the fall. Midsummer berries are an important
food source for birds. The cranberry viburnum is noteworthy in
that it bears fruit in the fall but ripens late in winter.
Viburnums have colorful red to purple leaves. Some viburnums can
become medium sized trees, especially if they are pruned.
Viburnums excel as specimen plants or as anchors in mixed
borders which your birds will love. You won't find a more
versatile group of shrubs for hedges or for massing in groups,
since viburnums hold their own in every season givig year round
intrest. Some viburnums, such as Prague viburnum 'Pragense', are
evergreen. Others, such as leatherleaf viburnum, are
semi-evergreen in colder climates, losing their leaves when
temperatures dip below 10 degrees. Most viburnums grow in
clusters or colonies. These colonies form thickets that are
unsurpassed as cover for birds. I have seen how this has
protected birds in our backyard from attacking hawks that were
unable to fly into the viburnum shelter that birds escape to.
The best feature of Viburnums is their adaptability. While they
would prefer full sun and moderately watered, well-drained rich
soils, they will grow very well in part shade in alkaline, clay
soils. Diseases and pests rarely attack them. My kids have run
over them with brush hogs and they survived. Their fibrous root
system makes them transplant easily.
Viburnums have long been popular garden plants, known for their
white, often fragrant spring flowers and their delightful fall
color. But it's the Asian viburnums that have so far taken first
prize. Perhaps the most widely known viburnums are the Burkwood
viburnum (Viburnum x burkwoodii), and the Korean spice viburnum
(V. carlesii), both of which fill the air with an enchanting
clovelike oders in mid-spring. Also
popular is the doublefile
viburnum (V. plicatum f. tomentosum), valued for its layered
habit, fall foliage, and clusters of red fruits. Viburnum
acerifolium (Maple-leafed viburnum) Although I wouldn't garden
without any of these, I have a special fondness for several of
our native viburnums. They may not provide the flower fragrance
of their Asian cousins, but I love them nonetheless for their
brilliant fall foliage color but also for their abundant fruit
displays, which attract wildlife to my garden in the fall and
winter months. In addition, several are useful to today's
waterwise gardeners or in tough urban conditions. They require
only corrective pruning, and none commonly suffer from pests or
diseases.
Viburnums are considered moist woodland plants. In nature they
are found along steam banks from Long Island to Florida. When
you come to our 5275 West Swamp Rd. location ask us to show some
in their native habitat that we found along our stream bank.
These plants perform well under normal landscape conditions. I
especially like the floral display in the spring and these
viburnums that bear fruit in the fall. Winterthur has great red
leaves and abundant fruit in the fall. This cultivar needs a
cross pollinator such as viburnum nudum.
Native Americans used Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum) for
arrow shafts. There stems are long and strait. This plant will
grow in places many plants struggle. So if you have had trouble
with plants in a harsh location try a viburnum. Viburnums We
raise over 10 types of Viburnums on our farms from seedlings to
5' shrubs. If you have poor soils due to compacting from
construction, try viburnums. Being rugged and hardy, they
perform where other plants fail. American Cranberry Bush
KoreanSpice Blackhaw ArrowwoodViburnum Chicago Luster (we have
500 3-6' that must be sold by Sept 28 2005) Dawn Summer
Snowflake Shasta Winterthur Blue Muffin Burkwood Erie Tea
If you are searching for a good-looking hardy shrub which will
attract and feed birds consider one of the many members of the
Viburnum family.
The food for birds should be available from trees and shrubs in
the landscape. Natural food sources are best. Try to copy the
native sources that will provide food as is needed by native
bird populations. Plants should provide an available food supply
all-year-round. Native trees and shrubs native to your area
ensures that fruits and berries are available for the local bird
population.
Whenever you select a plant for bird habitat improvement try to
maintain a balance of 20-25% evergreens. The evergreen can be
broadleafed such as holly or in the cedar family such as the
eastern red cedars. Multi stemmed plants are best as they will
prove better shelter. following these simple tips will increase
your birding enjoyment. Judd Korean Spice Praque Siebold
About the author:
Bill has been raising nursery stok for 45years. His nursery is
located in Doylestown Pa. 25 miles north of Philadelphia in
Bucks County.
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