How to Use viburnum in a Sentence
viburnum
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For the blues of her dress: viburnum berries and the thistle-like Eryngium.
—Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
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Our sweet viburnum hedge is more than eight feet tall and too large.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2020
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Flower of choice: To me, green viburnum is the perfect shade of pale green.
—Alexandra Abramian, House Beautiful, 17 Aug. 2016
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There are several ways to control the spread of the viburnum leaf beetle.
—Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 27 July 2019
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Rusty blackhaw viburnum is harder to find but worth the effort.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 9 July 2019
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Some browning of the edges of leaves such as viburnums appears alarming at first but should not cause worry.
—Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 12 Feb. 2018
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The tight pink and ivory buds of several fragrant viburnum flirted with passersby who knew the scent of just one of the open flowers could stop them in their tracks.
—Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
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If your viburnum is in a pot, the growing medium is very different from your landscape soil.
—Walter Reeves, ajc, 11 July 2018
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There are a number of viburnum varieties that the deer do not usually eat.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020
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This viburnum beside our front door gets full sun until about 1 p.m. every day.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 3 Sep. 2020
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Our viburnum and beautyberry bushes are loaded with berries for the lucky birds who stay here year-round.
—Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Sep. 2021
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Leatherleaf or rough-leaf viburnum is another good choice and doesn’t have the name confusion.
—Dallas News, 22 June 2020
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The arrowwood viburnum was sown a year earlier, but is now 24 inches high and fit for planting out.
—Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
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If the pruners have been burning a hole in your garden glove, go ahead and trim up the lilac, forsythia, viburnum and other spring-blooming shrubs, if needed.
—Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2019
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Or plant a flowering shrub or tree such as lilac, crabapple, and Korean spice viburnum.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Feb. 2023
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When the sun is shining, hunt the comparatively open dogwood and viburnum thickets, the groves of young birch and aspen, and the overgrown orchards.
—Tom Davis, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2023
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Some varieties of viburnum, like 'Eastern Snowball,' can even look like hydrangeas when in bloom.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
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Most bloom in shades of pink and white, and many offer a pleasant fragrance ('Korean Spice' viburnum has a deliciously spicy and sweet smell).
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
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The problem is that it’s also sold as Viburnum japonicum, macrophyllum or large-leaved viburnum.
—Dallas News, 22 June 2020
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The arbor Meggie and Ian were married under was a mixture of garden roses, Queen Anne’s lace, and snowball viburnum.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 24 May 2018
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Later spring blooming species such as some viburnums and early lilacs (Syringa species and hybrids) also tend to force fairly well.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
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This year the list is longer and includes more cold-hardy plants such as oleander, rosemary, blue plumbago, viburnum, lantana, roses, shrimp plant, roses and Turks cap.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
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The bad news is that a spring-flowering shrub, such as viburnum, forsythia, or deutzia, likely won’t bloom after being sheared by rabbits.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
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The same thing is happening on my dwarf gardenia and evergreen viburnum.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2023
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Other plants, however, can't handle fall pruning—such as azalea, viburnum, Loropetalum, and lilac.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
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If any of your plants had a serious problem, such as apple scab on crab apple trees or viburnum leaf beetles on viburnum shrubs, do clean it up to reduce the risk that the problem will return next year.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2021
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If a 5- to 6-foot-tall planting is adequate, select the dwarf Burford holly, suspensum viburnum or thryallis.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2017
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Shopping for new plants is a delight and people who have not done it for a while may be amazed at the great range of offerings in hydrangeas, viburnums, camellias, azaleas and more evergreen and deciduous shrubs.
—charlotteobserver, 16 Aug. 2017
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The viburnum leaf beetle is a heavy feeder that can completely defoliate viburnums.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2022
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Pagano’s research has shown that native berries such as dogwoods, spicebush (Lindera benzoin) and viburnums naturally provide the high fat and calorie content that birds need.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
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