Comments on: Viburnum x bodnantense https://www.scottarboretum.org/viburnum-x-bodnantense/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Becky Robert https://www.scottarboretum.org/viburnum-x-bodnantense/#comment-1397 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:57:33 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=8584#comment-1397 In reply to Ragna Anderson.

I can’t speak as to why the crosses were made in the 1930s. A common trait in gardening is that people enjoy new and different. Its fun to grow the latest clematis or hydrangea variety. The crosses may have been made looking to create a plant with specific traits, or perhaps it was simply to see what the progeny from the two parent plants would look like. – Josh Coceano, Horticulturist at Scott Arboretum

]]> By: Ragna Anderson https://www.scottarboretum.org/viburnum-x-bodnantense/#comment-1396 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:04:33 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=8584#comment-1396 Searching through the internet for to find the answer to why the even did a cross between the two parents? Does anyone know? As far as I know the parents is as good plants as the crosses?

]]> By: Becky Robert https://www.scottarboretum.org/viburnum-x-bodnantense/#comment-1395 Wed, 02 May 2018 17:30:43 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=8584#comment-1395 In reply to Wendy C.

Dear Wendy, I am glad you were able to find inspiration in this article.

The gardening staff has tucked clematis all over campus using this same idea.

Happy Planting,
Becky Robert
Scott Arboretum

]]> By: Wendy C https://www.scottarboretum.org/viburnum-x-bodnantense/#comment-1394 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:37:28 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=8584#comment-1394 I really like this shrub, as I get tired of all the gaudy yellow! We plant small rhodies in front of it to hide it’s legs, but the idea of a clematis twining through it is wonderful! Thanks for the idea.

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