Popcorn Viburnum
$145.00 Original price was: $145.00.$43.50Current price is: $43.50.
1000 in stock
SKU: 8TBPCRdyyv
Category: HEDGE PLANTS
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Quickly reaches 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide.
| Description | Profuse clusters of small, popcorn ball-shaped blooms line each branch in spring. Handsome, deeply veined, green foliage turns red to purple in fall. A lovely compact hedge or foundation plant. This selection is earlier flowering than others of its type, and more heat and drought tolerant when established. Semi-evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Spring |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Semi-Evergreen |
| Special Features | Easy Care, Fall Color, Waterwise, Fast Growing, Compact Form |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Dry Shade, Drought Tolerant |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Border, Hedge, Privacy Screen |
| Flower Color | White |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Foliage Fall Color | Red |
| Companion Plants | Lilac (Syringa); Peony (Paeonia); Clematis (Clematis); Hydrangea (Hydrangea); Salvia (Salvia) |
| Care Instructions | Highly adaptable but thrives in enriched, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly during first growing season to establish extensive root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates moderate drought. Apply fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Prune only as needed, immediately after flowering. |
| History | A selection by Dr. David Leach, ‘Popcorn’ has a more compact growth habit, smaller in stature than the typical Viburnum plicatum f. plicatum, and is considered more heat and drought tolerant. |