Viburnum opulus

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Viburnum opulus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Viburnum opulus, Linn. European Cranberry-bush. Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with rather smooth light gray branches and sts.: lvs. broadly ovate, 3-lobed, with coarsely dentate-serrate, acuminate lobes, pubescent beneath, 2-4 in. long; petioles with narrow groove and large disk-like glands: fls. white, in peduncled cymes, 3-4 in. broad: fr. subglobose to oval, scarlet. May, June; fr. in Aug. Eu., N. Afr., N. Asia. H.W. 3, p. 131. R.F.G. 17:1171. S.B.F. 4:639. Var. nanum, Jacq. A very dwarf, compact, small-lvd. form; flowers but very rarely. Var. sterile, DC. (V. roseum and V. rosaceum, Hort.). Guelder Rose. Snowball. Fig. 3927. All fls. sterile, forming large, globose heads. Gng. 1:9. Gn. 56, p. 83; 76, p. 35. F.E. 15:319; 20:313. G.W. 6, p. 159.—This is a very showy variety, but it lacks the decorative frs. Var. xanthocarpum, Spaeth. Fr. yellow. There are also variegated forms of the type and of the sterile variety. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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