Viburnum obovatum
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Walter's Viburnum "Mrs .Schillers Delight"
Adoxaceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Shrub | |
| Size: | 2-5 ft by tall by 3-5 ft wide with new plants growing from rhyzomes (underground stems) to form clones. | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | White | |
| Fruit Color: | Black | |
| Phenology: | Tardily deciduous leafing out shortly after the old leaves fall. Blooms late winter-early spring. Fruits ripen late summer-early fall. | |
| Noted for: | Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Slowing growing. Foundation plant, low hedge, or mass planting. This is a dwarf cultivar of Walter's viburnum. It also tends to be more drought tolerant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Cuttings. Since this is a cultivar, do not assume that seeds will yield the same dwarf stature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Big box stores, Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales, Quality nurseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Humus (organic, upland), Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Acidic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit. | |
| Insects: | Larval host for the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon). Attract a wide range of pollinators. Good cover plant. | |
| Native Habitats: | Cultivated as an ornamental. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 8A 8B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| General Comments: | Heavy bloomer, dense foliage. |