{"id":11041,"date":"2019-05-16T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:34:34","slug":"try-maple-leaf-viburnum-in-woodsy-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2019\/05\/16\/try-maple-leaf-viburnum-in-woodsy-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Maple-leaf Viburnum In Woodsy Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11042\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Viburnum-acerifolium-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11042\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11042\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Viburnum-acerifolium-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Viburnum-acerifolium-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Viburnum-acerifolium-1-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Viburnum-acerifolium-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maple-leaf Viburnum in bloom in late May In Tennessee Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maple-leaf Viburnum <em>(Viburnum acerifolium<\/em><em>)<\/em> is a small to medium deciduous shrub that is indigenous to many areas of the Eastern U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 3-8). This underutilized native viburnum is at its finest in a dappled shady woodland landscape. Slow-growing at first, a single plant may reach heights of 4-6 feet and 2-4 feet in spread. Maple-leaf viburnum displays multi-season interest for its spring bloom, late summer fruiting, and fall color.<\/p>\n<p>Terminal clusters of white flowers (flattened cymes) form about a month&nbsp;emergence of the leaves in May to June. Oval green fruits soon follow that begin turning bluish-black in late summer. Flower clusters measure 2 \u2013 3 inches across. Birds and other wildlife munch on the fruits during the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Coarsely toothed, mostly three-lobed, medium green leaves turn reddish-purple to magenta color in fall. Leaves usually have small black spotting on the undersides.<\/p>\n<p>Mapleleaf viburnum is more shade tolerant than most <em>Viburnum species<\/em>. It&nbsp;grows&nbsp;in average, medium moist, well-drained soil and in full sun to part shade; it tolerates a wide range of soils. Established 2 year old plants demonstrate good drought tolerance. Feed once in early spring with a granular fertilizer such as 10-10-10 or equivalent @ 1 -2 lbs. per 100 square feet. Keep&nbsp;shrub(s)&nbsp;mulched to&nbsp;retain soil moisture and reduce weed pressure. Irrigate during establishment and extended dry periods.<\/p>\n<p>Within 4-5 weeks after flowering, prune to shape and maintain the shrub as desired. Plants will naturalize via root suckering to form colonies&nbsp;unless suckering is held&nbsp;in check. Suckering is a lot less in dry shade. In an open woodland area, it may take&nbsp;5 or more years before&nbsp;it starts to naturalize.<\/p>\n<p>No serious insect or disease problems trouble this woodsy viburnum. It may be utilized in shrub borders, foundations or hedges. Maple-leaf viburnum is primarily available from&nbsp;e-commerce native plant nurseries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maple-leaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) is a small to medium deciduous shrub that is indigenous to many areas of the Eastern U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 3-8). This underutilized native viburnum is at its finest in a dappled shady woodland landscape. Slow-growing at first, a single plant may reach heights of 4-6 feet and 2-4 feet in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,1218,1319,605,674,645,806,665,853,551,1476,627,791,843,812,601,729,777,1210,630,705,646,7,1497,935,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11041"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11414,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041\/revisions\/11414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}