Plant of the Month: Dawn Viburnum for Winter Color and Fragrance

Posted on November, 2012 by Mark Turner

Dawn Viburnum in late October — Dawn Viburnum foliage and blossoms in late October.

Even in our mild Pacific Northwest climate there aren’t many shrubs that bloom during the dark winter months. One of the exceptions is Bodnant Viburnum, Viburnum ×bodnantense. The cultivar we have in our garden, and the one you’ll find most often in the nursery trade, is ‘Dawn.’ For us, it begins blooming in late October and continues to open fragrant pink blossoms through February. Continue reading →

Plant of the Month: ‘Dawn’ Viburnum

Posted on February, 2012 by Mark Turner

One of the joys of a winter garden in the Pacific Northwest is fragrant shrubs. We planted a Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ in our front garden many years ago. This vase-shaped shrub begins blooming for us around the first of December and carries through until March.

Dawn Viburnum ‘Dawn’ was selected as one of the Great Plant Picks both for its fragrant pink tubular blossoms during the winter and for its bronzy foliage in autumn. It’s hardy in USDA zones 5 to 9, grows best in full sun, and is somewhat drought tolerant. In our Bellingham garden it gets a moderate soaking, along with everything else in the same bed, once every three weeks during the dry months of July-September. Continue reading →