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Viburnum lantana

(Wayfaring Tree)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Wayfaring Tree, Mealytree, Twistwood, Wayfaring-Tree, Wayfaringtree, Wayfaringtree Viburnum

Common Names in Romanian:

Dîrmoz

Description

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Physical Description

ID Features: Naked, fuzzy buds. Twigs are grayish-white and tomentose. Opposite, ovate leaves with cordate or rounded bases. Leaves with regular serrations. Coarse, stout branching.

Habit: A large multi-stemmed rounded deciduous shrub with upright, spreading , stout and coarse branching. Older plants can get leggy at the base , and can have irregular branching.

Flowers: Small white flowers with yellow stamens in flat clusters . Flower clusters are 3" to 5" across. Moderately showy in bloom . Bloom time is mid-May. Generally quite floriferous . • Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white

Seeds: Fruit: Berries are held in flat clusters . Color changes from green to red to blue-black. Color change occurs in August and September. Each fruit cluster can display all colors at the same time. Quite showy in fruit. Can dry and persist like raisins. Birds like the fruit. Best fruiting occurs when several clones are planted together.

Foliage: Summer foliage: Opposite, simple leaves. Leaves are ovate . Leaf base is cordate to rounded . Leaf apex is acute and pointed . Leaves are 2" to 5" long. Leaf margin with uniform serrations . Underside of leaves are tomentose . Upperside of leaves are wrinkled. Leaves are somewhat leathery. Leaf color is dark gray green. Buds are naked, gray and tomentose. • Fall foliage: Often poor. Can be somewhat purplish-red.

Size/Age/Growth

Size: reaching 10' to 15' tall or taller.

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: Shrub borders . Mass plantings . Difficult growing sites. As a barrier . For erosion control. Useful for flowers and fruit. To attract birds. • Liabilities: Few serious insect or disease problems. Leaf spot disease is occasionally a problem. Somewhat coarse textured in the winter. Often used as a rootstock for V. carlesii and suckers , overtaking. the carlesii top.

Habitat

Hardy to zone 4, possibly 3.

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Full sun to partial shade. Withstands dry, compacted soils. Tolerant of higher pH soils than some viburnums. Easily transplanted and established . Best growth on fertile , loamy soils.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Viburnum lantana var. sphaerocarpum Gray Ex Fern.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Viburnum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 211 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. acerifolium (Arrowwood) · V. acerifolium var. acerifolium (Mapleleaf Arrowwood) · V. acerifolium var. densiflorum (Mapleleaf Viburnum) · V. acerifolium var. glabrescens (Mapleleaf Viburnum) · V. acerifolium var. ovatum (Mapleleaf Viburnum) · V. acuminatum (Viburnum) · V. aff. odoratissimum 'Arboricolum' (Viburnum 'arboricolum') · V. atrocyaneum (Viburnum) · V. awabuki 'Chindo' (Chindo Sweet Viburnum) · V. betulifolium (Birchleaf Viburnum) · V. bitchiuense (Bitchiu Viburnum) · V. bracteatum (Bracted Arrowwood) · V. bracteatum emerald (Emerald Luster Viburnum) · V. buddleifolium (Buddlejaleaf Viburnum) · V. burejaeticum (Manchurian Viburnum) · V. carlesi (Carlesi Viburnum) · V. carlesii (Korean Spice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Aurora' (Aurora Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Charis' (Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Compactum' (Compact Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Diana' (Diana Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. chingii (Chinese Viburnum) · V. cinnamomifolium (Cinnamomum-Leafed Viburnum) · V. cylindricum (Viburnum) · V. davidii (David Viburnum) · V. davidii 'Longleaf' (Davids Viburnum) · V. deamii (Deams Viburnum) · V. dentatum (Arrow-Wood Viburnum) · V. dentatum L. var. lucidum Aiton (Arrow-Wood Viburnum) · V. dentatum L. var. scabrellum Torr. & Gray (Arrow-Wood Viburnum) · V. dentatum var. deamii (Deam's Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. dentatum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. lucidum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. scabrellum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. venosum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Autumn Jazz' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Blue Muffin' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Chicago Lustre' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Christom' (Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Christom Blue Muffin' (Christom Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Moonglow' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Morton' (Northern Burgundy® Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Northern Burgundy' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Patzam' (Pathfinder Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Perle Bleu' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Ralph Senior' (Autumn Jazz® Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Red Feather' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Synnestvedt' (Chicago Lustre® Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dilatatum (Linden Arrowwood) · V. dilatatum asian (Asian Beauty Linden Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Asian Beauty' (Linden Arrowwood) · V. dilatatum 'Cardinal Candy' (Cardinal Candy Linden Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Catskill' (Catskill Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Erie' (Erie Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Henneke' (Henneke Cardinal Candy Linden Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Iroquois' (Iroquous Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Michael Dodge' (Linden Arrowwood) · V. dilatatum 'Mt. Airy' (Linden Arrowwood) · V. edule (Few-Flowered Highbush Cranberry) · V. ellipticum (Common Viburnum) · V. farreri (Fragrant Viburnum) · V. farreri 'Album' (Fragrant Viburnum) · V. farreri 'Nanum' (Fragrant Viburnum) · V. fragrans (Culver's Root) · V. grandiflorum (Flowering Viburnum) · V. grandiflorum 'De Oirsprong' (Viburnum 'de Oirsprong') · V. harryanum (Harrys Viburnum) · V. henryi (Henry Viburnum) · V. hupehense (Viburnum) · V. ichangense (Viburnum) · V. jackii (Jack's Viburnum) · V. japonicum (Japanese Viburnum) · V. japonicum 'Variegatum' (Japanese Viburnum) · V. lantana (Wayfaring Tree) · V. lantana 'Aureum' (Wayfaringtree) · V. lantana 'Candy' (Wayfaring Tree) · V. lantana 'Mohican' (Mohican Viburnum) · V. lantana 'Variegata' (Variegated Wayfaring Tree) · V. lantana 'Variegatum' (Wayfaringtree) · V. lantanoides (Hobblebush) · V. lentago (Nanny-Berry) · V. luzonicum (Luzon Viburnum) · V. macrocephalum (Chinese Snowball Bush) · V. macrocephalum 'Sterile' (Chinese Snowball Bush) · V. maculatum (Orjenska Hudika) · V. molle (Kentucky Viburnum) · V. mullaha (Viburnum) · V. nudum (Narrowleaf Witherod Viburnum) · V. nudum earth (Earth Shade Viburnum) · V. nudum var. cassinoides (Appalachian Tea) · V. nudum var. nudum (Possumhaw) · V. nudum'Earthshade' (Earthshade Possumhaw) · V. nudum 'Winterthur' (Appalachian Tea) · V. obovatum (Small-Leaf Arrowwood) · V. obovatum 'Densa' (Dwarf Walter's Viburnum) · V. obovatum 'Mrs. Schiller's Delight' (Dwarf Walters Viburnum) · V. odoratissimum (Sweet Arrowwood) · V. odoratissimum var. awabuki (Sweet Viburnum) · V. odoratissimum var. awabuki 'Chindo' (Sweet Viburnum) · V. opulus (American Cranberrybush)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 165.450 meters (542.815 feet), Standard Deviation = 178.410 based on 6,262 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012