Flower Notes:
White (Attractive white flowers in May in 3-4.5" flat-topped cymes)
Foliage Notes:
Red (Foliage is red-tinged when it emerges in the spring); Green (Dark green summer foliage); Red (Colorful reddish fall foliage)
Stem Notes:
Gray-brown (glabrous, waxy appearance)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Bright red edible berries appear in September lasting to February)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except for those that are very dry
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves opposite, 3-lobed, 2-5" long, lobes acuminate (toothed less than Viburnum opulus), sometimes middle lobe elongated, dark green above, soft hairs on veins below, petiole with a shallow grove and numerous, stalked, dome-shaped sticky glands at base of blade (V. opulus has disk-like stalked glands). Stem appears waxy.