Description

A wonderful tall and spreading shrub, with showy clusters of snowy white pinwheel-like flowers in spring followed by brilliant red fruit in fall and good fall color; hardy and adaptable, makes a great specimen or tall natural screen, will grow quite large

Landscape Attributes

Sargent's Viburnum is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

Sargent's Viburnum is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Sargent's Viburnum will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 3 feet 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 species is not originally from North America.