Maple Leaf Viburnum

Maple Leaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium (35052610291).jpg by Plant Image Library is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Maple Leaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium (35052610471).jpg by Plant Image Library is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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Maple Leaf Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium 3-6' × 2-4'. After living with this wild plant for years, it owns a piece of our heart. It sits quietly in small groupings on the edge of the woods or pops up and forms small colonies under pasture pines—probably a few years after a perching bird deposited the seeds. It offers simple understated beauty, luring in butterflies and birds. In late spring, small white flowers bloom on stalks in flat-topped 3-4" clusters followed by blue berries in the late summer. However, in autumn it puts on its best Grateful Dead Revival show when the 3-lobed maple-like leaves sport rich burgundy hues in tie-dye patterns.

Prefers moist well-drained acidic soils but adaptable. Performs best in full sun to part shade. Tolerates growing near black walnuts. Like many colonizing plants, it will show some restraint in rougher soil conditions but might spread more quickly in rich cultivated soil. Native to the Eastern U.S. Z3. Maine Grown. (1-3' bare-root trees)


7630 Maple Leaf Viburnum
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Additional Information

Viburnums

The Viburnum genus encompasses more than 150 different species, which can range from dense shrubs lush with green foliage to more open and rangy small trees. Viburnums are prized for their multi-season interest, with blossom, berry and foliage varying by species. Flowers attract many butterflies and other early-season pollinators in spring. Ripening berries, some edible for humans, put on a show of color throughout the summer.

All the Viburnums we offer are important wildlife plants, native to eastern North America.

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About Viburnums

Small Trees and Shrubs

As Green’s Nursery catalog from 1904 explains, “There are many trees that by pruning can be made to resemble shrubs, and many shrubs that by different pruning may be made to produce medium-sized trees.”