The Viburnum, ‘Eastern Snowball’, ‘Viburnum opulus ‘Sterile’, is a hardy deciduous shrub growing 8 to 12 feet in height with a spread of 10 to 15 feet. Many clusters of large pure white snowball-like flowers cover this shrub in late spring. The Eastern Snowball has bright green foliage with reddish overtones in fall. This viburnum does not set fruit. This plant is used as foundation plant, shrub borders, hedges and screens. If pruning is desired, prune soon after flowering. The showy flowers will attract butterflies..
Category: Viburnum Shrubs
Common Snowball Viburnum
Balls of Floral Snow in Late SpringCommon Snowball Bush, Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’, is an ornamental shrub that has been a garden favorite for centuries because of the “balls of snow” it produces in late spring. One would make an eye-catching accent plant for your front yard, or plant several along your house or shed for a short, ornamental hedge.There is nothing “common” about the Common Snowball Bush, and there are few plants more fun to have in your landscape! Kids and adults alike love this rounded plant with its prolific supply of flowers. The giant, spherical clusters of white and green-tinted blossoms will appear in masses in spring. Some of the pristine blooms will even take on a pink cast for additional color. As the season changes from summer to fall, so does your Common Snowball Viburnum. In the fall, the leaves turn a wonderful burgundy, reddish-purple. Common Snowball Bush is a deciduous, thicket-forming, Old World shrub. It will grow to about 12 feet tall with an equal spread. It’s very hardy, and once established, will thrive with minimal care. A fun plant that provides outstanding blooms with minimal care, the Common Snowball Bush is a must-have plant for your yard today.* Spectacular spring blooms * Amazing fall Color* HardyHow to care for Common Snowball ViburnumThis show stopping Viburnum does get large so be sure to give it some room and use it in the back of your shrub border.Caring for this big guy is simple if you remember that they do bloom on last year’s wood. Like all plants that bloom on last year’s wood, the thing to remember is the best time to prune them in right after they are done blooming.By waiting to prune the branches until the flowers are done, the new growth that forms after pruning still has time to make new flower buds on that growth to make successive flower displays in spring.If the plants become woody with age, you can selectively remove the oldest stems out to the ground allowing the nice young stems to remain healthy and keep on pumping out the flowers. This Snowball Viburnum in some areas may see aphids that may feed on the new growth so do watch for aphids early in the season so the foliage does not become affected. Insecticidal soap or perhaps and insecticide may be necessary to eliminate aphid feeding in some years in some areas. .
Sargent Cranberrybush Viburnum
Red Berries All WinterThe Sargent Cranberrybush Viburnum, Viburnum sargentii, is very similar to American Cranberrybush, but will not grow as large.This shrub has beautiful white blooms with a low-to-the-ground branching habit. It will form a large upright, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub.It has a fantastic red fruit display with bright, translucent red drupes lasting well into January. In the fall,the foliage will turn an excellent red-purple color.’Sargent Cranberrybush’ Viburnum is very much like the ‘Snowball’ Viburnum, except that the leaves are thicker in texture, and it bears fruit.When used as a specimen or patio tree, leave plenty of room for root expansion. It will mature to 10′ tall with an equal spread. It can be pruned to any size. It grows best in full sun or partial shade, in moist, well-drained soil. Sargent is very vigorous and resistant to aphids. It will fruit best in sun but will also grow and flower in partial shade.You can use this as a specimen plant, a patio plant, a hedge, or garden backdrop.There is always space for a viburnum in any landscape, and this one will look terrific in yours as well!*White Blooms in Spring*Red Fruit Persists All Winter*Attracts Birds and WIldlife.
Autumn Jazz Arrowwood Viburnum
Butterflies on a VaseAutumn Jazz Arrowwood Viburnum, Viburnum dentatum ‘Ralph Senior’, is a vase-shaped shrub with creamy white flowers blooming in late May to mid-June. Butterflies love the flowers.This viburnum then produces clusters of blue-black berries, and the fruit is highly favored by birds. The summer foliage is crisp and dark green. The fall colors range from yellow, orange, and red to burgundy, and can vary in intensity.Its mature form is rounded, but sometimes takes on an upright appearance due to long, upright stems and suckers. It prefers full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soil is best, but can tolerate wet sites and some dryness as well. It prefers a slightly acidic soil.Autumn Jazz® Arrowwood Viburnum grows 10-12 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide, but can be pruned to any size. This viburnum is useful for its extreme durability in borders, screens, parking lots, and mass plantings.Viburnums tend to be multiseason plants with ornamental value throughout a large part of the season.*White Flowers in Late Spring*Blue Black Berries for Birds*Foliage is a Variety of Colors in Autumn.
