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Viburnum Shrubs: 10 Amazing Types

gardeningme by gardeningme
December 23, 2021
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Viburnum shrubs are known for their opposite branching, and it belongs to two kinds of families such as Adoxaceae and Caprifoliaceae. As you look for the suitable one for your garden, you can choose from either deciduous or evergreen. However, the selection process should rely on your location when they usually grow. 

Most homeowners want to plant this shrub outside their homes for display because of its colorful flowers and verdant bushes. If you like to fill your yard with viburnum shrubs, there are two ways to reproduce them. One is through cross-pollination, which means that another different species is needed for the pollination process, but you can choose monoecious. This topic will give you a list of great shrubs to decorate your garden. 

1. Burkwood viburnum

This plant is a crossbreed of Koreanspice and Viburnum utile. This species has larger and balled flowers with a sweet scent. The best way to take advantage of its beauty is to plant several of them around your garden, so they can better produce through the process of pollination as well as promote fruit production. You will surely love its fall color. 

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2. Cinnamomum-leaved

This shrub is an evergreen viburnum that is very similar to the species camphor tree. It features opposite leaves with very thick oval-shaped and dark blue colors. It is tall and grows upright with open flowers and long petioles. These viburnum shrubs were recognized and given the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society.  

3. Viburnum x bodnantense

These viburnum shrubs can produce from crossbreed that comes from two-parent species native to the Himalayas and China. It is a famous species because it boasts a cluster of light pink flowers with a sweet scent and attractive autumn colors. Its cultivars include Dawn and Charles Lamont, which is best to grow beside doorways or the seating areas around the patio or garden. 

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4. David Evergreen Viburnum

This species is one of the smallest evergreen types of viburnum shrubs. Its name comes from its discoverer, who is a Jesuit missionary Jean Pierre Armand David. You will love the appearance of small white flowers surrounding the shrub and its dark and glossy green leaves. It also bears fruit with the color of metallic blue. 

5. Henry Viburnum

One can create a small tree by pruning these viburnum shrubs using a trunk. Its name comes from its discoverer Augustine Henry. You will love the color reddish of its leaves while young, and it will turn green. It produces fragrant flowers that can attract many bees, birds, and butterflies around your garden. If you love being surrounded by living things, then this plant will surely attract them. 

6. Larustinus Viburnum

You will find its leaves similar to bay laurel that can bloom even during winter in warmer zones. This plant is perfect for homes with a smaller garden area as it is a low-growing shrub with dark green leaves with a light fragrance, perfect for homeowners who do not want to attract many insects in their gardens. During springtime, it will produce lovely pink to white color flowers. 

7. Leatherleaf Viburnum

The good thing about these viburnum shrubs is that they can thrive in any soil, whether acidic or alkaline. It has a uniquely flat and white flower that blooms in springtime and produces berries during early fall. You can choose between deciduous and evergreen, depending on your climatic condition.  

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8. Nannyberries

If you want to plant something edible, then Nannyberries is the right choice. It produces berries that you can eat straight from its shrub or make sweet jams and jellies. Although it does not have a perfect scent, it is a robust type. It can withstand drought and average soil. It offers an inviting look during fall as the leaves turn into red, yellow, and purple colors. Once the flowers are all gone in fall, they will start to produce blue-black berries.

9. Viburnum plicatum

You can choose to grow famous cultivars such as Mariesii and Dart’s Red Robin. These are deciduous viburnum shrubs that can offer elegant flower heads in white color. During the autumn time, berries will start to show that invites a lot of birds.

10. Viburnum sagentii

It is a deciduous plant that is very sturdy with maples like foliage and an elegant-looking lace cap that blossoms during springtime and summer months. You can choose to plant its cultivar Onondaga to add beauty to your home with its red to bronze foliage and turn it into green as it matures. 

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