Viburnum - Nannyberry

The creamy white flat-topped flower clusters mature into small blue-black fruit, which provide winter food for birds. This shrub does well in either full sun or shade and is one of the more tolerant woody plants in shady sites. This shrub is good for farmstead windbreaks or a screen plant with year-round interest. It grows 20 feet tall and 6-10 or more feet wide. Pruning is required to remove suckers if a tree form is desired. Due to its mild suckering, it becomes more open at maturity, with arching branches. Nannyberry is a large tree-like "leggy" native shrub that can be pruned into a small tree form. It prefers rich loam to clay loam soil with ample moisture. Viburnum tend to be multi-season plants with ornamental value throughout a large part of the season. Nannyberry Viburnum, viburnum lentago, is a hardy, upright growing shrub with glossy green foliage that turns red-purple in fall. ... additional info