General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 20 to 30 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 20 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: winter sow
Scarify seeds: remove pulp
Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
  • Southern Black Haw
  • Rusty Blackhaw
  • Southern Blackhaw
  • Rusty Nannyberry

Photo Gallery
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: 2020-03-11
One of my favorites
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-04-11
Location: North Carolina?
Date: 2013-04-05
photo by Jim Robbins via NC Cooperative Extension: https://plants
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2012-04-12
Ripe fruit
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2014-12-01
Outstanding color this year.
Location: San Marcos, TX
Date: 2020-03-26
Location: San Marcos, TX
Date: 2020-03-26
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-04-11
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: 2019-03-15
Photo by dave
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: 2019-03-15
Location: Molly Hollar Wildscape Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
The little tree in the fall.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2014-12-01
Gorgeous color this year.
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-04-11
Photo by dave
Photo by dave
Location: Norhteastern, Texas
Date: April, 2010
Blooming by the end of April
Location: Norhteastern, Texas
Date: June 13, 2010 3:28 PM
The unripened fruit
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2014-12-01
Photo by robertduval14
Photo by dave
Photo by dave
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Molly Hollar Wildscape Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Blooming while very small.
Location: Norhteastern, Texas
Date: April, 2010
Buds in springtime

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