Walter's Viburnum
Viburnum obovatum
Walter's viburnum is a fine-textured Southeastern viburnum, semi-evergreen and shearable into hedges, smothered in tiny white flowers in early spring. Berries feed birds; tolerant of wet or dry sites.
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~104 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, SC
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