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Viburnum obovatum
Also called Walter's Viburnum, Small Leaf Viburnum
Small-leaf arrowwood is an evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree native to the southeastern U.S., grown mainly for privacy hedges and screens. It is easy to grow and tolerates pruning well.
Viburnum obovatum, the small-leaf viburnum or Walter's virburnum is an evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree Viburnum within the family Viburnaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States where it inhabits woodlands, along stream banks, and in moist hammocks. The species typically grows 10–20 feet (3–6 m) tall and wide, with small, glossy, oval leaves, white spring flowers borne in cymes, and blue-black drupes that provide food for birds and other wildlife. Viburnum obovatum is widely used in landscaping for privacy hedges and screens as it is tolerant of pruning, allowing it to be maintained as a dense shrub or trained into a small tree form.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum obovatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
