Viburnum opulus (Guelder rose)
Other names: Snowball tree, Water elder, Whitten tree, Ople tree, Red elder, Rose elder, Gatten tree, Marsh alder, Dog rowan, European cranberry bush, Crampbark, Dog eller
V. opulus is a deciduous shrub. Leaves are palmate and prominently veined. Flat clusters of white flowers appear in spring and summer, followed by bright red berries in autumn.
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4m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum opulus 'Compactum' (Compact guelder rose)
'Compactum' is a compact deciduous shrub. Leaves are palmate and prominently veined. Flat clusters of white flowers appear in spring and summer, followed by bright red berries in autumn.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Viburnum opulus 'Exuberant' (Guelder rose 'Exuberant')
Other names: European cranberry bush 'Exuberant', Water elder 'Exuberant', Cramp bark 'Exuberant', Snowball bush 'Exuberant'
'Exuberant' is a vigorous, bushy, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with simple or palmately lobed, dark green leaves turning yellow and orange in autumn and dense, rounded clusters of white flowers in late spring and early summer followed by spherical, fleshy, orange-red fruit.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum farreri (Farrer viburnum)
Other names: Viburnum 'Fragrans', Viburnum fragrans 'Bunge'
V. farreri is an upright to rounded, deciduous shrub with oval, toothed, veined, dark green leaves, bronze when young, and, from late autumn into winter, dense clusters of pink buds opening to fragrant, tubular, white flowers followed by spherical, bright red fruit.
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2.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum odoratissimum 'Coppertop' (Sweet viburnum 'Coppertop')
Other names: Viburnum odoratissimum 'Brant01'
'Coppertop' is an upright, evergreen shrub with oblong, elliptic, or oval, glossy, dark green leaves, maroon to bronze when young, and panicles of small, tubular, fragrant, creamy-white flowers in late spring and early summer are followed by ovoid, red fruit ripening black.
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2m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum (any deciduous variety) (Viburnum (any deciduous variety))
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Viburnum (any deciduous variety) are upright or spreading, deciduous shrubs with lance-shaped or rounded, sometimes lobed or palmate, green leaves turning attractive colours in autumn and clusters of white or pink flowers in spring followed by red, blue, black fruit.
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4m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum 'Eskimo' (Eskimo viburnum)
'Eskimo' is a mound-forming, semi-evergreen shrub with ovate, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves turning red, orange and yellow in autumn. Dense, spherical clusters of pink-flushed, cream buds open to fragrant, tubular, white flowers in spring, followed by scarlet fruit in autumn.
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3.5m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum plicatum 'Lanarth' (Japanese snowball 'Lanarth')
'Lanarth' is a large shrub with spreading branches; veined, dark green leaves, which turn purple in autumn; and lacey, white flower heads in late spring sometimes followed by red or black fruit.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (Sargent viburnum 'Onondaga')
'Onondaga' is a deciduous shrub with lobed leaves, emerging with purple tints, maturing to green before becoming purple again in autumn. In spring, flat heads of white flowers emerge from red buds.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' (Arrowwood 'Charles Lamont')
'Charles Lamont' is an upright, fast-growing, deciduous shrub. From late autumn through to spring, clusters of fragrant, pale-pink flowers emerge from darker buds. In spring, leaves emerge bronzed, turning dark green.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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