Hi tricitiestn: A friend of mine - to whom I recommended V. dentatum Indian Summer™ - went googling and found this thread, and noted that I had contributed information. She suggested I take a look. I left this forum (GardenWeb) in 2006, when it was under previous management and not exactly the most user-friendly environment. Still, lots of good viburnum information was generated and shared - and carried forward lo these 15 years! I appreciate that you and others find value in it, keep these threads alive, and add to the overall community knowledge. I like your list, and think you ought to keep punching it up. I wonder if we have conversed on forums on other sites (DG, NGA) where I frequent these days. Same screen name, same irascible but focused commentary. You will note in those older posts that both Kevin and I had listed some very young/very recently acquired plants, and noted that those selections had not yet settled into our growing zone and climate variations. We also noted the obvious: sometimes you get mislabeled plants! Many gardeners know the disappointment of buying, planting, and waiting for that odd variation of the common to grow and bloom - only to find that it was an imposter and no different than what you already had. Caveat emptor, I think. I found, not long after the posts above, that my plants labeled Chicago Lustre and Autumn Jazz were reversed - and that enlightenment came about by continued conversations with authorities like Gary Ladman, Kevin, and other viburnum enthusiasts. The common denominator is that we want to get it right while providing positive factual information about these clones that come from all kinds of different provenances, That way, gardeners can wade through the hype of sellers and glean actual performance information from fellow gardeners, and hopefully in as similar a circumstance as possible. Other changes since this thread started: great growers like Roy Klehm who trialed and selected so many of the treasured selections on this list - are no longer in business, and many/all of his named selections are no longer regularly available. That is tragic. Gary Ladman is no longer the young pup he once was (who is?), and being out in Nebraska makes it tough to widely disseminate his great plants and voluminous knowledge of the genus. Kevin no longer resides in west suburban Chicago, and that is a great loss to the upper Midwest gardening crowd. He is now in the hinterlands of the Appalachians, not particularly far from tricitiestn - which means that they will cancel each other out with redundant information (!!!). Actually, he is so glad to be growing in a balmy climate that he is transitioning into all the evergreen and south of zone 7 species that he routinely killed up in zone 5. I guess I alone am the constant, the touchstone, for the central KY Bluegrass country in the zone 5a - 6b range of the Ohio River valley region. -30ºF temperatures in early 2015 rocked the decades-long collection of plants here at Viburnum Valley Farm, and a couple of severe droughts afflicted those stressed plants that survived those severe temperatures. Ice storms and snow loads, cicadas and other biblical plagues have also taken their toll. Still, the test is the point. What I enjoy daily around these 10 acres that I've cultivated since 1990, are the stalwart citizens of my plant world that I will continue to expound upon on forums like this. There are new selections that continue to be added, and mature residents will pass on to the great compost or brushpile in the sky, to be renewed in the vascular systems and bloom clusters of future viburnums. I hope all here, and generations to come, will continue to contribute their experiences and opinions; listen, process, and evaluate writings of others; and keep seeking more information to grow more plants successfully for improvement of our landscapes and overall environment - and inspire succeeding generations to do more of the same. ViburnumValley

I am almost certain they will survive, but they may just limp along this season. I wouldn't give up on them, but I wouldn't expect much of a foliage show this year. I saw some of those at a bot garden last fall, and the foliage was so dark red it was turning toward black. And it was gorgeous. I might expect them to lose the foliage they have now and then resprout some new stuff, but not a lot. Good choice -- great fall color. Give them a chance and don't let them dry out during the high summer.

I can only speak for the native ones. The most upright ones in my area are V. rufidulum and V. prunifolium. They can easily be considered small trees. As for berries, the V. dentatum ones disappear the fastest but the V. nudum ones are popular too. V. acerifolium ones stay on the longest ... but I just saw a robin snacking on them the other day.

It's really best to call and ask. Nearly Native just has a few employees and doesn't always get to updating the site. Same thing for Carolina Native - they may have some species plants too. I will say that if you end up driving over to Atlanta/Nearly Native, you will no doubt enjoy visiting with them and will likely come home with other good stuff too! You know how that is.