Raspberry Tart Viburnum
Raspberry Foliage and Blue-Berry FruitThe Viburnum ‘Raspberry Tart’, Viburnum dentatum ‘Rastzam’, is named for its exceptionally showy raspberry-red fall foliage. This compact dwarf selection grows to only 4 to 5 feet. It is durable and hardy under harsh conditions, with superior winter hardiness.Rugged and adaptable, ‘Raspberry Tart’ is a striking, compact dwarf variety that produces showy flat-topped clusters of creamy white flowers in spring.This Viburnum is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season’s flowers.The shiny, disease resistant foliage lasts all summer, and then it shows off its outstanding raspberry-red color in the fall. ‘Raspberry Tart’ also produces blue-black fruit which makes this a good choice for attracting birds to your yard!Highly tolerant of urban pollution, it will thrive in inner city environments, but this viburnum shouldn’t be allowed to dry out.* White Flower Heads in Spring* Blue-Black Berries Attract Birds* Raspberry Red Foliage in Autumn.
Chicago Lustre Arrowwood Viburnum
Easy to Grow – Months of ColorChicago Lustre® Arrowwood Viburnum, Viburnum dentatum ‘Synnestvedt’, is selected for its upright rounded, dense habit and glossy, deep green foliage that turns red-purple in fall.The creamy white flowers bloom in June and mature into clusters of globe-shaped fruit. The fruit are deep porcelain blue to blue-purple, maturing in August and providing food for the birds.Chicago Lustre is a medium-sized to large-sized ornamental shrub maturing at about 8-10 feet in height and width, although larger under optimum conditions. It has an upright oval growth habit in youth, becoming arching, spreading, and suckering with age. It has a medium growth rate and prefers full sun to partial shade with moist, well-drained soils.The foliage turns yellow and progresses through red into purple in autumn. This viburnum is highly adaptable to dry soils, poor soils, and soils of various pH, heat, drought, and pollution. It is also known for its resistance to getting bores. It makes an excellent formal or informal hedge, border, entrance way, foundation, utilitarian, group planting, naturalizing, or specimen shrub. Viburnum tends to be multi-season plants with ornamental value throughout a large part of the season.* Heads of White Flowers* Porcelian Blue Fruit in August* Attracts Butterflies and Wildllife.
Chinese Snowball Viburnum
Spring’s Best Flowering Shrub! If hydrangeas are the queens of summer flowering shrubs, then Chinese Snowball Viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’, sometimes mistaken as Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Chinese’) has spring all wrapped up! This is the shrub for the savvy spring gardener. Large and in charge, you only need one of these beauties to make a statement. (But why not make a grand statement? Order more than one!)Chinese Snowball is covered in hydrangea-like blooms the size of softballs that start out lime green and then open to glistening white. From April through May you will have armloads of blooms to enjoy in the garden or in the vase. Because this is a sterile Chinese Snowball viburnum, you won’t have the fruit that viburnums usually produce. Chinese Snowball isn’t fragrant like many viburnums either, which is a good thing for sensitive noses.Even though the flowers are the real show, once they are gone the dense, rounded shrub is a bushy background filler that will make your summer flowering plants really pop.Don’t underestimate the value of Chinese Snowball in your cutting garden either. In that hazy time between the flush of tulips and daffodils and the onset of summer color, Chinese Snowball will give you grand cuts for big vases. On a related note, Chinese Snowball Viburnum pruning is easy – once a year as soon as the flowering is done, give it a quick trim to remove the dead wood and shape it up.Especially great in southern gardens, this is really an easy care and very rewarding shrub. We are happy to offer the Chinese Snowball Viburnum for sale. Buy yours today!* Semi-evergreen in the south* Softball sized blooms* Great as a background shrub* For borders or beds* Easy to grow Pruning Spring Flowering Shrubs in Southern Regions.
