Woodie's Picks: Viburnum For Multi-Seasonal Interest
An underdog of the fall landscape, often overlooked by the more obvious choices like burning bush and fall camellias, is the bold and beautiful Viburnum Shrub!
Boasting electric color changes in fall and an explosion of unique white blooms in spring, Viburnum is an incredible option for a wide range of landscaping projects. This week, as we lean into the seasonal change, we decided to feature four of our favorite Viburnum Shrubs to light up your fall and spring landscapes.
Vivacious Viburnums For The Fall Landscape
Shasta Viburnum
Exuding elegance, delicate blooms, and sophisticated grace, the Shasta Viburnum is a must-have addition to any landscape. This shrub is extremely versatile and can thrive in a variety of climates.
The Shasta Viburnum is great for screening in spring through early fall and is also a standout option for formal hedges and mixed shrub borders. It features three seasons of incredible beauty: in spring, it produces a mass of large white blooms, followed by red to black berries in summer.
An additional benefit of this shrub is that its maple-like leaves turn vibrant shades of red and burgundy in mid-to-late fall.
Growing to a mature height between 6 to 7 feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide, the Shasta Viburnum does not shy away from taking up space. The shrub grows best in partial to full sun and well-drained soils.
Chindo Viburnum
The Chindo Viburnum is next on our list of favorites for fall beauty; however, unlike many other viburnums that exhibit vibrant foliage change and leaf drop in winter, the Chindo is an evergreen variety that keeps its foliage year-round.
Native to Chindo Island in South Korea, this low-maintenance shrub is a pollinator favorite in spring and is perfect for use as a large accent in a garden or landscape. Hardy to growing zones 7-11, the Chindo Viburnum grows best in conditions of full sun to partial shade.
The Chindo Viburnum is an extremely fast grower and perfect for instilling privacy around patios and outdoor spaces!
Viburnum Pragense
The Viburnum Pragense is a deer—and rabbit-resistant favorite among homeowners looking for a unique shrub that is hardy to the elements. Like the Chindo Viburnum, the Pragense has semi-evergreen foliage to provide year-round interest to the landscape.
Sporting fragrant, creamy white clusters of blooms in spring, the Viburnum Pragense will attract a host of pollinators to your yard, and it will become a hub for these creatures in the spring and summer months! You can also look forward to the red berries in late summer through early fall, which help support local birds.
Beyond its beauty, this shrub is also extremely drought-tolerant and adaptable to a range of climates. We recommend using it as hedging or a foundation plant in the landscape.
Arrowwood Viburnum
We love the Arrowwood Viburnum both for the interest it brings to a landscape and for the necessary resources it provides for local wildlife.
The Arrowwood Viburnum provides food, cover, and nesting sites for birds and small mammals throughout the seasons. Not to mention the massive white flower clusters support butterfly and hummingbird moth populations in spring and summer.
In the fall, you can look forward to dark blue berries and red-to-purple foliage changes that can be seen miles away! Ideal for use in mass plantings, as yard borders, and as a replacement for invasive privet shrubs, the Arrowwood Viburnum is the answer to all of your landscape quarrels.
Conclusion
Whether you’re looking to bring fragrant and elegant blooms to the spring landscape, you are seeking privacy, or you are seeking an explosion of fall color, there is a Viburnum shrub for your purposes! Shop our wide range of viburnum shrubs, along with our various other fall interest plants online today and watch as your landscape transforms with ease before your very eyes!