Viburnum prunifolium

Large ornamental shrub or small ornamental tree maturing at up to 15' tall by 10' wide upright oval growth habit in youth, becoming upright rounded, spreading, or irregular with age

• Full sun to full shade

  Blackhaw is a large, upright, multi-stemmed, densely twiggy deciduous shrub that can be pruned to grow as a small tree. Creamy white flowers in flat-topped clusters to 4.5" across appear in spring. Flowers provide nectar for butterflies, native bees and other pollinators. Flowers give way to blue-black, berry-like fruits, which are a good source of food for birds and wildlife in fall and early winter. This handsome plant has glossy dark green leaves changing to shades of red and purple in fall.

  Uses:

  • informal hedge (can be planted densely for a barrier thicket that branches and suckers from the ground-up), deciduous screen, border, large foundation, woodland edge, embankment, or naturalizing shrub for group or mass plantings
  • often found in native sites as a forest understory shrub, where it grows in deep shade but has few (if any) inflorescences 
  • wildlife refuge and attraction (especially birds, who like to rest or feed in a protective, densely twiggy canopy)

   

Zones 3 to 9

Native as an understory shrub in the Eastern and Midwestern United States.  Blackhaw has been in cultivation as an ornamental plant since 1727. The common name is said to refer to the similarity of this plant to hawthorns (sometimes commonly called red haws), though hawthorns are in a different family. Fruits are edible and may be eaten off the bush when ripe or used in jams and preserves.

Item Name: Blackhaw Viburnum 5 GAL SBR  Item Number: 13190

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Milan, IL 61264

309-756-1967

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