General Culture:
Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. This shrub is generally more shade tolerant than many of the other species of Viburnum. Prefers moist loams, but tolerates a wide range of soils. Established plants have some drought tolerance. Prune as needed immediately after flowering. Plants will naturalize by suckering to form colonies if suckers are not removed.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
Native to eastern North America, mapleleaf viburnum is a relatively small, rounded, suckering, deciduous, woodland shrub that typically grows to 3-6’ tall and 2-4’ wide. It produces dull to medium green maple-like leaves (2-5” long) which are opposite, ovate to rounded, coarsely toothed and three-lobed. Leaves usually have small black spotting on the undersides. Tiny white flowers in long-stalked, flat-topped cymes (to 3” across) bloom in mid to late spring. Flowers give way to pea-sized bluish-black drupes that ripen to red in late summer. Leaves produce excellent reddish-purple to magenta fall color. Acer is the genus for maple and folium means leaf, hence the specific epithet.
Problems:
No serious insect or disease problems.
Uses:
Naturalize in open woodland areas. Also may be used in shrub borders, foundations or hedges.
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