Description

A large semi-evergreen shrub with multi-season appeal; showy clusters of creamy white flowers in early spring, brilliant red fruit from August through early winter, and good fall color; best planted with its counterpart Chippewa to ensure good fruit set

Landscape Attributes

Huron Viburnum is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Huron Viburnum is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Huron Viburnum will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 9 feet. It has a low canopy, 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 variety requires a different selection of the same species growing nearby in order to set fruit.

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 particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.