31 Days of Flowers: Viburnum

Vibrant are pretty robust shrubs - they grow wild here in Ohio. However, my backyard has been viburnum-challenged since I first planted them 10 years ago. Deer nibbled them nearly to the ground, and bit off every single blossom for years; more recently, it's been viburnum beetles ravaging the foliage.

With coyotes moving in, the deer population has dwindled a bit (also because of carnage on the busy main road in this part of town), and because the weird weather is messing with the beetles, we have an abundance of bloom this year.

Here's just one:

A couple of the bushes are almost 15' tall and are tangled in the evergreens, making a nice contrast between the creamy white of the viburnum umbels and the dark green of the spruces.