Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet' Gulfstream Nursery held out like little trumpets

held out like little trumpets that hummingbirds cannot resist

easy in shade or part shade and rich

Half of that heritage is pure legend

the story changes: across the Mediterranean the berries become jams

Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet' Gulfstream Nursery held out like little trumpetsThey carry their Roman name almost unchanged. Tinus was what the Romans called the shrub two thousand years ago, the name Pliny the Elder set down in his Natural History, and when Linnaeus came to catalogue them he simply kept it. The reason gardeners have held onto Viburnum tinus just as long is that they flower in the cold. While the rest of the garden is shut down for winter, they cover themselves in tight clusters of deep carmine buds that open a