Viburnum opulus

Common Name: European Cranberry

A vigorous deciduous shrub with trilobed maple-like leaves. Dark green in summer changing to hues of yellow, red and purple in fall. An upright deciduous viburnum with spreading branches to 8-12' with even greater width. Small, white fertile flowers cluster in the center surrounded by a rim of larger, creamy white sterile flowers creating a lacecap. The flowers give way to red fruit which persist through the winter. This is a beautiful viburnum for the landscape with orange fruit persisting into winter. A postcard scene when the ground is covered with snow.