Viburnum tinus - Cultivation Notes
Flourishing in full sun or part shade, viburnum's will tolerate most soils other than very wet soils, being well suited to chalk soils. Avoid planting extremely hot droughty or dry exposed, cold areas. Prune out old and dead wood in winter and trim shape during maintenance.
Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Viburnum tinus:
- Sun loving drought tolerant plant
- Scented blossom
- All round tough plant suitable for problem areas
- Ideal for fast growing screening
- Provides valuable winter interest
- Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
- Suitable for container growing
- Suitable for exposed coastal planting
- Fruit / berry producing
- Attractive form or foliage for all year interest
- Tolerates cold exposed locations
- Suitable for hedging or topiary
- Tolerates heavy clay soils
- Suitable for planting in full shade
- Produces winter flowers
Weaknesses of Viburnum tinus
- Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils
Design & Plant Use for Viburnum tinus:
- Provides scented winter blossom
- Evergreen plant suitable for trimming to shape or topiary
- Fast growing evergreen plant ideal for screening
- Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
- Plant for extreme coastal screening
- Evergreen shrub suitable for planting in a shady location
- Ideal flowering shrub for problem clay soils
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Common Missspellings: Verbernum, Vibernum, Viburnam