General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Plant Height: 12 to 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Green maturing to red
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Pollution
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • European Snowball Bush
  • Guelder Rose
  • European Cranberrybush Viburnum
  • European Cranberry Viburnum
  • Cranberry-Bush Viburnum
  • Highbush Cranberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viburnum opulus
  • Synonym: Viburnum opulus var. opulus

Photo Gallery
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2019-01-23
Location: France
Date: 2012-08-26
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2019-01-23
Location: Steenenkamer
Date: 2021-08-01
Location: France
Date: 2012-08-26
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2019-01-23

Date: c. 1777
paper mosaic by Mary Delany, 1778, from the British Museum's coll

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Date: 2018-07-29
Unripe fruit
Location: Poland?
Date: July 14, 2007
photo by Jan Mehlich via Wikimedia Commons: https://en.wikipedia.
Location: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-08-15
red fruit and foliage
Location: Arboretum Belmonte (Netherlands)
Date: 2017-03-25
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Date: 2018-07-29
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Arboretum Belmonte (Netherlands)
Date: 2017-03-25
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-02-06
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Location: Arboretum Belmonte (Netherlands)
Date: 2017-03-25
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Apr 2, 2012 11:42 AM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees.

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