VMC Native Garden ShrubLight: Full Sun –Partial Shade
Water: Average to Dry
Soil: Adaptable
Hardiness Zones: 3 – 9
Height: 12 – 15 ft
Spacing: 6 – 12 ft
Bloom Times: May – June
Bloom Color: White
Garden Use: Ornamental specimen shrub or tree. Can be used at the back of larger garden beds. Native garden, foundation bed, woodland garden, meadow garden or hedge.
Benefits: Host plant for Azure Butterflies. Provides food for birds. Attracts pollinators of all kinds. Can be grown as a shrub (multi-stem) or a tree (single stem). Spring flowering shrub also has beautiful fall color of reds and purples.
Viburnum prunifolium
Blackhaw Viburnum
Q U I C K T I P S
Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw Viburnum) is an ornamental, flowering shrub that produces colorful berries and beautiful autumn color. It can be utilized in the garden as a tree with selective pruning or in it’s natural muli-stem form as a shrub.
It has a strong presence in the landscape and its a magnet for birds and pollinators that rely on it’s flowers’ rich nectar and berries that form later in the season. It’s also a butterfly host plant and provides shade and cover for birds.
Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw Viburnum) is an easy-to-grow shrub that benefits local fauna and can be used in both hedgerows and as showy, single specimen plants in the garden landscape.