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 var. americanum (American cranberry bush)
Other names: Cranberry bush, Highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum
V. opulus var. americanum is a dense, rounded to spreading, deciduous shrub bearing maple-like, three-lobed, dark green leaves turning reddish-purple in autumn and flat cymes of white flowers in spring are followed by edible, 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 opulus 'Roseum' (Snowball)
Other names: Whitsuntide boss, Snowball tree, Red snowball tree, Rose elder, Viburnum opulus 'Sterile', Red guelder rose
'Roseum' is a large, bushy, deciduous shrub with lobed, veined, dark green leaves turning red-flushed in autumn and, from late spring into summer, dense, spherical clusters of white flowers, flushed pink with age.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Viburnum opulus 'Park Harvest' (Guelder rose 'Park Harvest')
Other names: European cranberry bush 'Park Harvest', Water elder 'Park Harvest', Cramp bark 'Park Harvest', Viburnum opulus 'Aureum, Viburnum opulus 'Harvest Gold'
'Park Harvest' is a large, bushy, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with simple or palmately lobed, yellow leaves, red-flushed when young, and dense, rounded clusters of white flowers in late spring and early summer followed by spherical, fleshy, bright red fruit.
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5m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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5-10 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 'Xanthocarpum' (Yellow-fruited guelder rose)
'Xanthocarpum' is a large, deciduous shrub with palmate leaves that yellow in autumn. Flat clusters of white flowers in spring and summer are followed by shiny, orange-yellow berries in autumn.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum opulus 'Nanum' (Dwarf guelder rose)
Other names: Guelder rose 'Nanum', Dwarf cranberry bush
'Nanum' is a compact, dense, mound-forming, deciduous shrub with three-lobed, dark green leaves, flushed bronze in spring and flushed reddish-purple in autumn, and flat, lace-cap-like clusters of white flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Viburnum x burkwoodii (Burkwood viburnum)
Other names: Snowball viburnum
V. x burkwoodii is an open, rounded, bushy, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub with ovate, glossy, dark green leaves and domed clusters of pink buds opening to tubular, fragrant white flowers in spring followed by flattened red fruit that ripens to black in autumn.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m 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 awabuki (Awabuki viburnum)
Other names: Sweet viburnum, Viburnum odoratissimum, Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki, Mirror leaf
V. awabuki is an upright, rounded, evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy, leathery, toothed, elliptic, dark green leaves and clusters of small, strongly fragrant, white flowers in spring followed by red fruit that ripens black.
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5m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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