{"id":6920,"date":"2015-05-03T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2014-11-02T22:03:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T03:03:40","slug":"siebold-viburnum-makes-wonderful-small-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/05\/03\/siebold-viburnum-makes-wonderful-small-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Siebold Viburnum Makes Wonderful Small Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Viburnum sieboldii ripening red (later black) fruits in late August<\/p><\/div>\n

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The genus Viburnum<\/em>\u00a0is no stranger to U.S. gardens.\u00a0Many species and cultivars of viburnums are popular. Siebold viburnum (V. sieboldii<\/em>) is a large\u00a0spring flowering species from eastern Asia \u00a0(USDA hardiness zones 5-7), but is under-planted in today’s gardens.\u00a0This multi-trunk large shrub to 12 to 15 feet\u00a0high or 25 to 30 feet tall as a small tree.<\/p>\n

This large, coarsely-textured shrub is covered\u00a0with clusters of\u00a0creamy white flowers in mid-spring (late May into June). Clusters of edible berry-like fruits (drupes) follow, each 1\/3 inches\u00a0in diameter;\u00a0drupes\u00a0eventually\u00a0turn pinkish red starting in late August. Birds and other wildlife\u00a0snap up the ripened black\u00a0fruits\u00a0fall into winter. The smooth light gray bark\u00a0is a winter asset.<\/p>\n

Dark\u00a0green prominently\u00a0veined\u00a0leaves hang on long into\u00a0autumn, eventually turning yellowish green before abscising.\u00a0This naturally large multi-branched shrub is easily trained into a small tree\u00a0and is a good choice for planting\u00a0under power lines.\u00a0Fashioning a young shrub into a small tree via pruning is not difficult.<\/p>\n

Siebold viburnum grows and blooms more abundantly in full sun on a\u00a0well-drained, moist,\u00a0moderately acid soil.\u00a0Two-year established shrubs are moderately shade and drought tolerant. It is rarely troubled by\u00a0diseases and\u00a0pests.<\/p>\n

Plant enmasse to develop a tall hedge or thicket to shelter wildlife and provide them\u00a0a feeding station.<\/p>\n

Two cultivars of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ironclad\u2122<\/strong> (‘KLMfour’) grow 15 feet tall and 12 feet wide with rugged foliage which gives striking\u00a0coarse textured look<\/p>\n

‘Seneca’<\/strong> (U.S. National Arboretum introduction) is\u00a0exceptionally hardy (zone 4) with lustrous dark green leaves that often hold on until late November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                The genus Viburnum\u00a0is no stranger to U.S. gardens.\u00a0Many species and cultivars of viburnums are popular. Siebold viburnum (V. sieboldii) is a large\u00a0spring flowering species from eastern Asia \u00a0(USDA hardiness zones 5-7), but is under-planted in today’s gardens.\u00a0This multi-trunk large shrub to 12 to 15 feet\u00a0high or 25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,806,791,843,936,1060,601,777,630,705,646,7,1179,935,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6920"}],"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=6920"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6932,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6920\/revisions\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}