This shrub bears showy white flowers and blue-black fruits.
Arrowwood viburnum thrives in temperate conditions, preferring full or partial sunlight and moist but well-draining acidic soil.
Arrowwood Viburnum Care
This popular shrub is easy to care for and versatile.
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In hot climates, shade from the strong afternoon sun is ideal.
Too little sun can impede flowering.
Soil
Arrowwood viburnum prefers a loamy, well-drained soil and does best in anacidic soil pH.
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It can tolerate a range of soil types, including clay soil.
They also can handle occasional flooding.
Keep young shrubs well-watered, and continue to give established plants water whenever the soil begins to dry out.
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Humidity typically isnt an issue for these shrubs.
It also can be beneficial to mixcompostinto the soil around your shrub.
Right after the plant is done flowering, prune any stems necessary to maintain the shrubs shape.
Avoid taking off more than a third of the shrub’s overall size.
Remove any dead, damaged, or diseased portions of the shrub whenever you spot them.
Propagating Arrowwood Viburnum
Arrowwood viburnum can be propagated via softwood or hardwood cuttings.
Pot the plant in moist, well-drained soil with an acidic pH.
These tough plants do not need winter protection.
Common Pests
Arrowwood viburnum shrubs dont have serious issues with most pests or diseases.
However, they might be bothered by theviburnum leaf beetle(Pyrrhalta viburni).
If not controlled, the pest can defoliate your shrubs completely, resulting in their death.
The female beetles lay their eggs on the undersides of the shrub stems.
Use organic pesticides only for serious infestations, as they can also kill beneficial insects.
How to Get Arrowwood Viburnum to Bloom
Arrowwood viburnum is prized for its blooms and subsequent berries.
verify yours is getting enough sunlight and nutrients for it to flower properly.
How Long Does Arrowwood Viburnum Bloom?
Arrowwood viburnum continues to produce flowers throughout the growing season from late spring until mid summer or longer.
What Do Arrowwood Viburnum’s Flowers Look and Smell Like?
Arrowwood viburnum bears showy white spring flowers that stretch roughly 2 to 4 inches across.
The flowers do not have much fragrance.
In the fall, the shrubs foliage turns to shades of yellow, orange, and red.
Apply a fertilizer high in phosphorus in the early spring.
Additionally, many growers look forward to the berries that form from the pollinated flowers.
Arrowwood viburnum spreads via suckers traveling through the soil and can reach widths of 15 feet at maturity.
To discourage spreading past the plant’s mature size, prune back suckers as they sprout up.
Viburnum plants typically grow about 2 feet per year, a moderate growth rate for outdoor plants.
Varieties like arrowwood viburnum may take seven to eight years to reach their mature size of 15 feet.
Arrowwood viburnum is a deciduous shrub that loses it leaves in the winter.
Viburnum Leaf Beetle.University of Wisconsin-Madison.
