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One of the more heartening signs to spring is the growing ball-like clumps on my viburnums. Soon those clumps will open into large white globes of blossoms, and a vanilla scent will fill the air around my front porch and the front of my house.

Virburnums are often the first of the shrubs to put on leaves, and the last to drop them. They tolerate some shade, and come in a lot of varieties, scented and unscented.