What's your experience with Viburnum x Sarcoxy

I have been perusing a local nursery's web site during winter boredom, and came across this viburnum.

http://www.fallerlandscape.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantdetail&plant_id=275

It appears to have all the attributes I'm looking for, but I can find nothing about it in Plant Files. I'm sure it will grow here, as this nursery gets all of its viburnums from Classic Viburnums which is here in Nebraska. Do any of you have experience with it or pictures or anything? Nothing on the site about the fruit. Thank you for your help.

Nice looking Viburnum! This site http://www.thevillagegardencenter.com/Viburnum_4.htm describes the cross and where this cv came from. Might be of help. Where's VV?

Hi, growin; just writing my usual footnoted epistle...

You've asked the right question in the right place.

'Sarcoxie' is a better correct spelling, but as long as you find the right information you'll be fine. I've not grown this plant here (because it is remarkably similar to several others I am growing), but I've seen it in arboreta and read enough about it to be confident of the descriptive information.

According to Dirr, this plant was created by Dale Wild of Sarcoxie Nursery in Missouri (http://sarcoxienursery.com/) from a backcross of V. x burkwoodii x V. carlesii). It is supposed to be upright in youth and more rounded with maturity with 2-3" fragrant flowers. As I've experienced it, it doesn't much differ from V. x carlcephalum.

Additional note from Dirr...a new Bailey Nursery introduction trademarked as American Spice ('Duvone') was selected from a block of 'Sarcoxie' growing in Michigan. It has a relatively compact form at 4' x 4.5' in 14 years, and tolerated -20F during winter of '93-94 without snow protection. That sounds like a V. x burkwoodii to me, too, albeit potentially smaller.

Here's Classic Viburnums own description of 'Sarcoxie':

So...Classic Viburnums likes it better than plain V. x burkwoodii or plain V. carlesii.

I'd vote for V. x 'Cayuga'. This is an US National Arboretum introduction, and a fabulous fragrant spring blooming viburnum. You could look it up, and...

You can never have too many viburnums.

Isn't it fun when misspellings are propagated around the digital universe? I wouldn't presume to tell anyone their business, but lots of nurserymen can benefit from "spell check." Maybe that could be a second career path...

I would venture to say that the fruit on 'Sarcoxie' is going to be just like most Burkwood viburnums, where it starts out a bright red and holds that color for a good long while before maturing to black. Unfortunately, the fruit doesn't sit out at the tips prominently when in color because it gets hidden by new summer stem growth. It is still attractive with close inspection, and you wouldn't immediately spit it out when you tasted it (mature soft black, not when firm red).

Thank you! I knew I'd get an answer here! That same nursery offers x Cayuga, although I probably won't do anything but look on their web site. Am planning a trip to Classic Viburnums this spring. I don't remember the people's names, but they are SO nice! Shall I pick you up anything? :-)

Thanks again for the info. The misspelling is probably why a Google search brought me no results. I would agree that I don't have enough vibnurnums. I probably shouldn't be so fussy either.

Gary and Susan Ladman are the fine proprietors of Classic Viburnums. Tell them I said "Hi from KY! Move closer!"

You could pick me up anything from them, and I'd be happy. Take a very large checkbook...

Yes, that's the name! I will be going to the seminar on February 27. Gary is the guest speaker. No, they can't move closer to you unless they move as far east as me, which would be closer to you AND closer to me.

http://www.fallerlandscape.com/

Would Conoy work as a pollinator for Cayuga?

If not, would Conoy work as a pollinator for Mohawk.

I have a Conoy and I would like to add whichever viburnum would work best with it.

'Conoy' and 'Mohawk' are more closely related. I'll have to fish out my bloom chart to double-check if all of these overlap in bloom time, but I think they do.

It looks like my records show that 'Mohawk' and 'Cayuga' start first and are pretty much coincidental, with 'Conoy' starting about a week later. They should all overlap some, but vagaries of weather can cause different behavior year to year.

None of these are bad choices. If you can't fit them all in your yard, then encourage a neighbor to add the one you don't have room for.

'Conoy' is fully evergreen in KY. 'Mohawk' and 'Cayuga' are fully deciduous.

Thanks VV for your informative, as always, feedback. Hard decision to make. I guess availability will have a lot to do with it. And, I’ll try to work on my neighbor, but they’re not really into the plant thing.