Viburnum opulus 'Roseum' (sterile V.o.)

🌿 General Description

• Type: Deciduous shrub
• Habit: Rounded, fairly wide and dense
• Special Feature: Sterile variety (does not produce fruit)

👉 This is a very "traditional ornamental" plant.

📏 Height and Width

• Height: 2 to 4 m (6 to 13 feet)
• Width: 2 to 4 m

👉 Can become quite wide over time.

🌸 Flowering (major highlight)

• Color: Pure white
• Shape: Large balls (hydrangea type)
• Period: Late spring → early summer

💡 Visual effect:

• Very spectacular
• Heavy and perfectly round flowers
• "Classic / old garden" look

🍒 Fruit

• ❌ No fruit
  👉 Sterile variety = purely ornamental

🍁 Autumn Foliage

• Red / purple
  👉 Beautiful seasonal color

☀️ Exposure

• Sun
• Partial shade (very tolerant)

🌱 Soil

• Prefers fresh, moist soil
• Tolerates:
  • clay
  • heavy soils
    👉 More tolerant than several ornamental shrubs

❄️ Hardiness

• Zone 3 to 7
  👉 Very well suited to Quebec

💧 Maintenance

• Easy
• Prune after flowering if necessary
• Can become a bit wide → occasional control

🛡️ Resistance

• Good hardiness
• Can be sensitive to:
  • aphids
  • leaf spots depending on conditions
    👉 But generally reliable