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Edge Of The Woods Native Plant Nursery, LLC

Specializing in plants native to mid-Atlantic ecosystem

September 6, 2019

Species Spotlight: Viburnums

No landscape is complete without a viburnum or two!  Our native viburnums provide multi-season interest and a variety of benefits including spring blooms, fall color, decorative berries relished by migrating birds, and spring nectar for pollinators. There are so many great choices, so please do not limit yourself to the overused, nonnative leatherleaf and fragrant viburnums.

Most are quick growing, making them great choices for hedgerows or privacy screening.  In an open, sunny location they usually form a rounded or mushroom shape; and can be pruned into single stem small “trees”.  In under-story situation, they spread in search of light, forming smaller, more open specimens that naturally reflect how they grow in the wild. They are very adaptable plants, and there is a viburnum for almost any garden or landscape situation. Matching the right plant to the right place will help you pick the best one for you!

Here’s a quick rundown on the various native species we have in stock:

Viburnum dentatum — Arrow-wood Viburnum

  • 6′-12′ in height, 4′-10′ wide
  • Moist to dry soil
  • Creamy white compound flowers in late spring
  • Blue-back berries in fall
  • Deer resistant
  • Sun to part shade
Viburnum dentatum, Great Falls Park, 6/3/13 Photo courtesy Flickr Commons Fritz Flohr Reynolds

Viburnum lentago — Nanny Berry Viburnum

  • 15′-18′ high by 6′-12′ wide
  • White blooms in late spring
  • Fruits turn from green to pink to blue; often multicolored bunches until ripe
  • Yellow to orange to burgundy fall color depending on sun exposure
  • Moist well drained soil; adaptable to poor compacted soils, permanently moist and dry soils
  • Sun to light shade
  • Pollution tolerant
  • One of the largest of the native viburnums; could be considered a small tree
Viburnum lentago (nannyberry), Exeter, RI Photo courtesy Flickr Commons Doug McGrady

Viburnum prunifolium — Blackhaw viburnum

  • 12′-15′ by 6′-15′ wide
  • Horizontal to broad oval canopy; similar to a crab-apple or hawth0rn in shape
  • Creamy white flowers in early to mid spring
  • Prefers part sun; tolerates full shade
  • Mildly deer resistant
  • Fruit can be made into a jelly
  • Moist to dry soil; drought tolerant
Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’ — Smooth Viburnum

  • 6′-8′ tall and wide
  • White blooms in early summer
  • Leaves are glossy dark green.; glossy dark red fall color
  • Sun to light shade
  • Prefers cool location
  • Wet to moderately dry soil; prefers moist soil
  • The ‘Winterthur’ cultivar will set more berries if pollinated by the straight species Viburnum nudum
Berries of viburnum nudum

Viburnum trilobum —American Cranberry Bush

  • 5′-15′ high by 4′-10′ wide
  • White, showy blooms in late spring
  • Sun to part sun
  • Edible fruit is bright red; used by early colonists for preserves
  • Fall color yellow to red
  • Average to moist soils, tolerates wet soil well
  • Vase shaped , mounded with long, arching canes
  • Fast growing and suckering habit in wet to very moist soils
  • The selection ‘Wentworth’ remains more compact
Fall color viburnum trilobum

 

 

Article by Louise Schaefer / Plants

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