Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
A tough, reliable native shrub with flat clusters of creamy white flowers in late spring and blue-black berries that birds love, fine as a tall hedge, screen or by a pond. It takes shade, occasional drought or flooding, most soils and deer. It suckers with age, and viburnum leaf beetle can strip the leaves.
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- Mature size
- 8 × 8 ft
- 2.4 × 2.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 2a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to moist
- Blooms
- May–Jun
- Fall color Oct–Nov
Arrowwood Viburnum at its mature size
A mature Arrowwood Viburnum grows 6 to 10 feet tall and just as wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Missouri Botanical Garden.
Through the year
What Arrowwood Viburnum looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Dec–Mar
Bare straight gray stems.
In leaf · Apr, Jul
Coarsely toothed green leaves, no flowers.
In flower · May–Jun
Flat clusters of creamy white flowers.
Fruit · Aug–Sep
Flat clusters of blue-black berries.
Fall · Oct–Nov
Yellow to glossy red and reddish-purple, variable.
Photos
Growing Arrowwood Viburnum
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, and the Midwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Hedge, drought tolerant, rain garden, deer resistant, pollinators, and fall color
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- Eastern North America
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Arrowwood Viburnum, that’s about 8 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Arrowwood Viburnum in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other viburnums
Koreanspice Viburnum
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum 'Prague'
Chinese Snowball ViburnumAll drawn to the same scale.