Viburnum standard tree. Seiboldii may grow up to 20 feet tall. Viburnum tree latin name. Viburnum tinus is a widely grown garden and landscape shrub. 3m x 3m can be pruned to retain shape special features.
Leaves are lustrous dark green in summer changing to yellow to glossy red and reddish purple in the fall. One popular variety used often in landscaping in the southern united states is sweet viburnum. In fact it won the award of garden merit from the royal horticultural society. These trees are grown in zones 8 to 11.
Planting viburnum flowering. Types of viburnums with interesting berry color include those that change as they ripen from green to pink yellow or red to blue or black. And its evergreen too and totally hardy although the leaves may suffer a little cosmetic cold damage below 10c. Alleghany viburnum is dark green but occasionally turns purple in fall remaining throughout winter.
Moderately fertile moist well drained soil position. Viburnum tinus produces masses of very fragrant white flowers emerging from blush pink buds in clusters right in midwinter from december well into april followed by red purple berries. Sweet viburnum trees are easy to care for trees found throughout urban and suburban neighborhoods. Its leaves are opposite simple thick dark blue and oval shaped.
They are easily propagated by cuttings. Native to asia sweet viburnum are fast growing subtropical evergreen trees. December to aprilwhite hardiness. Viburnum sieboldii has coarse open structure flat topped flowers reddish black fruit and can grow as a small tree.
Others such as seibold viburnum v. Some viburnums can become medium size trees especially if they are pruned. Arrowwood viburnum viburnum dentatum a multi stemmed rounded shrub with creamy white late spring or early summer flowers. Fully hardy eventual heightspread.
Other uses edit. A few dwarf varieties such as viburnum opulus nanum are under 3 feet. Full sun or partial shade flowering periodcolour.