Viburnum dentatum Chicago Lustre®

Chicago Lustre® ('Synnesvedt') Arrowwood Viburnum has beautiful glossy foliage that is topped with white flat flowers in May and June, followed by stunning cymes of bright blue fruit in late summer. Fall color is a nice reddish purple. An excellent introduction by Chicagoland Grows®. This is a great substitute for Euonymus alatus 'Compacta'. Important food source for migrating birds. Deciduous.

H: 10 Feet  ·   S: 8 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy'

'Chicago Hardy' Fig has proven to be reliable as far north as Chicago with some protection, so it is an excellent choice for the Mid-Atlantic area. It is thought to be originally named 'Bensonhurst Purple', and the fruit is sweet and green with a light brownish-purple blush. Without any protection it will periodically die to the ground but will come back reliably. With winter protection, you get fruit production much earlier in the summer. The foliage is large, dramatic and subtly fragrant.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 6

Hemerocallis 'Chicago Apache'

'Chicago Apache' Daylily has big red flowers, and is a mid to late season bloomer. Very noticeable when in bloom.

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 24 Inches  ·   Zone: 5

Ilex crenata 'Green Lustre'

'Green Lustre' Japanese Holly has shiny small green leaves and has a flat-topped shrub habit, making it excellent for low hedges. It does well at the seashore because it is salt tolerant. Evergreen and a female form introduced in the 1930s.

H: 4 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 6

Viburnum acerifolium

Mapleleaf Viburnum is a tough, adaptable plant which thrives in shady, dry sites. Creamy white flat-topped flowers in May are followed by purple fruit in late summer and fall. Foliage is green in summer, changing to subtle shades of pink, rose, red and purple in fall. Will become a broad colony eventually because of its suckering habit. Deciduous.

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Viburnum carlesii

Koreanspice Viburnum has wonderfully fragrant white flowers in April and May, followed by red and burgundy fall color. Deciduous. This and V. x juddii produce the classic scent we love so much from Viburnums. An added attraction is that V. carlesii actually thrives under Black Walnuts.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 8 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Viburnum carlesii Spice Girl® PP24251

Clusters of pink buds open to fragrant white snowball flowers, green leaves, blooms in April and May. Reddish fall color and a more consistent grower than regular V. carlesii.

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Viburnum carlesii Sugar n' Spice™

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Viburnum dentatum Blue Muffin®

Blue Muffin® ('Christom') Arrowwood Viburnum has white flowers in May and June, followed by stunning blue fruit in summer. Good bronze fall color. It is also salt and wet site tolerant. Important food source for migrating birds. Deciduous.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Viburnum macrocephalum

Chinese Snowball Viburnum produces an enormous quantity of lovely sterile blooms. The snowball flowers hang from the branches in May to June, changing from lime green to white as they mature. Viburnum macrocephalum makes a large vase-shaped plant which bears a close resemblance to a Pee Gee Hydrangea when in bloom. The green dentate foliage is attractive and disease resistant and somewhat pubescent. Since the flowers are sterile, there is no fruit. Pruning for a tighter shape is best done just after the bloom period. A native of China.

H: 10 Feet  ·   S: 10 Feet  ·   Zone: 6

Viburnum nudum Brandywine™

The white fertile flowers of Brandywine™ ('Bulk') Smooth Witherod appear in summer over glossy dark green leaves. Fruit display in fall is a stunning mix of rosy pink and dark blue, over deep reddish maroon leaves which persist for a long time. Best pollination results are achieved by planting it with V. 'Winterthur'. From plantsman Mark Bulk. It is wet site tolerant and deciduous.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 4 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur'

'Winterthur' Smooth Witherod has white flowers, beautiful pink and purple fruit in summer, and burgundy fall color. Selected by Bill Frederick, with his usual impeccable taste. It is also wet site tolerant and deciduous. Needs a pollinator like V. Brandywine™ for best fruit production.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 4 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum opulus 'Sterile'

H: 12 Feet  ·   S: 10 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Viburnum plicatum 'Kern's Pink'

'Kern's Pink' Doublefile Viburnum has pale pink 3" snowball flowers in May, over bronzy foliage which turns green as the summer progresses. Viburnum plicatum 'Kern's Pink' produces some white snowball blooms concurrently with its pink flowers, which makes for an interesting bi-color effect. Found by Carl Kern, a nurseryman in Cincinnati, Ohio, and encountered in the nursery trade under a number of different names.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum plicatum Opening Day™ PP28958

H: 7 Feet  ·   S: 7 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum plicatum 'Popcorn'

'Popcorn' Doublefile Viburnum produces large quantities of big white snowball blooms in April. The sterile flowers start lime green before maturing to white, and make a stunning show for a month. The habit is upright and somewhat compact. Introduced by David Leach of Ohio, and Dr. Michael Dirr's favorite of the Snowball Doublefile Viburnums. Deciduous, with dark green leathery foliage which stands up to heat better than many of its cousins.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 8 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum plicatum tom. 'Shasta'

'Shasta' Doublefile Viburnum becomes covered with showy flat white flowers in May and June. Another extraordinary plant from Dr. Don Egolf of the US National Arboretum. Plant in moist, partial shade locations for best results. Deciduous.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 12 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum prunifolium

Blackhaw Viburnum has white spring flowers which are very showy in mass, followed by bluish black fruit which birds love. The fall color of Viburnum prunifolium is a handsome mix of orange, red and purple. Can be grown as a very large shrub or a beautiful small ornamental tree. There is a spectacular treeform example of this versatile native at William Frederick's home in Delaware, which convinced us to grow it as a small ornamental tree as well as a shrub. Deciduous.

H: 15 Feet  ·   S: 8 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Viburnum prunifolium 'Dark Tower'

H: 16 Feet  ·   S: 8 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Flat creamy white flowers over textured evergreen leaves, blooms in late spring. Attractive red berries in early fall mature to glossy black. The most deer resistant Viburnum.

H: 10 Feet  ·   S: 10 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum rhytidophyllum 'Green Trump'

'Green Trump' Leatherleaf Viburnum is a wonderful compact form of Leatherleaf Viburnum from Holland, with a rounder more lustrous dark green evergreen foliage, white flowers in summer and much welcomed unattractiveness to deer. This is our favorite Viburnum rhytidophyllum.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 5

Viburnum trilobum 'Bailey Compact'

'Bailey Compact' American Cranberrybush flowers are showy white flat-topped cymes in May, followed by glowing red fruit which persists well into winter. Foliage changes to deep red in fall. Found at Bailey Nurseries in St. Paul, Minnesota, combining extreme cold tolerance with landscape beauty. It is also wet site tolerant, and deciduous.

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 2

Viburnum trilobum 'Wentworth'

Flat white cymes top large green maple-like leaves in late spring. Large lustrous red fruit is borne in clusters in fall and winter, providing food for songbirds.

H: 12 Feet  ·   S: 10 Feet  ·   Zone: 2

Viburnum x 'Cayuga'

'Cayuga' Viburnum has large, fragrant pink buds and white flowers in April and May over very disease resistant foliage. The flowers are as fragrant as V. carlesi, but much larger. Another wonderful plant from Dr. Egolf and the US National Arboretum. Deciduous.

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 4