Can’t believe this area used to be all knotweed! On left, Princeton elm, center, river birches, and at right (flowering) is one of my favorite shrubs, highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum).
Tag: viburnum
Nannyberries
Three Viburnum lentago shrubs were recently transplanted here from other sites nearby that seemed a bit dry for them. Here they’ll have plenty of room to spread out and plenty of water. Because this is a new planting area, we threw on a ton of wood chips to help keep weeds at bay. You can’t see them, but I also planted a few purple asters here.
Birch Grove in Autumn
Now that their leaves have dropped, the “Heritage” river birches are showing off their beautiful bark. We planted these in 2012, if I remember correctly. They sit right over where some of the densest knotweed rhizomes were.
In the foreground is viburnum, bayberry, sweetfern and a dogwood. The dogwood and two of its buddies have had their roots pruned in anticipation of being transplanted next spring.
