Viburnum opulus 'Compactum'
Dwarf 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); Red (Handsome red fall foliage)
 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:
4-6 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
4-6 feet
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, although prefers moist, wet sites
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 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

'Compactum' is a dense, dwarf cultivar that produces an abundance of flowers and fruits and has excellent fall color. Widely tolerant of soils and microclimates, although found in more wet sites in wild stands. May be 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.

3 Viburnum opulus 'Compactum' found

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Number Accession ID Location
12023_00560*ALYNN
22023_00560*BLYNN
32023_00560*CLYNN

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