General: A large horizontal shaped flowering shrub with tiered branching. Is usually wider than it is tall and appears broad and rounded at maturity. Grows 8-10” in height with a 9-12” spread.

Leaves: Opposite, broad and ovate 2-4” long. Dark green with reddish purple fall color. Leaves tend to hang down on branches creating a “dog eared” effect.

Flowers:  White flat topped cymes 2-4” in diameter that sit above the foliage. May. No fragrance but very showy.

Fruit: An egg shaped drupe 1/3” long changing from red to black and enjoyed by many bird species.

Attributes:  One of the finest flowering deciduous shrubs for long lasting flowers, colorful fruits and fall color. Can be used as a specimen, for foundation plantings, in shrub borders or for massing.

General: A rounded, dense deciduous flowering shrub with stiff, upright spreading branches. Usually growing to 5’ but can grow to 8’ over time with similar width. Slow growing.

Leaves: Opposite, simple and broad-ovate 1-4” long. Dull dark green and hairy with a satiny sheen during the growing season changing to red, wine-red in the fall.

Flowers: Fragrant 2-3” flat topped cymes that are semi snowball shaped. Flowers are pink to red in bud and open white. Late April to early May.

Fruit: An egg shaped drupe 1/3” long and flattened, changing from red to black from August to September.

Attributes:  A beautiful shrub to use for fragrance and color in the spring. Can be utilized as a foundation planting, as a specimen or in groupings.  

General: A tree or multi-stemmed shrub, rounded at the top and stiffly branched. Typically grows 12 to 15’ in height with 8-12’ in width, but can reach 25’.

Leaves: Opposite, simple and broad-elliptic 1-3” long. Dark green color in the summer makes way for a variety of colors in the fall from purple, reddish purple to shining red or bronze.

Flowers: Creamy white 2-4” flat topped cymes in early April that emerge with the leaves.

Fruit: An oval drupe ½” long that starts out a rose color in September and matures to a bluish black throughout the fall. Fruits persist into winter and are attractive to birds and wildlife. They can also be used for preserves.

Attributes:  Can be used as a small specimen tree, for massing or in shrub borders. Multi-seasonal use.

General: An upright, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub growing 8 to 12’ tall.

Leaves: Opposite, simple and ovate 3 to 6” long. Blue green to dark green in the summer developing into a reddish purple in the fall.

Flowers: Small white flowers arranged in flat topped clusters 2” wide, April to May.

Fruit: An bright red egg shaped drupe ½” long in clusters from September to late in the fall. Tea viburnums produce the heaviest, most ornamental fruit set of the vibrnums, often causing their branches to arch downward from the weight.

Attributes:  Useful in shrub borders, screens and hedges. As its habit is leggy, its best when used with other specimens.

General: Large shrub or small tree with an open habit and stiff, rigid branching. Grows 15 to 20’ in height.

Leaves: Opposite and simple, 2 to 5” long. Dark green color in the summer, usually lacking fall color though an ashy purple is possible. Leaves are malodorous when crushed.

Flowers:  Abundant creamy white panicle clusters 3 to 6” in May.

Fruit: An oval drupe up to ½” long. Rosy red color maturing to black from August through October.

Attributes:  Used as a specimen, in groupings, against large buildings, as screens or hedges.

General: A dense, rounded and hardy shrub growing 8 to 12′ in height with a similar spread

Leaves: Opposite, simple and three lobed, 2 to 5″ long. Dark green during the growing season making way for fall colors ranging from yellow to purple-reds

Flowers:  White, 3 to 4″ flat topped cymes appear in May

Fruit: A rounded red drupe, 1/3″ long appears in September and persists through late winter of the following year

Attributes:  An attractive native used for hedging, screening and massing- especially in moist areas.

Viburnum Bloom Data 2023