• Eventual Height: 5m
  • Eventual Spread: 5m
snowball tree ( syn. Sterile ) snowball tree ( syn. Sterile )

Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'

snowball tree ( syn. Sterile )

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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Flowering period: May and June
  • Flower colour: white or green-tinted white flowers
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    In May and June the branches of this vigorous deciduous shrub are smothered with large, snowball-like clusters of white or green-tinted white flowers - hence its common name. With maple-like, fresh green leaves that become purple-tinted in autumn it's an excellent ornamental plant for a sunny shrub or mixed border with fertile, moist, well-drained soil.

  • Garden care: After flowering prune established specimens, removing up to one in five of the oldest and weakest branches to the base. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.

    • Eventual Height: 5m
    • Eventual Spread: 5m
    Viburnum opulus 'Roseum' - snowball tree ( syn. Sterile ) Gorgeous snowball-like clusters of white blooms