is a bushy fully hardy perennial deciduous tree/shrub with white flowers in late Spring and early Summer. It grows well in semi-shade and direct sun, and prefers medium levels of water. The flowers are arranged in a inflorescence. This plant requires a minimum of 130 frost free days to grow successfully. It has low drought tolerance.

Soil

Viburnum lantana grows in soils ranging from a pH of 5.5 (very acidic ranges from 5.2 to 5.5) to 7.5 (neutral ranges from 6.6 to 7.5). It is adapted to silt, loam, clay loam, silt loam, sandy loam, silty clay loam, sandy clay loam and peat soils, and prefers medium fertility.

Growth

This is a erect tree/shrub has a slow rate of growth and has a multiple stem growth form, and has an ultimate height of 3.5m / 11.5ft and spread of 3.5m / 11.5ft. It can take 16-20 years to reach its ultimate height.

Leaves

The leaves are green in Spring and Summer and red in Autumn. They are in shape.

Toxicity

Uses

Basic hedge, borders, flowering shrub, low maintenance, wild life garden and woodland margin.

Tolerances

Fruit and seed

The fruit is red and black. There is a medium fruit/seed abundance beginning in Autumn and ending in Autumn.

Progagation and germination

Propagation techniques include cuttings and seed. The seed can be germinated by cold stratification / cold moist prechilling.

Viburnum lantana - Wayfaringtree Viburnum

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Plant ID: vila060
Plant Uses: Birds & Wildlife; Deer Resistant; Cut Flowers; Hedges;
Plant Origin: Europe
Plant Hardiness: Zone 4 (-30 to -20 F)

A little more about Viburnum lantana - Wayfaringtree Viburnum

The Viburnum for drier areas, this upright shrub (to 15') has nice burgundy fall color & berries that turn from red to black. Sun-Sh/Med-Dry

iburnum lantana

Photo: Elizabeth J. Czarapata

Native to: Eurasia

Best Method of Removal: Cut all stems to ground and treat with Glyphosate herbicide or girdle all stems and cut back stems

Interim Measures: Cut off flowers before they set seed. Cut down and treat as above later.

Native Alternatives: Downy Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum rafinesquianum), Nannyberry Viburnum (Viburnum lentago)

I discovered this invasive shrub in a Carver County Park this fall growing at the edge of a treed area under red pines.

I am very familiar with this Viburnum species after living in the Mid Atlantic region where it is widely planted and also invading natural areas.

The leaves are serrated, oval shaped with hairs and arranged opposite on the stems. The new buds are long, gray and hairy. The flowers are a flat topped and white like many other Viburnums and open in late May. (US Forest Service Fact Sheet)

Photo: Elizabeth J. Czarapata

This Viburnum has a heavy fruit set and the seeds are then distributed by birds. The berries turn from bright red to a dark blue when mature.

This shrub is still widely sold at nurseries. In Minnesota it is sold at Gertens & Bachmans as well as smaller nurseries. Please inform your local nursery of its invasive tendencies and request that they no longer sell it.

Common cultivars: "Mohican", "Emerald Triumph"
Also a variegated version "Variegata"

It is recorded as being invasive throughout most of Northeastern North Amercia and Mid Atlantic. See USDA Distribution map. So far, Carver County and some Iron Range Counties have recorded naturalized populations.