Arrowwood Viburnum

Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum

Honeysuckle Family (Capifoliaceae)

▲ ▼ flowers and foliage

▲ ▼ foliage and fruit on shrub in Xeriscape Garden at National and Linwood in Springfield, MO

▲ ▼ mature shrubs

Location near campus: in Shrub Garden at west side of Close Park, just east of parking area

Location near campus: toward northeast side of Xeriscape Garden; Xeriscape Garden is at northwest corner of National and Linwood, about 3/4 mile south of campus on National Avenue.

Viburnum dentatum: Arrowwood Viburnum

• leaves deciduous, simple, opposite, ovate with coarsely toothed margins; leaves are dark green and glabrous above with sunken veins; lighter green and mostly glabrous below, 2-4" long and 2/3 to equally wide
• stems are gray to gray brown and mostly glabrous
• grows to 15' tall and about 2/3 as wide, sends out stem sprouts to increase in diameter with age
• flowers are white, in flat-topped terminal clusters in mid spring; fruit is a blue-black drupe in fall
• prefers full sun to partial shade, well-drained soils, but is soil adaptable
• medium growth rate
• native to Missouri