General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Pink maturing to blue
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Pollinators: Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Possumhaw Viburnum
Also sold as:
  • Earthshade

Photo Gallery

photo by: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz

photo by: David J. Stang
Location: Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA
Date: 2016-06-15
a lone specimen in bloom
Location: Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA
Date: 2016-06-15
the white flower clusters and foliage

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