Viburnum dentatum Chicago Lustre®
Beautiful, glossy foliage and consistent ornamental character.
An excellent clonal selection of a versatile landscape shrub, with beautiful glossy foliage and consistent ornamental character. Foliage Glossy, medium green to dark green, with short, pubescent petioles. Flowers Creamy white, 3" to 3 1/z" in diameter, mid- to late June. Fruit Dark metallic blue to blue-black clusters of berries, September to October. Fall Color Insignificant. Occasionally light yellow with orange tints. Excellent in shrub borders, groupings, hedges and screens or naturalized with native ornamentals to attract wildlife during fruit set.
Cultural Details
TYPE
Shrub
U.S. NATIVE
YES
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Full sun
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Adaptable to a broad spectrum of soils
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Drought tolerant, avoid extremely wet sites.
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3-8
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Spring
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White
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Fall
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Black
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10-12' tall by 8-10' wide in 10 years
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None known
What Makes Me Special?
Super glossy leaves and great fall color make this a wonderful addition to any foundation or mixed border.
Landscape Use
Borders, foundations, mass plantings, commercial landscapes, naturalized plantings
Origin
Selected from the collections of The Morton Arboretum by Ralph Synnestvedt, Sr. of the Synnestvedt Nursery Company, Round Lake, Illinois.
Pruning
Viburnums flower in spring, so if they need any shaping or to have dead branches removed, be sure to do that before August, or right after flowering in the spring. If you want to have viburnum fruits, do not prune. Branches you prune after flowering will not produce fruits.
Propagation
Softwood Cuttings
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