Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Honeysuckle Family (Capifoliaceae)
▲▼ flowers and foliage
▲▼ foliage and fruit on shrub in Xeriscape Garden at National and Linwood in Springfield, MO
▲▼ mature shrubs
Location near campus: in Shrub Garden at west side of Close Park, just east of parking area
Location near campus: toward northeast side of Xeriscape Garden; Xeriscape Garden is at northwest corner of National and Linwood, about 3/4 mile south of campus on National Avenue.
Viburnum dentatum: Arrowwood Viburnum
· leaves deciduous, simple, opposite, ovate with coarsely toothed margins; leaves are dark green and glabrous above with sunken veins; lighter green and mostly glabrous below, 2-4" long and 2/3 to equally wide
· stems are gray to gray brown and mostly glabrous
· grows to 15' tall and about 2/3 as wide, sends out stem sprouts to increase in diameter with age
· flowers are white, in flat-topped terminal clusters in mid spring; fruit is a blue-black drupe in fall
· prefers full sun to partial shade, well-drained soils, but is soil adaptable
· medium growth rate
· native to Missouri