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Viburnum nudum

How to grow Possumhaw Viburnum 'Brandywine™'.

Pink and blue berries. Wine-red fall.

Light
Full sun, part sun
Water
Moderate
Zones
5–9
Size
5–6 ft tall and wide
Spacing
5–6 ft apart.
Pets
Not on the ASPCA pet-safe list; keep it out of reach
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Shrub with glossy leaves and heavy clusters of bright pink and deep blue berries

Light

Full sun for the most fruit and best fall color. Part shade is fine.

Water

Keep evenly moist. It tolerates wet soil.

Planting and soil

Plant spring or fall at pot depth. Site within 50 ft of a different V. nudum for pollination.

Feeding

Compost or light shrub fertilizer in spring.

Pruning

Prune lightly right after flowering if needed. Late pruning removes next year's flowers and fruit.

Through the year

White flowers in June. Pink-to-blue berries late summer. Burgundy fall leaves.

If something's off

Little fruit almost always means no pollination partner nearby. Viburnum leaf beetle can chew leaves in the Northeast.

Plays well with

Plant it with friends.

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Why we stock it: A native shrub with one of the best fruit displays around, plus birds and fall color.

Grows wild in 24 states (USDA PLANTS records). About 95 native butterfly and moth species use Viburnum as a host (Narango et al. 2020).

That's everything we know about growing it. Thanks for reading.

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