Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Gardening

Find tips and tricks to make your garden or allotment flourish on our Gardening forum.

Viburnum and berries

2 replies

PinkCamelias · 20/05/2026 09:19

I bought one V.nudum Brandywine and one v. dilatatum Sealing Wax; I chose them for autumn interest (red leaves and berries). When I looked for advice on planting, I found out that they need another plant of similar species for cross-pollination to produce berries. I have a small garden and I don't think I can add two more bushes! I wish the shop made this information available. Do you perhaps have these or similar species and they produce berries without another plant?

OP posts:
Yamadori · 20/05/2026 11:32

According to what I've just looked up for you, brandywine is a self-fertile variety. The other one does need another shrub nearby to produce the best show of berries.

Mind you, if viburnum is anything like cotoneaster, it won't be all that choosy about which other varieties to cross-pollinate with. They are pollinated by wind or insects, so keep your fingers crossed.

PinkCamelias · 20/05/2026 13:14

Thank you for the reassurance regarding v. dilatatum @Yamadori ! Apparently Brandywine will produce just a few berries on its own. The shop confirmed that when I emailed them. They said which other variety is recommended, but they don’t sell it. I have one more viburnum but neither nudum nor dilatatum… This one was specifically sold as self-fertile. Well, nothing to be done - I will either squeeze in another shrub(s), or hope for the best.

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread