Viburnum ’Brandywine’ Named 2024 Woody Cut Flower of the Year
Viburnum ‘Brandywine’ | Spring Meadow Nursery
The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) has announced its 2024 Cut Flowers of the Year. Chosen by the group’s 1,600 members, the criteria for the awards are the varieties’ ease of culture, productivity, and marketability.
Recipient of the 2024 Woody Cut of the Year, Proven Winners ColorChoice Viburnum nudum ‘Brandywine,’ shares the honor with Fresh Cut Flower of the Year, Snapdragon ‘Potomac Appleblossom,’ Bulb Cut Flower of the Year, Daffodil ‘Cheerfulness,’ and Cut Foliage of the Year, Thornless Raspberry ‘Joan J.’
Viburnum ‘Brandywine’ is a highly ornamental Witherod. Starting in late spring, it bears clusters of foamy white flowers, and handsome, glossy green foliage carries it through summer. Late in August, the green berries turn ivory, then vivid pink, then blue. Each berry cluster often displays all three colors simultaneously for a truly memorable effect. As the berries change color, so does the foliage, taking on a vivid red that makes the berries seem even more colorful.
One member-grower says, “I love the full seasonality of the Viburnum ‘Brandywine.’ I love the pinkish spring flowers, the leaf coloring, and the two-tone berries.”
Viburnum ‘Brandywine’ is a North American native species selected for its more refined, compact habit (5-6 feet tall and wide, versus 10+ feet in the wild) and abundant flowers and berries. It does not require a different variety to pollinate it; however, it serves to pollinate the variety ‘Winterthur,’ in which case both plants will bear abundant fruit.
One of many outstanding Proven Winners ColorChoice shrubs to earn this honor, Viburnum ‘Brandywine’ joins last year’s Woody Cut of the Year, Hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky, along with previous years’ winners Hydrangea paniculata Quick Fire and ‘Limelight’ and Physocarpus opulifolius Coppertina Ninebark.
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