Chiquita Viburnum
Description
A wonderful compact selection, with showy clusters of snowy white pinwheel-like flowers in spring, followed by brilliant red fruit in fall and stunning yellow-orange fall color; hardy and adaptable, makes a great specimen or screen
Landscape Attributes
Chiquita Viburnum is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.
Chiquita Viburnum is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Chiquita Viburnum will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.