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11/12/99

Viburnum opulus--European Cranberrybush


Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8
Height: 10 ft Spread: 12 ft Form: rounded
Type: deciduous shrub
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches
Flowers: white flowers
Fruits: red

Comments: European Cranberrybush (Vis. 10) produces white
flowers (Vis. 11) in late spring. The red fruit is
ornamental (Vis. 12) from late summer to early fall and
persist into winter.

Cultivars:
'Aureum' - The leaves are golden yellow (Vis. 1).
'Compactum' - One of the finest dwarf (Vis. 2) shrubs.
Dark green foliage with an abundance (Vis. 3) of
fragrant, white flowers followed by showy (Vis. 4) red
fruit.
'Nanum' - A densely branched (Vis. 5) and mound-shaped
dwarf. Forms a trouble-free hedge in light shade or
heavy soils.
'Notcutt' - A vigorous cultivar with large (Vis. 6), red
fruits and maroon fall color.
'Roseum' - (Vis. 7) ('Sterile') - An old cultivar grown
for its rounded clusters of double (Vis. 8) white
flowers.
'Xanthocarpum' - (Vis. 9) Bears attractive, yellow fruits
which are often persistent.

References for Cultivars: Spring Meadow Nursery 1999, Lake
County Nursery 1999, Bailey Nurseries 1999, Princeton
Nurseries 1997, J. Frank Schmidt and Son 1999, Monrovia
Nursery Company 1997, Iseli Nursery 1999, Wayside Gardens
1999, Sheridan Nurseries 1999, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999,
Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Berryhill Nurseries 1999,
Scarff's Nursery 1999, Gee Farms 1999, Willoway Nurseries
1999, Carlton Plants 1999.


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