All That Glitters® Arrowwood Viburnum
Glossy Leaves Shine in the SunViburnum is a foundation landscape staple. You see it all the time and don’t think twice about it because it is used so often. Finally there is a viburnum that will shake up that view and turn a few heads. All That Glitters Viburnum (All That Glitters™ Viburnum bracteatum ‘SMVDLS’ PPAF) is an elegant and low-maintenance shrub that will rejuvenate your landscape.All That Glitters has super glossy leaves that actually shimmer and shine when the sun hits them. It makes quite a striking presence in the landscape.Tons of showy white flower clusters cover the plant in early summer. If you plant it with its pollinator – All That Glows Viburnum – the flowers will be followed by an abundance of shiny blue fruit that wild birds adore.This is a versatile plant that is more diminutive than most viburnums, but that makes it perfectly suited for hedges, foundation plantings and screens. It makes a great backdrop for almost anything else in your garden and is really a “plant-it-and-forget-it” easy-care shrub. It looks best in full sun, but handles semi-shade like a champ.Pull out some of your old, spent shrubs and spice up your landscape with a few of these from Nature Hills. You’ll be glad you did!* Glossy leaves* Showy flowers* Bird-attracting berries.
Blue Muffin® Viburnum
New Cool BlueThe Blue Muffin Viburnum, Viburnum dentatum ‘Christom’, a Proven Winners selection, is a new viburnum variety. If you are looking for a special screening plant for your yard for full to part sun, the Blue Muffin Viburnum will be your best choice!In early to mid summer, this compact beauty has an abundance of white flowers that make a crisp contrast with the glossy green. It will grow to 5′-7′ but can be pruned to any size.Preferring well-drained conditions, Blue Muffin Viburnum will adapt well to a variety of soils. The Blue Muffin Viburnum is more compact than other Arrowwood viburnum. It will fit right into your residential landscape as a low hedge or a foundation plant. The impressive display of rich and intense blue berries inspired the name Blue Muffin. These fruit appear in late summer and fall, adding interest to the landscape and attracting songbirds. The foliage turns bright red in autumn.Fruit set is greatly improved if there is another variety of Arrowwood Viburnum in the area for cross pollination.*White Flowers on Compact Plant*Birds Love Blue Berries in Late Summer*Red Foliage in Autumn.
Cardinal Candy™ Viburnum
Cold-Hardy Viburnum with 4-Season InterestCardinal Candy Viburnum, Viburnum dilatatum ‘Henneke’, is a deciduous shrub with four-season interest. Use these as a foundation planting, or in a winter garden where their splash of color can provide some enjoyment through the dreary months of winter.Your Cardinal Candy Viburnum has a lot to offer! A Proven Winners selection, this Viburnum variety is particularly prized by northern gardeners for its cold tolerance, but still maintains all the wonderful ornamental features Viburnum-lovers seek. The show begins in spring when the 6-inch wide clusters of white flowers bloom, a showy yet elegant beginning to the new season. Dangling scarlet fruits soon follow. The brightly-colored drupes gather together in bunches amid your Viburnum’s branches, ripening in late summer/early fall, yet persisting throughout the winter months. The effect of the fruit against the vibrant leaves, and later amid the bare branches, is outstanding…and your birds will enjoy the tasty treat. Even when not in flower or fruit, your Cardinal Candy is a lovely shrub. The 5-inch, toothed leaves have a delightfully wrinkled appearance, and fill out your Viburnum for a lush, healthy presence in your landscape. In autumn, the foliage transitions to a decorative burgundy.Cardinal Candy Viburnum will grow to 6 feet tall with a 4-foot spread. It has improved hardiness over other Viburnum varieties and presents an upright, rounded nature. Cardinal Candy has no significant disease or insect issues, and although birds and butterflies love it, other wildlife (such as deer), tend to leave it alone.A cold-hardy shrub that offers ornamental interest for every season, Cardinal Candy Viburnum is a sensible choice for any home gardener. * Spring flowers and fall fruit * Autumn color * Wildlife interest * Cold-hardy* Attracts Birds* Resists Deer Pruning Spring Flowering Shrubs in Southern Regions.