Viburnum dilatatum

• BOTANICAL NAME: Viburnum dilatatum
• PRONUNCIATION: vi-BER-num di-la-TA-tum
• COMMON NAME: Linden Viburnum
• FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae
• NATIVITY: Korea
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright, somewhat open and leggy cultivars have superior form. Deciduous.
• SIZE: 8 to 10' (height) by 4 to 8' (spread)
• HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 7
• CULTURE: Moist soil and full sun to part shade
• LANDSCAPE USE: Use as a specimen or in the shrub border. Birds love the heavy fruit set.
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, shiny, broad leaf with serrate margin and coarse texture.  Holds leaves into mid-winter.
• BUDS: Imbricate, slightly pubescent.  Red terminal bud in winter.
• BARK: Young stems have prominent lenticels with a pubescent terminal stem.   
• FLOWER: Large masses of white May into June flowers.
• FRUIT: Large quantities of small red fruit held in clusters in September/October.  Fruit persists into December if not eaten by the birds.  
• PROPAGATION: Seeds and cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS:
  • `Erie' - flower, bud, fruit, landscape use, leaf