Viburnum lentago
nannyberry
Notes:
Inconsistent fall color. Arching with age. Branching is sparse in youth, only dense/twiggy with age.
Easy to transplant. Fast-growing for a viburnum. Powdery mildew is purely cosmetic.
UConn and Dirr/Warren liken the smell of ripe/rotting fruit to "wet sheep wool", which I'm assuming is bad. Dirr/Warren also mention "agreeably fragrant" flowers, but no one else does.
'Deep Green' grows large with lustrous leaves. 'Pink Beauty' has pink fruits turning purple. 'Prairie Classic', a hybrid with V. rufidulum, is vigorous, broad, compact, and dense, with only minimal suckering.
Sources: White Oak, Sunset, Dove/Woolridge, OSU, JerseyYards.org, UConn, USDA, Dirr/Warren.
Tags:
attracts:birds (ex-humming)
attracts:butterflies
attracts:larval host
clay tolerant
compacted soil tolerant
deer sensitive
drought tolerant
edible fruit
exposure:full sun
exposure:part shade
form:multi-trunked
form:shrub
form:trainable to single trunk
form:tree
habit:arching
habit:irregular
habit:rounded
habit:upright
infertile soil tolerant
litter:minimal
long-lived
malodorous fruit
native:eastern North America
part shade preferred
persistence:deciduous
pest/disease free
pollution tolerant
roots:low damage potential
salt intolerant
showy flowers
slow-growing
stoloniferous/suckering
type:broadleaf
use:border
use:container
use:deck/patio
use:foundation
use:hedge
use:naturalizing
use:screen
use:specimen
water:regular
wet soil tolerant
WON high-value plant
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