Viburnum opulus var. americanum (V. trilobum)
(American cranberrybush)
(American cranberrybush)
Category: Shrubs
Photo Credits: Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Height: 6 – 10 feet
Spread: 12 feet
Location: Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Fruit: clusters of edible red drupe fruit; very showy in late summer through fall
Comments & Cautions:
generally fewer problems than with European cranberrybush (V. opulus); cultivars valuable for compact growth and prolific fruiting
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
upright, rounded, spreading; may sucker or root from prostrate stems
Foliage
lobed green leaves; red to yellow fall color; medium texture
Flowers
showy flat-topped flower structures composed of tiny white fertile flowers surrounded by large sterile flowers; May-June