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Ornamental Plants plus Version 2.0 - 00001510
01/01/98

Viburnum dentatum--Arrowwood

Hardiness Zones: 2 to 8                                     
Height: 8 ft   Spread: 6 ft  Form: upright                  
Type: deciduous shrub                                       
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches                         
Flowers: white flowers                                      
Fruits: dark blue                                           

Comments: Arrowwood produces 2- to 4-inch clusters of       
small, white flowers in late spring.  Small, dark blue      
fruits are produced in late summer and are eaten by birds.  
The fall color is red to reddish purple.                    

Cultivars:                                                  
   'Morton' - (Northern Burgundy TM) - Another selection    
     reaching a height and spread of about 12 feet.  The    
     fall color is a blend of wine red and burgundy.        
   'Perle Bleu' - A good winter display of blue fruits.     
   'Ralph Senior' - (Autumn Jazz TM) - A vase-shaped plant  
     with pendulous foliage and red leaf petioles.  The     
     fall color is a combination of yellow, orange, red     
     and burgundy.                                          
   'Synnestvedt' - (Chicago Lustre TM) - A shrub reaching   
     a height and spread of 10- to 15-feet and becoming     
     upright, rounded in habit.                             

References for Cultivars: Chicagoland Grows Inc, 1995,      
Bailey Nurseries 1997, Spring Meadow Nursery 1997, Ray      
Wiegand's Nursery 1997, Studebaker Nurseries 1998.          

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