’ possumhaw (Spring Meadow Nursery, Grand Haven, MI) were planted into trade gal pots. Treatments were the same as Expt. I, with the following exceptions. For this experiment, the entire root ball was removed and washed for RDW when SDW was recorded. Substrate
experience alternating periods of flooding and drying. Dylewski et al. (p. 461) evaluated three native woody landscape shrubs for tolerance to repeated short-term flooding events. Sweetspire, inkberry holly, and possumhaw all maintained growth and good
. ‘Duraheat’, Viburnum nudum L. (possumhaw), V. nudum L. ‘Winterthur’, Itea virginica L. (Virginia sweetspire), I. virginica L. ‘Henry’s Garnet’, Helianthus angustifolius L. (swamp sunflower), H. angustfolius ‘First Light’, Eupatorium purpureum
withstand alternating wet and dry periods. On 16 June 2008, 30 rooted stem cuttings [0.25 L (2.25 inches)] of Viburnum nudum L. ‘Winterthur’ (possumhaw), Ilex glabra (L.) A. Gray. ‘Shamrock’ (inkberry holly), and Itea virginica L. ‘Henry's Garnet