Viburnum Opulus “Roseum” | Plant Highlight 2021 (Illinois Zone 5 Garden Tour)

We planted this beautiful shrub from a quart sized container back in August 2018. It was only about 12" tall and 10" wide and look at it now! The flowers are spectacular and have been blooming for over a week now!
Viburnum opulus, commonly called European cranberry bush, is a highbush cranberry that is native to Europe, Asia and N. Africa. It is a deciduous shrub with a rounded spreading habit that typically grows to 10-15’ tall.
'Roseum’ is a sterile cultivar (no fertile florets and no cranberry-like fruit) that produces 3” diameter pom-pom-like globular inflorescences (snowballs) of entirely sterile white flowers. Flowers bloom in May. Flowers acquire light rose flushing as they fade, hence the cultivar name of ‘Roseum’.
Sugar-maple like leaves are a soft green, generally becoming orange-red in fall. ‘Roseum’ is sold under a large number of common names. The common name of European snowball bush has been selected herein because ‘Roseum’ produces no cranberry-like fruit as suggested by the common name for the species (European cranberry bush). ‘Roseum’ is synonymous with and sometimes sold in commerce as V. opulus ‘Sterile’.
Source: Missouri Botanical Garden
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We garden in Illinois zone 5 outside of Chicago, IL (USA).
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That is a stunning shrub, love the colour 💚

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Hello my good friend your hydrangea looks beautiful thank you for sharing my good friend

[@GardenDoodles]

Thank you my friend! It’s one of the first shrubs we planted because we just had to have it.

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fantastic

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Thank you so much 😀