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Nannyberry Viburnum

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Item: 7652-A
stock details: 1–3' bare-root plants
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Viburnum lentago

15-20' × 10-12' Also called Sheepberry or Sweet Viburnum.

Oval green berries turn from green to yellow to red to blue-black raisins and persist in winter. Popular with the birds. Not so yummy off the shrub, but outstanding when cooked into nannyberry butter and spread on toast or eaten straight out of the jar with a spoon! Mildly sweet without much tartness, with a hint of banana and plums.

Large flat-topped clusters of fragrant creamy white flowers are a common sight in spring in the Maine landscape and are reminiscent of elderberry blossoms. Shiny foliage, purplish red in fall. Medicinal bark and leaves. 

Form is an open vase. Will sucker and is recommended for naturalizing, bird and wildlife habitat, screens and borders.

Prefers moist well-drained average soils but adaptable to poor, compacted or dry soils. Sun or shade. Plant two or more for pollination and fruit production. Native to eastern U.S. and Canada. Zone 2.
ships in spring
Quick Details
Bloom Color
white
Hardy to Zone
2
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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.

Growing Viburnums

  • Soil: Adaptable, but in moist rich well-drained soil they will take on a fuller shape.
  • Sun: Full sun to part shade.
  • Pollination: Plant multiples of the same species for best fruit set.
  • Pest Control: Viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni) has become a problem in some areas. The larvae overwinter on twigs and can defoliate shrubs in spring and early summer. They seem to prefer Arrowwood, but we have seen them do a number on Wild Raisin and Nannyberry. Prune out and burn any egg-infested twigs in early spring before your shrubs are leafed out. Spraying with Spinosad in late April or early May when the larvae first emerge can also help. Timing is key—spraying eggs or adult beetles is less effective.

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.”

Shipping

Items from our perennial plants warehouse ship from early March through mid-to-late May, weather depending, beginning with warmer USDA zones.