I have the ordinary white one rather than the pink but there is probably not a huge difference between them. Mine has been there for around 30 years and has grown very large, but I have the space and have never pruned it.
It provides a good visual cover and cover for birds for most of the year, the flowers are lovely, just fading now, and there will be berries later. I find the odd offspring, planted by a bird, but no problem with them. For me it is easy and trouble free, but might be more complicated if you are trying to keep it to a specific size.
We have roseum. Lovely shrub, white flowers despite its name, but long lasting - they form a small flower head which slowly matures from green through to white so a long period of interest. Grows quite quickly, ours is over 2m tall after approx 3years, width maybe 1.5m and that’s in dry shade. Autumn colour can be good but not reliable, presumably weather dependent. Ours flowers around May.
Negatives- the flowers don’t age well, ours has all its flowers at once and then they turn brown when they go over which looks a mess. Not a big issue as you can knock them off. Also it’s a sterile cultivar so no berries, which I was disappointed about but that was my fault for not researching properly beforehand when I chose which cultivar
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Hi Silver surfer. Thanks for photos. I believe you also responded to my post about Virburnum Sargentii a while back and provided a beautiful picture which helped me position mine.
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Negatives- the flowers don’t age well, ours has all its flowers at once and then they turn brown when they go over which looks a mess. Not a big issue as you can knock them off. Also it’s a sterile cultivar so no berries, which I was disappointed about but that was my fault for not researching properly beforehand when I chose which cultivar
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
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Not to be confused with Viburnum opulus roseum which has balls of flower and nothing else ..it is sterile.
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Thanks for photos. I believe you also responded to my post about Virburnum Sargentii a while back and provided a beautiful picture which helped me position mine.