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Blackhaw

Viburnum prunifolium

Also called Black haw, Black Haw Viburnum, Blackhaw viburnum, Sweet haw, Stag bush, Vibpru

Blackhaw
Photo: Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS, Public domain

Blackhaw is a native North American shrub or small tree, valued for its creamy spring flowers, blue-black fruit and fall color. It grows best in sun or light shade in well-drained soil with steady moisture.

Family
Viburnaceae (Viburn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young, then moderately; it tolerates short dry spells once established.
Soil
Well-drained loam, tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy to about -30 °C; tolerates heat in the eastern US.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Viburnum prunifolium (known as blackhaw or black haw, blackhaw viburnum, sweet haw, and stag bush) is a species of Viburnum native to eastern North America, from Connecticut west to eastern Kansas, and south to Alabama and Texas.

Uses

It has both value in the pleasure garden, providing good fall color and early winter provender for birds, and medicinal properties.

Other Viburnum plants

Mapleleaf viburnum · Viburnum awabuki · Birchleaf Viburnum · Viburnum ×bodnantense · Burkwood viburnum · Viburnum ×carlcephalum · Korean spice viburnum · Viburnum cinnamomifolium · David Viburnum · Squashberry · Viburnum erubescens · Culver's root

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum prunifolium 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.

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