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By Randall Ware
ight outside the bedroom
window of Bob Wollam’s .T*^. 19th-century farmhouse in Jefiersonton is an exquisite shrub. In early spring, it produces huge, show-stopping white blooms that grow up to eight indies in diameter. It is a vibernum macrocephalum, otherwise known as a Chinese snowbalL It is one of Wollam’s favorites.
Wollam grows this particular species for his flower forming business, not only because of its beauty; but also because it is extremely difficult to find in this area.
Indeed, the climate here in Fauquier County is supposed to be too cold for the Chinese snowball. How is this shrub thriving?
No doubt, Wollam’s expertise and knowledge of flowers is one reason. But that may be only part of the explanation.
“I was expecting that I would be lucky, and it would work,* Wollam joked when asked if he thought the shrub would survive when be planted it nearly five years ago.
For years, horticultural professionals as well as novice home gardeners have relied on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Hardiness Zone Map to help determine which plaints will grow in their area. The map was designed by compiling weather records ir»*a a database of Hie oddest
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