Viburnum opulus
European Cranberrybush Viburnum

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Flowers appearing in May as 2-4" dia. flat-topped cymes with a ring of showy sterile flowers surrounding a center of inconspicuous fertile flowers)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy summer foliage); Yellow (Yellowish to reddish fall foliage, inconsistent)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Berries in 3" dia. clusters are showy beginning in late summer, arise from inner fertile flowers; shrivel like raisins from fall into winter)
 Ultimate Height:
8-12 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-15 feet
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, although prefers moist, wet sites
 Range:
Europe, North Africa, and North Asia
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Opposite, 2-4" long 3-lobed leaves resemble those of maple. Leaves more toothed than Viburnum trilobum, the American Cranberrybush Viburnum. A few distinct disk-like glands on grooved leaf petiole near blade. (V. trilobum has stalked, dome-shaped sticky glands.)

Additional Information

Widely tolerant of soils and microclimates, although found in more wet sites in wild stands. May be troubled by aphids. The snowball variety, V. opulus 'Roseum', is badly troubled by aphids. Prune on a 3-year cycle to maintain best form and fruiting. Flower cymes have an outer showy and sterile ring and an inner inconspicuous and fertile cluster which produces the berries.

When Viburnum opulus has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

Flowering

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3 Viburnum opulus found

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Number Accession ID Location
12009_13716*AHORTPARK
22009_13855*AHORTPARK
32013_00602*AHORTPARK

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