HRT 212 Plant Walk 8: Viburnums and Barberries

Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar'   Note photo here for what they should look like, they have been severely pruned

Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’  Winterthur viburnum  Note brown stems, naked buds that lok like hot dogs (?) Finer, smaller habit than other viburnums May have clusters of blue fruit

Deutzia gracilis  this is cv. Nikko Note fine branching, small flower recepticles

Viburnum carlesii Note Fuzzy stems and buds naked leaf buds and large flower bud clusters

Lonicera mackii Note deep fissured gray bark Early to leaf out in spring very similar to L. tatarica

Diervilla sessilifolia Note terminal capsules

Lindera benzoin Note green twigs with small lenticels, very round buds Twigs are fragrant! early yellow flowers

Philadelphus coronarius     Note "cootie catcher" 4-capsule dried fruit  

Berberis koreana 'Red Tears' Note LARGE plant size wicked thorns, especially on suckers chains of red berries

Viburnum prunifolium Buds like a duck head shrub or small tree with hawthorn-like shape and bark

Viburnum opulus Note maple-like three lobed leave (hanging on dry from last year) clusters of red berries buds and stems NOT fuzzy

Weigela florida multi stemmed shrub with numerous trumpet-shaped flowers note elongated capsules all over

Berberis thunbergii  (many cultivars here) Note reddish stems thorns bright red fruit

Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pigmy' Note compact form dark reddish stems thorns

Vibrunum dentatum Note very upright stems lacks tomentose

Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum note very horizontal branhing with pairs of buds along the stem